Lemon - Benefits in Home Based Remedies
This well-known citrus fruits so commonly used hardly needs any introduction.
It has many medicinal properties. 100 ounces of citrus juice contain about 7 to 9 ounces of citric acid.
The lemon is cooling and soothing and has a tonic value. It is also given in cases of nausea, anorexia, indigestion and distension.
Borax, lemon and sulphur are mixed together in the juice of lemon and the ointment thus obtained is applied on ringworm which clears up rapidly. Many patent ointments are available in the market which produce a temporary effect, while the above mentioned ointment is very effective as far as local treatment of ringworm is concerned. A slight burning may be experienced at first.
Before taking a meal, if one takes fresh ginger with a pinch of salt and lemon, it regularizes vayu and kapha, improves the appetite and gradually increases the peristaltic movement of the intestines and helps to eliminate constipation.
Many obese people have been benefited by taking lemon juice, honey and lukewarm water, mixed well, the first thing in the morning. Further it has been found efficacious in pregnant women who are given to vomiting. The dry skin of the fruit after removing the juice is burnt, and the ash is kept in water. Two grains of this ash with honey three times a day is an effective remedy for nausea.
The juice of a lemon or two added to a glass of boiling water sweetened to taste and taken at bedtime, works wonder in case of a bad cold.
In case of serious purgation caused by croton seeds or castor oil, a glass of lemon juice, in hot water sweetened to taste, stops diarrhea and creates a feeling of general well – being.
A lemon cut into four pieces filled with salt, black pepper and pepper, strung together and allowed to remain open over-night, chewed in the morning removes anorexia, loss of appetite and indigestion.
There are several ayurvedic preparations made with lemon juice. The best known is Suvarna Vasanta Malti, which is highly efficacious for increasing the weight of a patient.
For those who are weak. Emaciated and fatigued one pill of the above preparation twice a day will help increase vim and vigour.
There are several other preparations for treating gas, distension and constipation which are also prepared in the juice of lemon.
Lemon, of course, is used in the kitchen in a variety of ways.
