What are the uses of soaked lemon slices

Lemon is a common fruit in people's lives. It has a good effect on supplementing people's body vitamins and some other substances. However, due to its sour taste, many people cannot tolerate the sourness. Usually lemons are soaked in water or cut into dried lemons and then used as medicine. Usually people throw away the lemon slices they have soaked. In fact, soaked lemon slices have many other benefits, so what are the uses of soaked lemon slices?

1. The role of lemon

1. Whitening skin care: Lemon is rich in vitamin C and is regarded by the beauty industry as an important ingredient for making whitening skin care products. For women who are keen on fruit beauty, lemon is an indispensable beauty protagonist. In addition to being rich in vitamin C, lemon also contains vitamins AB1B2, which not only have whitening effects, but also have a diluting effect on the melanin that has already formed in the skin.

2. Anti-oxidation and anti-aging: Lemon is a fruit with extremely high nutritional and medicinal value. It has a strong antioxidant effect and is very effective in promoting skin metabolism, delaying aging and inhibiting pigmentation. Not only that, lemon also has the effects of promoting salivation and quenching thirst, harmonizing the stomach and relieving reflux, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

3. Honey + lemon: Honey is a natural nutrient that has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and moisturizing. If you mix lemon juice and honey with warm water to make honey lemon water, it is a perfect nutritional combination.

4. When you first catch a cold: Drinking honey lemon water can also relieve throat pain and reduce dry throat and other discomforts.

Two ways to make homemade lemon honey water

The first method: wash and slice the lemon and put it in a cup. Then take about 2 teaspoons of honey and slowly pour in warm water. Stir well. If you like iced drinks, you can add ice cubes.

The second method: marinate the washed and cut lemon slices with honey, store them in the refrigerator, allow the honey and lemon to fully blend, and take out a slice of lemon with a clean spoon every morning and drink it directly with water.

This method is easy to stick to for a long time. Otherwise, many people would find it troublesome to cut a lemon every day and not insist on drinking it. It is recommended that women who love beauty drink a glass of lemon honey water on an empty stomach after getting up every morning, which can not only beautify but also clean the intestines, and then have breakfast later. For computer users, drinking this water regularly can lighten facial spots caused by computer radiation. It is worth noting that people with excessive stomach acid or ulcers should not drink it.

2. The effects of lemon slices soaked in water:

Lemon is orange in color and has a fragrant smell. It is a very nutritious fruit. Lemon is rich in citric acid and is known as the "citric acid warehouse". In addition to sugar, the main nutrients in lemon include calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and niacin.

1. Whitening

Since lemons are extremely rich in vitamins, lemon water is a good beauty product that can prevent and eliminate skin pigmentation and play a role in whitening.

2. Prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases

Drinking lemon water can also prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, because lemon water can relieve the effect of calcium ions promoting blood coagulation, so it can prevent and assist in the treatment of hypertension and myocardial infarction.

3. Prevent and treat kidney stones

Lemon water contains a large amount of citrate, which can inhibit the crystallization of calcium salts, thereby preventing the formation of kidney stones. It can even reduce the number of stones in some patients with chronic kidney stones. Research results published at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association also showed that regular consumption of beverages containing lemon juice can increase the level of citrate in urine. This chemical can prevent minerals in urine from forming crystals in the kidneys, namely kidney stones.

4. Improve immunity

Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which has many functions such as antibacterial, improving immunity, and assisting collagen production. Drinking lemon water regularly can supplement vitamin C. When you have a cold, drinking 500 to 1000 ml of lemon water a day can relieve runny nose and make the cold go away faster, especially when you have just caught it, you can recover without taking any medicine. In addition to antibacterial and immunity-enhancing effects, it also has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting salivation and quenching thirst, and relieving heat.

5. Expectorant

What is less well known is that lemons can also act as expectorants, and their expectorant effect is stronger than that of oranges and tangerines. Add lemon juice to warm water and salt, and drink it to help you cough out the thick phlegm accumulated in your throat. When you first catch a cold, you may want to drink a mixture of lemon and honey mixed with water to relieve sore throat, dry throat and other discomforts.

3. Making of lemonade:

Cut the lemon into thin slices and soak them in water. It is best to use warm boiled water for soaking, which will help preserve more nutrients in the lemon. Of course, you can also add lemon slices when drinking black tea or beverages.