Health Benefits : Lemons

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Lemons earned their reputation as a cure for scurvy, vitamin C deficiency, long before vitamin C itself was identified.
They have plenty of vitamin C, twice as much as oranges, as well as B vitamins.
Traditionally, lemon has always been used for infections of the respiratory tract, hot lemon and honey at bedtime is a classic remedy for colds.


In aromatherapy the essential oil of lemon, concentrated in its peel, is a potent bactericide, it also activates the immune system by stimulating white corpuscle activity.


The lemon is thought of a high acid fruit, and for this reason is often forbidden to sufferers from rheumatism.
In fact, its acids are metabolized during digestion to produce potassium carbonate, which helps neutralize excess acidity.
Lemon juice is actually protective of the mucus membrane lining the digestive tract.
Like oranges, lemon are rich in bioflavonoids.