Ijjas - plum

Essence.
Plum is well known.

Choice.
Garden plum is stronger than black plum; yellow is stronger than red; and the large white one is heavy and does not provide much relief. “Armenian plum” is the sweetest and most laxative. The best of them is large, fleshy.

Nature.
Cold at the beginning, wet - at the limit of the second degree.

Actions and properties.
Its gum has a thinning effect, removes juices and glues them together. Damask plum anchors and binds; Its nutritional value is less, according to Dioscorides, in contrast to Galen. Green, unripe plums are astringent, but their nutritional value is low. It should be eaten before meals, and people with a wet nature should drink it with honey-sweetened water or nabeez.

Wounds and ulcers.
Its gum heals ulcers, and when mixed with vinegar, especially if you add honey or sugar to it, it reduces lichen, mainly in children.

Organs of the head.
Plum leaves, if you rinse your mouth with them, do not allow catarrh to reach the tonsils and uvula.

Organs of the eye.
Its gum in the form of an ointment strengthens vision.

Respiratory and chest organs.
The sour plum soothes inflammation of the heart.

Nutritional organs.
A sour plum drives bile more strongly, while a sweet plum relaxes and cools the stomach, moisturizes it and is generally not suitable for it.

Eruption organs.
Sweet plum removes yellow bile more strongly than all others, and fresh plum is more laxative than dry plum. The laxative effect of plum is explained by its viscosity. According to some doctors, Damask plum strengthens the stomach; the general opinion is that the wild plum, while not very ripe, has an astringent property. Galen claims that Dioscorides is mistaken when he says that the Damask plum binds, on the contrary, it loosens.

Plum gum crushes stones in the bladder, and plum juice drives menstruation. The smaller the plum, the less laxative it is.