Fruits

The most delicious and wholesome raw foods are the juicy fruits. While they run low in starches, fats and proteids, they contain large amounts of the positive organic mineral salts (vitamins).They are, therefore, nature's own medicines, splendid tonics, natural stimulants, cholagogues, purifiers, antiseptics, anthelmintics and febrifuges. Acid fruit juices diluted in water are very effective in the treatment of inflammatory, febrile diseases.

The finest medicinal fruits are the acid and sub-acid varieties, such as lemons, oranges, limes, grapefruit, pineapples, tangerines, apricots, apples, green gages and other plums, and certain sub-acid varieties of cherries, pears, peaches, nectarines, and similar fruits. While these fruits contain highly organized acids, such as malic, oxalic and citric acid, they are very rich in the positive, alkaline mineral elements, and have, therefore, an acid binding and acid eliminating effect upon the system.