Health Benefits of Lemon

Lemon juice helps to cure problems related to indigestion and constipation. Adding a few drops of lemon into your dish will aid in digestion. After heavy lunch/dinner, you can take lemon juice, add some lemon juice in cold water, soda, salts (common salt or rock salt) and sugar/honey (if you want it sweet), and mix it in a glass. You can also add some mint leaves or crushed fennel seeds for added taste. Drink this whenever you have a heavy lunch/dinner.

Lemon juice contains citric acid that cures cold, flu or fever. It helps to break fever by increasing perspiration.

Lemon juice is also used in dental care. Fresh lemon juice when applied on the areas of toothache can help in getting rid of the pain. Apply lemon juice on the gums to stop the gum from  bleeding. It gives instant relief from a bad smelling mouth and other problems related to gums.

Lemon juice has proved to be an effective solution for hair care. When applied on the scalp, lemon juice can treat problems like dandruff and hair fall apart from restoring a natural shine to the hair.

Lemon juice is used as an effective remedy for skin problems due to its naturally present antiseptic properties. Lemon juice reduces sun burns and can extract the pain from a bee sting. Lemon juice can also be applied on the skin for acne and eczema problems. It acts as an anti ageing remedy and can remove wrinkles and blackheads. Drinking of lemon juice mixed with water and honey brings glow to the skin. 

Lemon juice if applied on the burn area can fade the scars. That's because lemon is a cooling agent, and it reduces the burning sensation on the skin.

Lemon juice mixed with lukewarm water and honey can reduce the body weight as well.

Lemon juice assists in curing respiratory problems, along with breathing problems and revives a person suffering from asthma. Lemon, being a rich source of vitamin C, helps in dealing with respiratory disorders.

Lemon is an aromatic cum antiseptic agent and is useful in relaxing the feet muscles. Add some lemon juice in warm water and dip the foot into the water to relieve feet from pain.

Drinking lemon juice is helpful for people suffering with heart problems because it contains potassium. It controls high blood pressure, dizziness, nausea and also provides relaxation to the mind and body apart from reducing mental stress and depression.

Builds up a strong Immune system:

Lemons contain citric acid which helps boost enzymatic activity and flush out toxins from the system.

Lemons when unrefrigerated for long periods are susceptible to the growth of mold over them. The nutritional aspects of lemon are truly multifold.