What are the effects and functions of lemon

What are the benefits of lemon? I believe many people don’t know much about this issue. Let me introduce it to you and it will be clear.

What are the benefits of lemon?

Lemon contains sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B1, B2, C and other nutrients. In addition, it is rich in citric acid, flavonoids, volatile oils, hesperidin, etc. Citric acid has the effect of preventing and eliminating skin pigmentation. Chinese medicine believes that lemon is warm, bitter, non-toxic, and has the functions of quenching thirst, promoting body fluid, removing heat and stagnating the fetus, relieving stagnation, strengthening the stomach, relieving pain, and diuresis, regulating vascular permeability, and is suitable for girls with edema and puffiness.

Smokers should eat more lemons because they need twice as much vitamin C as non-smokers. Lemons are low in calories and have strong contractility, so they are good for reducing fat and are a good weight loss medicine. Lemons can prevent cardiovascular arteriosclerosis and reduce blood viscosity. Hot lemon juice with honey is very effective in treating bronchitis and nasopharyngitis. Gandi moisturizes the lungs, acid quenches thirst, stimulates appetite, detoxifies alcohol, whitens the skin, moisturizes the skin, and lowers cholesterol. The remaining brewing can be applied to the face to treat facial spots and acne.

The role of lemon

Expectorant: Less well known is that lemon can also be an expectorant, and its expectorant effect is stronger than that of oranges and tangerines. Drinking lemon juice with warm water and salt can help cough up the thick phlegm accumulated in the throat, which is very effective. When you first catch a cold, you may want to drink lemon and honey mixed with water to relieve sore throats and reduce the discomfort of dry throats.

In addition, drinking a glass of lemon water every morning before eating any food can not only enhance gastrointestinal motility, treat constipation, expel toxins from the body, and achieve beauty effects, but also can remove bad breath and eliminate bad breath.

The most direct effect of drinking lemon slices soaked in water is beauty. Drink a cup of hot lemon water every morning. The amount of lemon juice should be half a lemon. This will make your eyes more vivid and your skin more rosy. If you add more lemon juice to the water, it will also help to remove waste from the body. I often drink lemon tea: it moisturizes the throat and is good for beauty. In fact, in addition to beauty, lemon can also prevent diseases! If you drink it for a long time, you will definitely be a healthy little beauty!

How to use lemon

1. Drink directly from fresh lemons: Wash the lemons, cut them into 2mm thick slices, remove the seeds, put them directly into a cup, brew with cold water, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and drink.

2. Making candied lemons: Wash the lemons, slice them, remove the seeds, and put them into a porcelain jar or bottle at a ratio of 1 kg of lemon slices to 2-3 kg of sugar. Seal the jar or bottle tightly with a layer of lemon and a layer of sugar. You can drink it after a week (diabetics can use salt pickling, the method is the same as sugar pickling, and the amount of salt is 25-30% of the amount of lemon)

3. Lemon is used in cooking: When cooking food with a fishy smell, put fresh lemon slices or lemon juice into the pot before taking it out of the pot to remove the fishy smell and greasiness.

4. Fresh lemon beauty: Wash and slice the lemon, put it in cold boiled water for 3-5 minutes, and then use it for face, body and hair washing. Long-term use can dissolve the spots on the face and body, and achieve the effect of hair like ink waterfall, face like jade, body like cream, and radiant. Friends who love beauty can refer to

5. Lemon deodorizes and preserves freshness: Place 2 to 3 pounds of fresh lemons naked in the refrigerator or room to remove odors in the refrigerator or room; slice them and put them in a kimchi jar to remove the white part and make the kimchi crisp and refreshing.