Lime Health Benefits

Lime is a citrus fruit that has a high content of Vitamin C. It makes an effective home remedy for diarrhoea, obesity, thirst and piles. It is a thorny shrub with spreading branches, aromatic leaves and white flowers. The fruits are large and spherical with pale acrid pulp and many seeds.

Lime not only has Vitamin C, but also Vitamin P which helps in the assimilation of Vitamin C in the body. It is digestive, carminative, stimulant, antiseptic, anti scorbutic, laxative and anthelmintic.

Lime Home Remedies

It is used to treat the following conditions:

• Diarrhoea

  A mixture of onion juice and lime juice arrests mild diarrhea, owing to its combination of antiseptic, astringent and nutritive properties

• Bitterness in the mouth

  Due to biliousness and indigestion, a bitter taste might persist in the mouth. Taking a glass of lime juice with a piece of ginger crushed into it is an ideal remedy. Read other Indigestion Home Remedies.

• Piles

  Slit a small lime into two and sprinkle some rock salt powder inside. Put this lime into the mouth and suck the juice slowly. Do this regularly and this will heal the pile masses.

• Cold

  Lime has a high content of Vitamin C and it is ideal in colds and fevers. Dilute lime juice with honey and drink this regularly.

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