Oral Diseases: Due to lemon juice’s high content of vitamin C, it helps strengthen the gums and teeth. It is also very effective for preventing and curing acute inflammations of the gum margins, pyorrhea, dental caries and other oral diseases.
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Throat Disorders: Lemons are highly beneficial in the treatment of throat disorders such as catarrh, choking sensation and itching sensitivities. A ripe unpeeled lemon should be roasted slowly until it begins to crack open. Then one teaspoonful of the juice with a little honey should be taken once every hour. It should be sipped slowly.
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Digestive Problems: Lemon juice stimulates the flow of saliva and gastric juice and is regarded as an excellent digestive agent. It destroys intestinal worms and eliminates the gases formed in the digestive tract. It is highly beneficial in the treatment of several digestive problems like dyspepsia, constipation and biliousness. Drinking fresh lemon juice with water easily relieves heartburn.
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Fevers: Lemon juice makes an effective thirst-quenching drink when you are suffering from pox, measles, scarlet and other fevers. These fevers cause you to have an extreme thirst and very hot and dry skin.
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Rheumatic Affections: Although lemon juice can be sour in taste, its reaction in the body is alkaline. This causes it to be valuable in the treatment of rheumatic affections such as gout, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, and pain in hip joints, which results from too much acid in the body. A sufficient intake of lemon juice prevents the deposit of uric acid in the tissues and thus reduces the possibility of an attack of gout.
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Cold: For a bad cold, juice two lemons and combine with 500ml of boiling water, sweeten with honey, and take at bedtime.
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Circulatory Disorders: The lemon is a rich source of vitamin P, found both in the juice and peel of the fruit. Vitamin P is essential for controlling hemorrhage in a variety of conditions and for preventing capillary fragility. It is regarded as a valuable food medicine in high blood pressure and arterio-sclerosis. It strengthens the entire arterial system and is of value in many circulatory disorders and heart weakness.
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Cholera: Lemons contain wonderful anticholera properties, and such can kill cholera bacilli within a very short time. It is very effective for this purpose when freshly juiced.
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Foot Relaxation: A wonderful way to comfort your sore feet is to soak them in hot water, and then rub them with fresh lemon juice.The benefit here is in the contrasting actions of the hot water, which opens the pores and the lemon juice which presents a cooling, astringent action. This treatment is also said to promote healthy sleep, owing to its relaxing action on the foot nerves.
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Beauty Aid: Strained fresh lemon juice mixed with cool water should be used to wash hair to add to the brightness.
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