Kitchen Remedy - Lemon

Lemon, the tree always green, was cultivated in China for over 3000 years and it's well known for his therapeutically proprieties.

His fruits and leaves are used in treatment for several diseases. Lemon has two proprieties, which make from this plant an important therapeutic fruit: antibacterial proprieties and high content of vitamin C.

Lemon contains:

• 90% water
• 1.26 mg proteins
• 25.6 mg calcium
• 0.54 iron
• 52.7 mg vitamin C
• Energy 27 kcal

Lemon Cures

Because of this nourishing content lemon juice helps the immune system and it's redoucing cholesterol. Vitamin C from the lemon is immediately absorbed into the body; nutritionists recommend daily consuming of this fruit to raise the synthesis of anti stress hormones.
Because lemon contains citric acid, it quickly changes the body's acid condition into an alkaline one. Lemons also contain phosphorus. For this reason, lemon juice in water with a little honey, 2-3 times/day helps cure halitosis (bad breath)! For those suffering from a hangover, lemon juice in a weak solution of black tea works wonders as it converts an acid condition (a condition that causes headaches and migraines) to an alkaline one. Sometimes a shot of lemon or lime juice will cure your hiccups!

Citrus limon benefits

• blood cleanser
• diuretic
• inflammation
• nerve tonic
• used in the fight against cancer
• reducing high blood pressure
• minor feverish illnesses
• varicose veins
• hemorrhoids
• kidney stones

Traditional Uses:

Lemon peel: it is used to calm down articulation pain. Volatile oil from the lemon peel helps in blood vessel relaxation and has anti-inflammatory effect. To use lemon as an anti-inflammatory substance scrape away very carefully the peel from the lemon without taking off the white part, putt it on the painful zone and wrap the area up with a bandage. Keep the bandage for one hour or two.

Lemon juice: helps in cases of sunstroke. The juice has an astringent action and calms down the pain. It's also a very good disinfectant, used in cases of small injuries, injuries in the mouth, neck (like cankers). To obtain this effect, squeeze a lemon and mix it with a cup of worm water. Gargle three times a day with the juice prepared.

Lemon juice daily first thing in the morning (on an empty stomach) eliminates water retention, helps with weight reduction, and keeps the system alkaline. For the flu, an old time remedy is to juice one lemon and add that to a cup of hot water with honey. Drink the entire amount at once and then repeat every couple of hours until you are feeling better.