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.

DULCAMARA (BITTER SWEET) for Rheumatic pain and skin problems

In our Previous post, we read about the medicine CONIUM (from Hemlock) which can be used to treat a few types of cancers and also prostate related problems. In this post we will discuss about DULCAMARA, mainly used in case of Rheumatic pains.

Dulcamara is mainly used to treat the rheumatic problems connected with damp cold weather which is aggravated in every change of cold weather and getting relieved when moving around.

In the case of urinary problems, it can help cure the feeling of urgency to pass urine on getting chill in feet. That is when standing or touching with bare feet on chilly (cold) places.

This medicine can also be used to cure stiffness in neck and shoulders due to cold weather (cervical spondylosis), paralysis, paralyzed limbs and feet due to cold.

In the case of skin, it can cure bleeding, ulcers, little boils, red spots, bleeding when scratched, and also eczema. Added to its credit DULCAMARA can cure number of skin disorders like ring worm and itchy skin etc.,

In the case of throat it works well on aching throat, bronchitis, headache with feeling of heaviness, pain caused by sinusitis

Diarrhea and nausea can also be treated with this medicine.

Let us see how this DULCAMARA is prepared. It is prepared by using the fresh green leaves and stems of the bittersweet plant which is also known as bitter night shade.

Dosage: This medicine can work well with 3^rd to 30^th potency. Dosage for Adults is 4…4…4 and for children it isa 2…2…2

Calcarea Carbonica (Cali-car)

In our last post, we discussed Barberry, which can be used to cure a variety of symptoms ranging from Rheumatic pains, Fistula in ano to Urinary problems.

In this post, we'll see about Calcarea Carbonica that is also another useful medicine for a wide variety of common problems.

Calcarea Carbonica is one of the most commonly used medicines in homeopathy. It is made from the middle layer or inner lining of shells and is prepared by a process of grinding into a very fine powder to purify the same.

This is specially used for high Blood Pressure patients.

It will also be of a good help to people who get easily tired due to poor stamina with breathing trouble. It is to be noted that this breathing problem will worsen when walking up slopes or stairs and also when looking down.

It is very good medicine for old people for boosting their stamina. It is used for giving nutrition to bones.

In case of Mouth, the indications are Dryness of tongue during night, Bleeding on gums, Toothache and also Feeling of Burning sensation at the tip of the tongue.

In Head, the symptoms are Feeling sense of weight on top of head, Head ache with cold in hands and feet, Vertigo on ascending and or turning of head.

This Cali-car medicine is very useful to cure eczema.

In the case of Stomach, it is used to cure stomach ache occurring during fasting and after intake. Other symptoms occurring after eating like Nausea, Head ache, Palpitation and feeling of blood rushing to the head and feeling sleepiness.

In the case of urinary, it will be useful for the following problems. Burning sensation in the urethra during urination and Desire for frequent urination.

So this Calcarea carbonica can be used for energy booster and to cure high B.P. and also for strengthening of bones. Please note this one of the fine remedy for old people. 

Try this medicine first for a limited period of week or 10 days. Stop it if symptoms are cured, otherwise try again for limited period.  

Dosage: Can work well with 6^th to 200^th potency and Adult dosage is 4…..4…..4 and for children 2…2…2

Calcarea Sulphurica - Homeopathy remedy for treatment of pus

In the last post, we discussed Calcarea Phosphorica - a Homeopathy remedy for Numbness, back pain, fevers etc.  

In this post, we will discuss about Calcarea Sulphurica, which is a salt generally present in the liver and bile mucous membrane.

This is useful in suppurations of pus mixed with blood, yellowish discharged in eyes, ears, nose.This salt is also curative in ear diseases with blood, diarrhoeas, ulcers, pimples, boils, oozing scabs. It can also be used as effective remedy for cystic tumors, fibroids, eczema,  chronic lung infections. 

Indications: Formation of pus in the skin, thick yellow heavy pus sometimes with blood in ears, nose, face, or from inside parts of the body.

Dosage: With the usual dosage of 4…4…4 for two weeks, you will find good relief from the problems. For children use half of the dosage. In case of severity you can increase the dosage a little

Next will be about Ferrum Phosphorica (phosphate of iron)