Lemon Health Benefits : Lemon Uses and Benefits for Health

Lemon Health Benefits

Lemon is such a fruit, which is useful for any person in every way. Apart from being very useful and effective, it is also easily available. Everyone likes the sour taste of lemon. To enhance the taste of anything, lemon juice is squeezed into it. Lemon is most commonly used to relieve stress or to improve the taste of the mouth. Whether it is about health, or to enhance beauty, to eat something good, or to cure any disease, lemon is used in every way. That’s why lemon has a different importance in fruits.

Lemon Tree

India has the largest production of lemon in the world. Lemon is sown everywhere in India. Lemon plant is about 10 feet high. Many crooked branches come out of it, due to which it takes the form of a bush. Its leaves are round and they smell like lemon. Its flowers are white and fragrant. After planting the lemon plant, fruits start coming on it after four-five years. The color of raw lemon is green and that of ripe lemon is yellow.

There are many varieties of lemon – kagzi, Jambhiri, Orange, Musammi, Narangi, Chikotra, Bijora, Wild lemon etc. All varieties are sour or sweet. Sweet lemons are sweet and have some bitterness, while kagzi lemons are sour. The lemons that are found everywhere are called kagzi lemons and kagzi lemons are the most effective. The peel of kagzi lemon is thin and the juice is more.

While buying lemon, keep in mind that it should not have spots, it should be completely yellow and it should also be big in size. Green lemons can also be used if yellow lemons are not available.

Lemon Properties

Vitamin A, B and C are found in plenty in lemon. One lemon can meet the daily requirement of Vitamin C. Along with increasing the immunity of the body, it also acts as an anti-oxidant.

Along with this, adequate amounts of potassium, iron, sodium, magnesium, copper, zinc, phosphorus, protein, fat and carbs are also found in it. Its juice contains 5 percent citric acid, whose pH value ranges from 2 to 3.

The juice of one lemon in a glass of lukewarm water is enough to stay fresh and energetic throughout the day. Lemons are disinfectants. Generally, they can be consumed by any type of person or person of all ages.

Lemon Uses and benefits

Lemon is used in so many ways, which probably cannot even be counted. Lemon pickle and marmalade is made. It is also squeezed into chutneys, vegetables and pulses. Lemon syrup is made or it is also sucked whole. Lemon juice is sour, but it can remove all sourness. Lemon has the amazing quality of cleaning the blood.

♦ Lemon juice is beneficial for patients suffering from anemia. Consumption of lemon cures stomach and blood related problems.

♦ Drinking lemon juice mixed with lukewarm water provides relief in cold, as well as helps in reducing weight and keeping the stomach clean.

♦ Taking a bath mixed with the juice of one lemon in a bucket of water in summer removes the foul smell of sweat and maintains freshness throughout the day.

♦ Consuming lemon juice mixed with onion and mint in the summer season gives many great benefits along with preventing cholera.

♦ Drinking lemon water (lemon juice and black salt in water) does not cause heatstroke.

♦ Rubbing lemon peels on the skin removes blackness of the skin and makes the skin clean, glowing and soft.

♦ Lemon juice increases appetite and removes problems related to digestion. Stomach worms are also removed by this.

♦ Headache caused by heat is cured by the use of lemon.

♦ Lemon also has the property of purifying the blood like gooseberry.

♦ Consumption of lemon keeps the heart beat normal, as well as high blood pressure also remains under control. Lemon must be kept with you during long journeys.

♦ Lemon also has the power to destroy germs and prevent rotting. That’s why its use is very beneficial even in infectious diseases.

♦ Grind ginger into small pieces, mix lemon juice and rock salt in it and keep it in a glass vial. Consuming a little of these with food gives many great health benefits.

Benefits of drinking lukewarm lemon water on an empty stomach in the morning-

• Many types of seasonal diseases and problems go away,
• Constipation goes away and stomach remains fine,
• Fat is reduced,
• Eyes remain healthy,
• It is considered the first aid to stay healthy.

♦ Drinking a glass of lukewarm water with the juice of half or one lemon, rock salt, a little black pepper and a pinch of baking soda removes chronic constipation and clears the stomach.

♦ Mixing juice of half or one lemon and a little rock salt in a glass of water once a week cleans the intestines. It is very beneficial for stomach related problems. Sour belching also goes away from this.

♦ Vomiting stops by adding lemon juice and a little honey to a glass of lukewarm water. By drinking like this daily, the fat also starts reducing.

♦ Lemon and mint together give new freshness by removing all the heat from the body and also provide relief from stomach related problems.

♦ If the thirst is not quenched even after drinking a lot of water, then sucking lemon or drinking lemon juice quenches thirst.

♦ Drinking lemon juice (lemon juice and sugar in a glass of water) cures gallstones.

♦ Drinking lemon juice mixed with cold water removes the distraction caused by walking in the sun.

♦ Applying rock salt and a little black pepper on half a lemon and sucking it removes stomach gas and indigestion.

♦ Mixing a little honey and a little black salt in lemon juice and drinking it cures persistent hiccups.

♦ Consuming lemon juice mixed with onion and mint in the summer season cures cholera. This also gives relief in jaundice, as well as gives many great health benefits. Consuming lemon-onion along with morning meal in summer is very beneficial for health.

♦ In the morning and evening, about two-and-a-half hours before or after meals, sucking on a half-cut lemon with a little black pepper and a little black salt reduces the risk of malaria. (The most effective Ayurvedic treatment for malaria is to consume basil and black pepper together).

♦ Mixing honey in lemon juice and licking it gives relief in cough.

♦ Applying rock salt on half cut lemon and sucking it provides relief in piles.

♦ Mixing one spoon of ginger juice and a little sugar in two spoons of lemon juice cures stomachache.

♦ Taking rock salt and lemon juice on radish gives relief in stomachache. This also gives relief in the problem of bleeding from the nose.

♦ Drinking half a cup of hot water with one teaspoon of lemon juice and a little ground carom seeds removes gas from the stomach.

♦ Filling ground cumin, black pepper and black salt in half cut lemon and sucking it removes stomach worms.

♦ Heat a ripe lemon and extract its juice. Mixing rock salt and sugar in it gives relief in vomiting, dysentery and diarrhoea.

Note- When there is a lot of heat in the body, or lemon should not be consumed immediately after coming from the sun. It should be consumed after stopping for some time, or after taking some rest or after eating and drinking something.

Lemon benefits for hair-

Mix lemon juice in coconut oil and heat it and when it becomes lukewarm, massage the hair with light hands. Shampoo the hair after one or two hours. This is the most effective way to keep hair healthy. This makes the hair long, thick, black and strong, along with many problems of the head also go away.

The sourness of lemon purifies the blood, due to which the problems related to the skin start going away automatically. Lemon is used in almost all types of skin related problems. Along with this, lemon is also very effective for brightening the face. Many types of face packs are also made from lemon. Natural wax to remove unwanted hair is made using lemon, honey and sugar.

♦ Bathing with lemon juice mixed in the bath water in the summer season removes the foul smell of sweat and maintains freshness throughout the day.

♦ Rubbing lemon peel on the skin removes blackness of the skin and increases its glow.

♦ Mixing equal quantity of lemon juice and coconut oil and applying it provides relief in itching and ringworm.

♦ Mix a little turmeric in lemon juice and apply it on the face and wash it after half an hour. This removes the blackness and freckles of the face.

♦ Massage the scalp with lemon juice to get rid of itchy scalp. If you want, you can also massage the head by mixing lemon juice in some oil.

♦ Mixing lemon juice in coconut oil and massaging the face with it removes wrinkles and brightens the face.

♦ Massage the face by mixing lemon juice in honey and wash the face in 15 to 30 minutes. Due to this, the glow on the face increases and the face becomes attractive, as well as the problem of acne and pimples also goes away.

♦ Mix lemon juice and mustard oil in gram flour and apply on hands and feet and wash after half an hour. Due to this, unwanted hair grows less.

♦ Mix half a teaspoon of honey and quarter lemon juice in half a cup of carrot juice and apply it on the spots of the face and skin and wash it after half an hour. This brings glow to the skin.

♦ Mix half lemon juice and quarter teaspoon turmeric in four spoons of cucumber juice and apply on face, neck and hands and feet and wash after half an hour. This clears the skin color and brings fairness.

♦ Mix lemon juice and a little gram flour in raw milk and apply it on the face and neck or wherever the blackness is to be removed and wash it after drying. This removes the blackness of the skin and increases its brightness.

♦ After drying the peels of good lemon and good orange, grind them and make a paste by mixing milk in it. Rub it on the face and wash after 15 minutes. This increases the glow in the skin.

♦ Rubbing lemon peels on the lips removes the blackness of the lips.

Lemon benefits for teeth

♦ Occasionally (not daily) mixing a little rock salt in lemon juice and massaging the teeth and gums lightly, the teeth become strong and their shine increases.

♦ Mixing a little lemon juice and rock salt in mustard oil and massaging the teeth with light hands removes the yellowness of the teeth.

♦ By dipping the brush in lemon juice and brushing it, the teeth begin to shine.

♦ Mixing lemon juice and a little rock salt in a glass of water and gargling it removes bad breath.

Note- The information given in this article is based on general beliefs, many books and experience. Before implementing these, take the advice of a doctor or expert.

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