Approximately 140 genera and 1300 species are present in the genus citrus. The lemon's term comes from ancient French called "limon".
Lemon contains many vitamins (niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, choline, pantothenic acid, foliate, vitamin C, vitamin B6) and minerals (calcium, copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc), which are needed for human body.
Lemon possesses numerous characteristics, such as antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, depurative and antiscorbutic etc. Juice half a lemon into the glass of water. It’ll add a mere 6 calories and get more than a sixth of daily vitamin C — needed to protect body from cell damage and repair injury.
Lemon water helps in the enzyme functions in human body stimulating the liver and flushing out toxins.
Lemons also destroy many types of acne-causing types of bacteria as an alkaline fruit. Drinking lemon water every morning is the simplest way for people with worse case acne to tap into these healing characteristics.
Too much acid in the body (from stress, poor sleep patterns, improper diet) can cause problems such as chronic fatigue, allergies and arthritis. One easy way to move the body into an alkaline state is to drink fresh squeezed lemon juice in a glass of water first thing in the morning.
The acid in lemons may be especially helpful to help supplement stomach acids, which decline as the people get older.
Lemon water relieves symptoms of indigestion such as bloating, burping and heart burn. It can reduce the effects of nausea, dizziness, and also found beneficial in chills, fever, headache, respiratory problems, arthritis, diphtheria, rheumatism, depression, stress, diabetes, cholera, high blood pressure, heart diseases, indigestion, constipation, sore throat, internal bleeding,
Lemon and lemon water
