Usage of Recipes of lemon

Through my previous blog post you may aware of the medicinal and health benefits of Lemon. In this post we will discuss about the usage of this yellow fruit. Whether knowingly or un- knowingly this little fruit occupies an important place in everybody’s kitchen and being used in cooking. We have to salute our ancestors for including most of the nature products/herbs in daily cooking.

Lemon is commonly used in recipes of soup, (rasam), pickle, juice, salad etc., through which it will automatically help to improve stamina and to keep our digestive system in order.

A glass of lemon juice can keep you fresh and improve immunity system. 

Photo Author: André Karwath aka Aka

Drinking of lemon juice with honey in the morning is a fast weight loss remedy as it helps to burn fat and flushes out excess toxin from the body. (You can check out this and more usages of honey)  

Regular intake of lemon juice with warm water in the morning and night gives relief to Asthma. It also helps the digestive system. You can add a pinch of salt which will add taste and have more medicinal effect.

The plain tea or coffee with few lemon drops can be used which has got many medicinal effects. It is needless to say Lemon rice is one the traditional meals in India, of course with ginger and green chillies and salt.

Here are some tips to make some pickles with lemon

Take some 5 or 6 lemons, cut in to pieces, remove the seeds, and add some peeled ginger pieces, with required green chillies, and salt then preserve in a bottle. Keep it for one or two days and use whenever required. This is a delicious pickle without red chilli powder and without oil. All can use this pickle. Use it within a week or ten days. It is medicinal pickle even patients can consume.

Here is another effective harmless pickle recipe. Take some 12 or 15 (numbers depends upon your requirement) fresh lemons, after washing them well put them in a bottle add required salt and warm water. And preserve it for a month and use them whenever you want. This is very effective and harmless because it does not contain chillies and oil. It is very useful for aged people.

All of us very well know about the general traditional lemon pickle with chillies and giggle oil with salt. It is famous for its flavour and taste,

Caution: Those who are suffering from acidity problem must be careful in using this lemon juice or raw lemons because it contains Citric acid. Always drink mixing with water.

Drinking of two litres of water with lemon juice is an effective remedy for dissolving kidney stones.

Lemon is also used for treating Acne, Pimples, Eczema and other skin diseases by just applying on the affected parts.  Just squash and smell the juice can ease nausea and vomiting

I have mentioned about my views on this famous fruit Lemon. You can also share your views about this yellow fruit here. I request you all to share this post with your friends too as relevant.

Will meet you through next post with another nature spice.

Health benefits of Lemon

Before discussing about Lemon, let us see what is Naturopathy? Naturopathy is a form of alternative medicine that focuses on natural remedies to stimulate and support the body’s own healing. Naturopathy follows and utilizes the healing power of nature.

In my previous posts I have given views about Honey, Sunflower seeds, Insulin plant, Turmeric etc., Now I would like to share views about the medicinal benefits of the small yellow fruit - Lemon. This beautiful yellow fruit is smallest among other citrus fruits and contains more health benefits.

This small ball shaped yellow juicy fruit is native to Asia

Photo Author: Elena Chochkova

and has been used in cooking and also for medicines for several years in almost all the countries. Lemon contains 5 to 6 per cent of citric acid. This acid naturally helps for easy digestion and is one of the reasons that Lemon is used in Indian traditional medicines.

Lemon contains most of the vitamins and minerals. It has got wonderful healing power. It has got rich vitamins like Vitamins A,B, C and B1 and also some iron, calcium, potassium etc., it is low in calories say 29 per 100 grams. Lemon is rich in dietary fiber and is also one of the very low glycaemic fruit

Medicinal Benefits

Accumulated toxins can be flushed out if we use lemon. It is considered as a Detoxification. Lemon juice is an excellent natural hair cooler. Juice of this fruit is used to treat disorders of throat and to prevent common cold and fever because it contains vitamin C.

By consuming lemon the immune system of body is boosted. Since it contains vitamin C, it enables to improve body’s resistance at all levels. Lemon acts as a tonic for liver and pancreas. This juice will improve appetite. It is an excellent remedy for Flu.

Drinking lemon juice is the remedy for rheumatic fever with pain in joints. Lemon tea will relieve head aches and heartburns also. As is commonly known, it is a wonderful simple remedy for nausea, vomiting and travel sickness.

Elderly people require more vitamin C than youngsters. Since lemon contains vitamin C it helps to strengthen the capillaries in certain vascular diseases. Lemon is used to relieve from constipation also.

Since lemon contains potassium which helps to control blood pressure. Lemon helps to control heart rate also.

Even for Uninary related infections and problems, lemon can be used. Lemon is a diuretic which prevents accumulation of fluids in the body. Its antibacterial property helps in reducing urinary infections.

Check out the Nutritional values of Lemon in this wiki page here.

If you are having acidity problems consult your doctor and before using Lemon regularly.  

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