Parts Used
Fruit (contains pectin)

Properties
Anti-bacterial, high-fiber, anti-carcinogen, lowers cholesterol

Common Uses
Eat fresh to relieve constipation or diarrhea. Also believed to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke and some forms of cancer. May help to stabilize blood sugar in diabetics.

Locating and Handling
Purchase at grocery store, or orchard.

Caution
Wash with soap and water to remove any trace of pesticide. Never eat apple seeds. They are highly poisonous.

Origin
Records of apples date from as early as 6500 B.C.

Early Herbal Notes "The malic acid is pure in the apple just before it is ripe, but it has less afterwards. The last case of scurvy which I treated was cured by apples. This, with the recovery of the seamen in the Berwick, at Torbay, sufficiently proves that apples are valuable antiscorbutics."