Uses and Benefits of Lemon

Discover the uses and benefits that lemon can contribute to your health

Do you know the properties of lemon and the benefits it can bring to your health?

The lemon is characterized by its medicinal qualities, this is due to the large number of healthy properties that can provide, from fighting stress, reduce uric acid, strengthen defenses, among others.

It is very beneficial to improve cardiovascular problems.

Lemon is very rich in vitamin C. A very important vitamin to keep blood vessels in good condition, and very beneficial for the care of the skin, bones, and even teeth. It also favors the healing of wounds and helps us to keep the immune system strong, so it helps us to prevent diseases and infections.

It contains minerals such as iron, magnesium or potassium. It is highly recommended for hypertension and its consumption reduces the risk of suffering from degenerative diseases.

How to take it?

The best way to take it is to squeeze a lemon or half in a glass of water and take it every morning. Another way is to add a squeezed lemon to a bottle of water and drink it during the day. The juice of the squeezed lemon is very abrasive for your teeth so we recommend mixing it with water.

You can use the lemon for:

> Rinse skin spots. Cut a lemon in half and spread it over the spots on your skin.

> Reduce the fat of your hair.

> Reduce acne. Its antibacterial properties will decrease the production of pimples on your skin.

> Decrease varicose veins. Mix it with garlic and olive oil and spread it over your varicose veins.

> Blanch nails.

> Exfoliate your skin. Make a mixture with olive oil, salt and lemon and you will have a perfect exfoliant for your skin. If you have been self-tanning and have orange remains, use this mixture to remove the remains.

> Make a good digestion.

> Relieve the cough. Drink warm water with lemon and a spoonful of honey to calm the infection in the throat and the itching produced by the cough.

> Cut the diarrhea. Add to a liter of water the juice of 2 or 3 lemons, 1 spoonful of sugar, the tip of a small spoon of salt and a pinch of bicarbonate. It will provide minerals and help you to combat the dehydration of these processes.

In addition to healing properties, lemon has many uses for cleaning at home. We show you some of them:

> Remove the bad smell from the fridge. Cut a lemon in half and store it inside the fridge, it will help you to fight the bad smell.

> Clean the cutting board. Sometimes, it is very difficult to get blood from the cutting board of the kitchen, squeeze a lemon on the table and let it sit overnight, the next day wash your board as you normally do.

> Removes lime from faucets. Squeeze a lemon and wet a cotton. Pass it through the lime of the bathroom or kitchen faucets and you will notice the results.

> Helps eliminate grease stains from clothes. Impregna the stain with the juice of a lemon and let it sit for several hours, then wash the garment normally, the stain will have cleared.

> Cleans mold from tiles. Make a mixture of squeezed lemon and water and rub with a toothbrush over the joints of the tiles that often turn black because of the mold. If the mold is very embedded let the lemon act for several minutes and then rub with more water and lemon.

> Clean the silver. Mix the juice of a lemon with a tablespoon of baking soda and rub your blackened silver pieces. It is very effective

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