Chinese Raspberry Fruit

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Secures essence and reduces urination - Fu Pen Zi is a core herb for enuresis, urinary frequency, nocturia, and leakage patterns from weak Kidney qi.
• Tonifies the Kidney and supports reproductive vitality - it is used for infertility, impotence, low sperm quality, and premature ejaculation when deficiency and leakage coexist.
• Benefits the Liver and brightens the eyes - traditional use extends to blurred or dim vision from Liver-Kidney insufficiency.
• Supports long-course constitutional restoration - because it both tonifies and astringes, it is valuable when the treatment goal is to nourish while preventing further loss.

Secondary Actions

• Fu Pen Zi is gentler than purely restraining herbs such as Jin Ying Zi because it both nourishes and secures rather than only binding leakage.
• Its famous name story refers to 'overturning the chamber pot,' a traditional way of saying it can reduce chronic urinary frequency.

Classic Formulas

• Wu Zi Yan Zong Wan - classic fertility and Kidney-essence formula in which Fu Pen Zi helps secure the essence while other seeds deepen nourishment.
• Kidney leakage formulas pair Fu Pen Zi with Tu Si Zi, Sang Piao Xiao, or Qian Shi for enuresis, spermatorrhea, and nocturia.
• Vision-support formulas combine Fu Pen Zi with Gou Qi Zi and other Liver-Kidney tonics when chronic deficiency affects the eyes.

Classical References

• Me and Qi presents Fu Pen Zi as a sweet-sour, slightly warm fruit that enters the Liver, Kidney, and Bladder to tonify and astringe at the same time.
• Classical literature links its essence-preserving and eye-brightening functions to the shared root of Liver blood and Kidney essence.