Plums

Plum trees have a tap root that digs deep into the earth and seeks out minerals, even if clays are present down deep in the soil. The plum tree’s taproot looks for depths, specifically for minerals that are not common in surface soils. A young plum tree’s taproot hasn’t reached great depth into the earth, yet still a young plum tree can bring up a wide variety of trace and macrominerals.

Plums are an astringent stone fruit that are highly cleansing on the body. The astringency of a plum, even at its sweetest, acts as a washing base for the inside of the intestinal tract and colon. It helps to flush out poisons and toxins, allowing the liver to take in more nutrients instead of more toxins.

When plums enter the intestinal tract, the skin of the plum grabs onto pockets of toxins and unproductive bacteria. A plum skin acts as a magnet, where bad bacteria cling to it and stay on it until its eliminated out of the intestinal tract. This magnetic law of the plum skin has no bearing on good bacteria, because good bacteria ride on a different charge. They don’t attract to a plum skin. Instead, good gut bacteria feed off of the fiber and the pulp and nutrients inside the plum’s flesh, making plums a powerful prebiotic.

The plum skin cleanses pathogens out of the intestinal tract, including the unproductive bacteria mentioned above along with unproductive fungus, mold, yeast, and viruses. The layer of juice between the plum’s skin and flesh instantly enters the bloodstream, feeding nerve cells and organ tissues. The sweet flesh of the plum feeds glucose and glycogen reserves in the liver and brain. And then the sour flesh that’s closest to the pit detoxes the liver and gallbladder.

People consume prunes to alleviate constipation. Dried and preserved plums/prunes were just the second best thing to fresh plums. Eating prunes derived from the inability to access fresh plums. While prunes don’t always help everyone with their constipation, prunes can create a laxative effect that helps a substantial group of people. Fresh plums will still give that gentle laxative effect—and maybe even better.

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This item posted: 21-Oct-2025

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