strawberry
Strawberries are a fruit.
botanical information:
Botanical name: Fragaria spp. (more than 30 species), especially Fragaria vesca
Common name: strawberry
The Strawberry Patch courtesy of Green Earth Ministries (a Christian cannabis religion) 
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nutritional information:
Eating a half-pound of strawberries or spinach has as much antioxidant effect as high doses of vitamin C, helping the body defuse oxygen radicals that can damage cells, as reported by Ronald L. Prior and Guochua Cao of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, Mass. Women were fed juice made from strawberry and spinach extracts from 8 to 10 ounces of fresh produce. Drinking red wine increased the antioxidants circulating the blood by 15%. Drinking the strawberry or spinach juice or 1,250 milligrams of Vitamin C resulted in a 20% increase.
Chinese herbalism:
Chinese gender: yin (cool)
Chinese flavor: slightly sweet
storage:
Storage: Eat strawberries within two days of purchase.
cautions and contraindications:
Non-toxic to animals: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center has determined that strawberry and wild strawberry “have not been reported as having systemic effects on animals or as having intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract.” —ASPCA
