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45 Uses For Lemons That Will Blow Your Socks Off                        May 28, 2013 |              Filed under: Health,Health Food,News |              Posted by: True Activist  
                    

 Most people are familiar with the traditional uses for lemons to  soothe sore throats and add some citrus flavor to our foods. However the  diversityof applications for lemons farexceeds  general knowledge and once you read the following list, you'll likely  want to stock at least a few lemons in your kitchen 24-7.

1. Freshen the Fridge
Remove refrigerator odors with ease. Dab lemon juice on a cotton ball or  sponge and leave it in the fridge for several hours. Make sure to toss  out any malodorous items that might be causing the bad smell.
  2. High Blood Pressure
Lemon contains potassium which controls high blood pressure and reduces the effect of nausea and dizziness.
 3. Prevent Cauliflower From Turning Brown
Cauliflower tend to turn brown with even the slightest cooking. You can  make sure the white vegetables stay white by squeezing a teaspoon of  fresh lemon juice on them before heating.
  4. Mental Health
Lemon water can also prep up your mood and relieve you from depression  and stress. Long distance walkers and world travelers as well as  explorers look upon the lemon as a Godsend. When fatigue begins, a lemon  is sucked through a hole in the top. Quick acting medicine it is,  giving almost unbelievable refreshments.
 5. Refresh Cutting Boards
No wonder your kitchen cutting board smells! After all, you use it to  chop onions, crush garlic, and prepare fish. To get rid of the smell and  help sanitize the cutting board, rub it all over with the cut side of  half a lemon or wash it in undiluted juice straight from the bottle.
  6. Respiratory Problems
Lemon water can reduce phlegm; and can also help you breathe properly and aids a person suffering with asthma.
  7. Treating Arthritis and Rheumatism
Lemon is a diuretic – assists in the production of urine which helps you  to reduce inflammation by flushing out toxins and bacteria while also  giving you relief from arthritis and rheumatism.
 8. Prevents Kidney Stones
Regular consumption of the refreshing drink — or even lemon juice mixed  with water — may increase the production of urinary citrate, a chemical  in the urine that prevents the formation of crystals that may build up into kidney stones.
 9. Keep Insects Out of the Kitchen
You don't need insecticides or ant traps to ant-proof your  kitchen. Just give it the lemon treatment. First squirt some lemon juice  on door thresholds and windowsills. Then squeeze lemon juice into any  holes or cracks where the ants are getting in. Finally, scatter small  slices of lemon peel around the outdoor entrance. The ants will get the  message that they aren't welcome. Lemons are also effective against  roaches and fleas: Simply mix the juice of 4 lemons (along with the  rinds) with 1/2 gallon (2 liters) water and wash your floors with it;  then watch the fleas and roaches flee. They hate the smell.
  10. Anti-Aging
Lemon water reduces the production of free radicals which are  responsible for aging skin and skin damage. Lemon water is calorie free  and an antioxidant.
 11. Fruit and Vegetable Wash
You never know what kind of pesticides or dirt may be lurking on the  skin of your favorite fruits and vegetables. Slice your lemon and squeeze out one tablespoon of lemon juice into your spray bottle. The lemon juice is a natural disinfectant and will leave your fruits and vegetables smelling nice too.
 12. Treat Infections
Lemon water can fight throat infections thanks to its antibacterial  property. If salt water does not work for you, try lime and water for  gargling.
 13. Deodorize Your Garbage
If your garbage is beginning to smell yucky, here's an easy way to  deodorize it: Save leftover lemon and orange peels and toss them at the  base under the bag. To keep it smelling fresh, repeat once every couple  of weeks.
 14. Keep Guacamole Green
You've been making guacamole all day long for the big party, and you  don't want it to turn brown on top before the guests arrive. The  solution: Sprinkle a liberal amount of fresh lemon juice over it and it  will stay fresh and green. The flavor of the lemon juice is a natural  complement to the avocados in the guacamole. Make the fruit salad hours  in advance too. Just squeeze some lemon juice onto the apple slices, and  they'll stay snowy white.
 15. Purges The Blood
We consume a lot of junk food or food with a lot of preservatives and  artificial flavours. This builds up a lot of toxins in the blood and  body but daily consumption of lemon water helps to purify the blood.
 16. Make Soggy Lettuce Crisp
Don't toss that soggy lettuce into the garbage. With the help of a  little lemon juice you can toss it in a salad instead. Add the juice of  half a lemon to a bowl of cold water. Then put the soggy lettuce in it  and refrigerate for 1 hour. Make sure to dry the leaves completely  before putting them into salads or sandwiches.
 17. Oral Health
Lemon juice also stops bleeding gums and reduces toothaches
 18. Lighten Age Spots
Why buy expensive creams when you've got lemon juice? To lighten liver  spots or freckles, try applying lemon juice directly to the area. Let it  sit for 15 minutes and then rinse your skin clean. It's a safe and  effective skin-lightening agent.
 19. Create Blonde Highlights
For salon-worthy highlights, add 1/4 cup lemon juice to 3/4 cup water  and rinse your hair with the mixture. Then, sit in the sun until your  hair dries. To maximize the effect, repeat once daily for up to a week.
 20. Make a Room Scent/Humidifier
Freshen and moisturize the air in your home on dry winter days. Make your own room scent that also doubles as a humidifier.  If you have a wood-burning stove, place an enameled cast-iron pot or  bowl on top, fill with water, and add lemon (and/or orange) peels,  cinnamon sticks, cloves, and apple skins. No wood-burning stove? Use  your stovetop instead and just simmer the water periodically.
 21. Clean and Whiten Nails
Pamper your hands without a manicurist. Add the juice of 1/2 lemon to 1  cup warm water and soak your fingertips in the mixture for 5 minutes.  After pushing back the cuticles, rub some lemon peel back and forth  against the nail.
 22. Cleanse Your Face
Zap zits naturally by dabbing lemon juice on blackheads to draw them out  during the day. You can also wash your face with lemon juice for a  natural cleanse and exfoliation. Your skin should improve after several  days of treatment. Lemon water is also a cooling agent, best way to beat  the heat.
 23. Freshen Your Breath
Make an impromptu mouthwash by rinsing with lemon juice straight from  the bottle. Swallow for longer-lasting fresh breath. The citric acid in  the juice alters the pH level in your mouth, killing bacteria that  causes bad breath. Rinse after a few minutes because long-term exposure  to the acid in lemons can harm tooth enamel.
 24. Treat Flaky Dandruff
If itchy, scaly dandruff has you scratching your head, relief may be no  farther away than your refrigerator. Just massage two tablespoons lemon  juice into your scalp and rinse with water. Then stir one teaspoon lemon  juice into one cup water and rinse your hair with it. Repeat daily  until your dandruff disappears.
 25. Get Rid of Tough Stains on Marble
You probably think of marble as stone, but it is really  petrified calcium (also known as old seashells). That explains why it is  so porous and easily stained and damaged. Those stains can be hard to  remove. If washing won't remove a stubborn stain, try this: Cut a lemon  in half, dip the exposed flesh into some table salt, and rub it  vigorously on the stain. But do this only as a last resort; acid can  damage marble. Rinse well. Use These Lemons To Clean – Easy and Effective
 26. Remove Berry Stains
It sure was fun to pick your own berries, but now your fingers are  stained with berry juice that won't come off no matter how much you  scrub with soap and water. Try washing your hands with undiluted lemon  juice, then wait a few minutes and wash with warm, soapy water. Repeat  until your hands are stain-free.
 27. Soften Dry, Scaly Elbows
Itchy elbows are bad enough, but they look terrible too. For better  looking (and feeling) elbows, mix baking soda and lemon juice to make an  abrasive paste, then rub it into your elbows for a soothing, smoothing,  and exfoliating treatment. Rinse your extremities in a mixture of equal  parts lemon juice and water, then massage with olive oil and dab dry  with a soft cloth.
 28. Headaches
Lemon juice with a few teaspoons of hot tea added is the treatment of a  sophisticated New York bartender, for those who suffer with hangover  headaches–and from headaches due to many other causes. He converts his  customers to this regime, and weans them away from drug remedies  completely.
 29. Chills and Fevers
Chills and fevers may be due to a variety of causes; never the less the  lemon is always a helpful remedy. Spanish physicians regard it as an  infallible friend.
 30. Diptheria
Skip the vaccine for this disease. Lemon Juice Treatment still proves as  one of the most powerful antiseptics and the strong digestive qualities  of the fruit are admired around the world. With the juice every hour or  two, and at the same time, 1/2 to 1 tsp. should be swallowed. This cuts  loose the false membrane in the throat and permits it to come out.
 31. Vaginal Hygiene
Diluted lemon juice makes a safe and sane method of vaginal hygiene.  Though it is a powerful antiseptic it is nevertheless free from  irritating drugs in douches and suppositories.
 32. Forget The Moth Balls
A charming French custom to keep closets free from moths is to take ripe  lemons and stick them with cloves all over the skin. The heavily  studded lemons slowly dry with their cloves, leaving a marvelous odor  throughout the closets and rooms.
 33. Stomach Health
Digestive problems are the most common ailments but warm water and lime  juice is the solution to most digestive problems. Lemon juice helps to  purify the blood, reduces your chances of indigestion, constipation,  eliminates toxins from the body, adds digestion and reduces phlegm.
 34. Disinfect Cuts and Scrapes
Stop bleeding and disinfect minor cuts and scraps by pouring a few drops  of lemon juice directly on the cut. You can also apply the juice with a  cotton ball and hold firmly in place for one minute.
 35. Soothe Poison Ivy Rash
You won't need an ocean of calamine lotion the next time poison ivy  comes a-creeping. Just apply lemon juice directly to the affected area  to soothe itching and alleviate the rash.
 36. Remove Warts
You've tried countless remedies to banish warts and nothing seems to  work. Next time, apply a dab of lemon juice directly to the wart using a  cotton swab. Repeat for several days until the acids in the lemon juice  dissolve the wart completely.
 37. Bleach Delicate Fabrics
Avoid additional bleach stains by swapping ordinary household  chlorine bleach with lemon juice, which is milder but no less effective.  Soak your delicates in a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda for at  least half an hour before washing.
 38. Clean Tarnished Brass and Polish Chrome
Say good-bye to tarnish on brass, copper, or stainless steel. Make a  paste of lemon juice and salt (or substitute baking soda or cream of  tartar for the salt) and coat the affected area. Let it stay on for 5  minutes. Then wash in warm water, rinse, and polish dry. Use the same  mixture to clean metal kitchen sinks too. Apply the paste, scrub gently,  and rinse.Get rid of mineral deposits and polish  chrome faucets and other tarnished chrome. Simply rub lemon rind over  the chrome and watch it shine! Rinse well and dry with a soft cloth.
 39. Replace Your Dry Cleaner
Ditch the expensive dry-cleaning bills (and harsh chemicals) with this  homegrown trick. Simply scrub the stained area on shirts and blouses  with equal parts lemon juice and water. Your "pits" will be good as new,  and smell nice too.
 40. Boost Laundry Detergent
For more powerful cleaning action, pour 1 cup lemon juice into the  washer during the wash cycle. The natural bleaching action of the juice  will zap stains and remove rust and mineral discolorations from cotton  T-shirts and briefs and will leave your clothes smelling fresh. Your  clothes will turn out brighter and also come out smelling lemon-fresh.
 41. Rid Clothes of Mildew
Have you ever unpacked clothes you stored all winter and discovered some  are stained with mildew? To get rid of it, make a paste of lemon juice  and salt and rub it on the affected area, then dry the clothes in  sunlight. Repeat the process until the stain is gone.
 42. Eliminate Fireplace Odor
There's nothing cozier on a cold winter night than a warm fire burning  in the fireplace â€" unless the fire happens to smell horrible. Next  time you have a fire that sends a stench into the room, try throwing a  few lemon peels into the flames. Or simply burn some lemon peels along  with your firewood as a preventive measure.
 43. Neutralize Cat-Box Odor
You don't have to use an aerosol spray to neutralize foul-smelling  cat-box odors or freshen the air in your bathroom. Just cut a couple of  lemons in half. Then place them, cut side up, in a dish in the room, and  the air will soon smell lemon-fresh.
 44. Deodorize a Humidifier
When your humidifier starts to smell funky, deodorize it with ease: Just  pour 3 or 4 teaspoons lemon juice into the water. It will not only  remove the off odor but will replace it with a lemon-fresh fragrance.  Repeat every couple of weeks to keep the odor from returning.
 45. Reduce Asthma Symptoms
In addition to a general detoxifying diet, 2 tablespoons of  lemon juice before each meal, and before retiring can reduce asthma  symptoms.
 * If you do consume lemon peel, stick to organic lemons to reduce your pesticide exposure.

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[Agya Yaw]

Some of these I knew but other I didn't. I'll add this to my coconut oil list.