Tea from the flowers, foliage twigs, leaves of raspberries and blackberries is very good, fragrant, with a subtle, delicate scent. It is a universal medicinal remedy. Even Dioscorides prescribed decoction of blackberry leaves to gargle with inflammation of the gums and mouth, used external compresses of the leaves for skin diseases. And it is still popularly believed that raspberry-berry teas are good for quenching thirst in hot weather and regulate the activity of the gastrointestinal tract. The addition of berries improves the properties of the homemade tea.