LEMON: IT’S ENORMOUS HEALTH BENEFITS

Lemon is widely grown all over the world today. It grows in abundance in Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico and West Indies. Unripe lemons are green in color. When they are matured, the color is changed into yellow. Lemon is a must in the kitchen. It is a universally favorite fruits.

BENEFITS, QUALITIES AND USES OF LEMON
The Ayurveda has regarded lemon as a valuable fruits and admired properties. Lemon is sour, warm, promotes gastric fire, light, good for vision, pungent, and astringent.

In considering the benefits/uses of lemon:
•It checks the excessive flows of bile and cleanses the mouth. It dislodges phlegm (cough) and expels wind from the digestive tract. It helps in digestion and removes constipation.
•It prevents vomiting, throat trouble, acidity, and rheumatism. It destroys intestinal worms.
•Though lemon is acidic to the taste, it leaves off alkaline residues in the body. This is why it is useful in all symptoms of acidosis,
•Lemon-juice is a powerful anti-bacterial. It has been proved by experiments that bacteria of malaria, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid, and other badly diseases are destroyed by lemon-juice.
•Lemon-juice retrains influenza, malaria, and cold.
•Lemon-juice gives good relief in fever. When mixed with water, it is useful in quenching the thirst of patient suffering from diabetes. It also gives relief inn abdominal disorders.
•Lemon acts as a sedative for the nerves and the heart and allays troublesome palpitation.
•Lemon is especially appreciated for its Vitamin C value. When Vasco da Gama made his voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, nearly two-thirds of his crew died of scurvy. But at present, the recurrence of such a disaster is no longer possible owing to the widespread use of lemon.
•Lemon is very much useful in maintaining the health of the teeth and bones. The vitamin C content of lemon helps considerably in calcium metabolism.

Conclusively, lemon has proved to be a blessing over the years and a lot o people are yet to tap into its enormous benefits accrued to lemon. No wonder Edmund Hillary, the first man to put his foot on the top of Mt. Everest, has attributed that his victory over Mt. Everest was greatly due to lemon.