Health benefits of drinking lemon water

 

When life gives you a lemon... squeeze it, mix it with six ounces of filtered water and drink twice daily.

There are basic lifestyle habits that are important to incorporate into your daily life, and this is certainly one of them.

 

The value of eating lemons is reported by Jethro Kloss in his book Back to Eden:

“The medicinal value of the lemon is as follows: It is an antiseptic, or is an agent that prevents sepsis [the presence of pathogenic bacteria] or putrefaction [decomposition of tissue]. It is also anti-scorbutic, a term meaning a remedy which will prevent disease and assist in cleansing the system of impurities.”

Due to the digestive qualities of lemon juice, symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, bloating and belching are relieved. By drinking lemon juice regularly, the bowels are aided in eliminating waste more efficiently thus controlling constipation and diarrhea.

Lemons are useful in treating asthma, biliousness, colds, coughs, sore throat, diphtheria, la grippe [flu or influenza], heartburn, liver complaint[s], scurvy, fevers and rheumatism.”

Many people  today suffer from what they used to call biliousness and lemon water is the best remedy for this condition.

Biliousness - A symptom of a disorder of the liver causing constipation, headache, loss of appetite and vomiting of bile.

Lemon Remedies 

• For sore throat, dilute lemon juice with water and gargle frequently. Dilute one-half lemon juice with one-half water. It is even better to use straight lemon juice.


• A slice of lemon bound over a corn overnight will greatly relieve the pain.


• To relieve asthma, take a tablespoon of lemon juice one hour before each meal.


• For liver complaints, the juice of the lemon should be taken in a glass of hot water one hour before breakfast every morning.


• To break up la grippe [flu], drink a large glass of hot water with the juice of a lemon added, while at the same time have the feet in a deep bucket or other vessel of water with mustard added to it. The water should be deep enough to where it comes nearly up to the knees. Keep adding hot water to the patient's tolerance and until the patient begins to perspire freely (about 20-30 minutes). Be sure there is no draft on the person while this is done. The patient should be near a bed so he can get in it easily and avoid any danger of getting chilled. The lemon water should be taken every hour until the patient feels that all the symptoms of the cold are gone.


• A teaspoon of lemon juice in half a glass of water relieves heartburn.


• For rheumatism, one or two ounces of lemon juice diluted in water should be taken three times a day: one hour before meals and at bedtime.


• In cases of hemorrhage, lemon juice diluted in water and taken as cold as possible will stop it.


• Scurvy is treated by giving one to two ounces of lemon juice diluted with water every two to four hours.


• In excessive menstruation the juice of three to four lemons a day will help check it. Best to take the juice of one lemon at a time in a glass of cold water.

 

How much lemon to use

If you are in good health and weigh less than 150 pounds, squeeze the juice of one half a lemon (one ounce) into a glass of filtered water and drink this mixture twice a day (one whole lemon a day.) If you weigh over 150 pounds, squeeze the juice out of an entire lemon (two ounces) into a glass of purified water and drink this mixture twice a day (two whole lemons a day.) The lemon juice can be diluted more according to taste.

To help your body get the energy from the food you are eating, drink lemon water regularly. Next to drinking plain purified water, drinking lemon water daily is the most important thing you can do for your health.

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