Lemon is considered the best citrus fruit among others. Consuming lemon has many health benefits for the human body. It contains vitamin C, which has antioxidant properties that remove the unwanted things from your body and boost your natural defence (fighting) mechanism against the harmful bacteria and viruses entered into your body.
In this article, you will know everything about lemon benefits of lemon, which you were not aware of it.
Lemon plant
The lemon tree is mostly grown in India. However, you can grow the lemon plant in your garden as well. They are small trees with the height of 3-4 meters. Young leaves of the lemon plant are reddish or light green in colors. When they have fully grown, their color changes to dark green and their shape becomes oval. Young branches of the lemon plant are angular in shape and sharp thorns in them.
Lemon Tree
A fully grown lemon tree has flowers that have a sweet smell. Flowers grown in the lemon tree are solitary as well as in groups of small clusters. Lemon tree needs slightly acidic soil for its growth. A small-sized lemon tree can be grown in the pot, and you can place it on your balcony or in the garden where it can get warm bright from sunlight. The lemon tree requires a minimum of five hours of sunlight for its good growth.
Lemon Juice
Lemon juice contains vitamin C, which has many benefits in preventing diseases. Lemon juice also helps in connective tissue repairing and helps in keeping your gum healthy. Lemon juice taken in warm water daily helps in maintaining the pH balance in your body by acting as an antioxidant. So for maintaining body pH, it should be taken in the morning empty stomach. It is also said that if you drink lemon juice in warm water every morning, it helps in reducing fat by melting the fat from the body.
Benefits of Lemon Tea
Among the refreshing drinks, lemon tea is considered the best one. It Provides freshness and has many benefits.
Here are some of the benefits of lemon tea:-
- Lemon tea acts as detoxifying (removes the unwanted things from the body)
- Lemon tea helps in boosting the digestive system of the body, helping in easy digestion of the food.
- Lemon tea helps in fighting against the infections present in the body.
- Lemon tea helps in regulating heart action.
- Lemon tea helps in glowing the skin.
- Lemon tea helps in reducing the swelling (edema) from the body after the operation.
Considering all the benefits of lemon tea, one should include it in a daily diet routine.
Recipe of lemon tea
Making lemon tea is very easy. Just follow these steps, and your lemon tea will be ready.
- Take a container and add one cup of water and keep it on high flame till it gets hot.
- Once it gets hot, the flame of gas should be slow.
- Now add lemon juice, ginger, and jaggery to it.
- Stir it well till the mixture gets mixed, and then turn off the flame of the gas.
- Now stain the lemon tea in the cup with the help of the filter and add lemon wedges on the side of the cup for decoration and your lemon tea is ready to drink.
Lemongrass plant
Lemongrass is commonly used in India by most people. It has a refreshing property and has a smell and taste like lemon. Using lemongrass has many medicinal benefits. A few of the benefits are:-
- Lemongrass is a rich source of many essential nutrients and minerals like vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin C, iron and folate, calcium and potassium, zinc, phosphorus, and many more
- Lemongrass also has the property of antioxidant.
- Lemongrass also acts as an antimicrobial and anti-fungal.
- Lemongrass helps in preventing various stomach and intestine disorders.
- Lemongrass helps in treating nausea and vomiting and pain in the abdomen, even relieves constipation.
- Lemongrass even acts as a diuretic (helps in flushing out the waste material or toxins from the kidney) and keeps internal organs healthy.
Benefits of Lemon Pickle
Some people consider pickles are harmful to the body, but let me tell you that if lemon pickle is your choice of taste, then your choice is good. Lemon pickle also has many benefits. Here are some of the benefits:-
- Lemon pickle helps in regulating blood sugar levels.
- Lemon pickle helps in maintaining blood pressure.
- Lemon pickle keeps the bone healthy as it contains calcium, vitamin A, iron, and potassium.
- Lemon pickle helps in boosting up the immune system of the body.
- Lemon pickle aids the digestion process.
So adding lemon pickle to your diet is good to your health.
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Lemon and Honey
The Lemon-honey tea has many benefits for the body. It is said that when taken together, It produces marvellous health benefits. And we all know that taking lemon honey tea helps in melting fat, reduces acne from the face, and removes the toxins from the body. Along with this, lemon-honey tea helps in aiding digestive problems.
Lime vs Lemon
They both have common properties; though they both come in citrus fruits, they are still different. It is said that a lemon is a hybrid form of lime, and few people say that it is theory. They both are grown all over the world. Lemon is citrus Limon which mostly grows in a moderate climate, while lime is citrus aurantifolia which grows well in tropical and subtropical regions. They both have a sour taste and are acidic in nature.
The difference between lime and lemon is that lemon is bright yellow, while lime is light green. Another difference is in the shape and size; the lemon is bigger than lime. Lemon is 2-4 inches in diameter, and the size is oval, while lime is smaller 1-2 inches in diameter, and sizes may vary but mostly round. Lemons are slightly sweetish (sweet lemon), while lime is bitter. So bigger size is lemon with yellow colour while smaller is green lime.
Lemon for Face
Lemon as many benefits; it is good for the skin also. Besides having antioxidant properties, it helps in curing many skin problems. Here are some of the benefits of applying lemon on the face:-
- Useful in treating the acne on the face as lemon is acidic in nature.
- It acts as an astringent and helps in decreasing the inflammation due to acne.
- Useful in removing the excess oil on the face, which are responsible for producing acne by clearing the pores on the face.
- Treating the fungal infection.
- Decreasing the age spots, acne scars on the face.
- Removing excess hairs on the face.
- Useful in increasing the collagen on the skin and thus prevents wrinkles and aging.
Besides its benefits, there are also some side effects, so before applying it to your face, consult your dermatologist for further information.
Benefits of Lemon for Hair
The Lemons act as a bleaching agent and as well as helps in cleansing. Lemons can be applied to the hair if you want lightening hair. Lemon has bleaching properties which is due to the presence of citric acid in it. It reduces the melanin (protein which is responsible for the blackening of the hairs) content in the hair and makes them light in color.
Applying lemon on the hair makes them shinier when hair are looked at in the sunlight. It also helps in reducing the excess oil on your hair and also helps in reducing dandruff from your hair. However, using lemon for hair also has some side effects, so doctor consultation is required before applying lemon on hair.
Benefits of Lemon oil
Many people use lemon oil as a home remedy because of its various health benefits. Before applying lemon oil, it should be diluted than it can use. Here are some of the benefits of using lemon oil:-
- It helps in reducing anxiety and depression.
- Releasing the exhaustion in the body.
- Righting against the harmful agents in the body and kills them.
- Reducing the inflammation in the body.
- It helps in clearing the skin.
Benefits of Lemon Peel
We all discard the peel of the lemon, but this peel is of great use as it also has many health benefits because it contains bioactive compounds. Here are some of the health benefits of lemon peel:-
- Lemon peel contains a high amount of vitamin C.
- Lemon peel helps in preventing dental caries and prevents gum infections.
- Lemon peels are full of antioxidants.
- Lemon peel has anti-fungal and antimicrobial properties, which help in reducing the growth of bacteria and fungus.
- Lemon peel helps in boosting up body immunity.
These are few, but lemon peel has many more health benefits, so don’t discard the peel.
Conclusion
Lemon can be found easily everywhere in the market. Lemon is considered as evergreen citrus fruit as one can get lemon in every season. Today lemon is used for many purposes like in industries, aromatherapy, and many more. Even lemons are used in making batteries for a small digital watch. So add lemon to your daily routine to get healthy life.