USEFULNESS OF LEMON

LEMON: 

We all know how helpful Vitamin C is for our health and lemon is enriched with Vitamin C. But do you know how helpful is lemon in solving day to day problems of life? How fast it solves our daily knick-knack problems.      

Here are a few tips:-

1. KEEP FRESH (cut veggies and fruits)

When we cut vegetables and fruits and keep out for a longer time, a brown colour appears on the cut vegetables and fruits. Sprinkle lemon juice on cut apple, pear, cucumber, etc. Then refrigerate. The brown colour won’t appear and it will look fresh. It is always advisable to eat freshly cut veggies and fruits.

Lettuce leaves becomes soggy, soak it in cold water with lemon juice (full lemon) for an hour. Lettuce will revive its freshness.

2.Home remedies:

a) At home when we eat spicy food our nails tend to get yellowish, mostly due to using of Haldi(turmeric). This yellow stain doesn’t go even after using soap. To remove this stain, rub a piece of lemon on the nails and then wash it with soap and moisturize your hand.

b) Remove bad smell: Our dustbin smells bad due to the onion, garlic, non-veg residues or vegetable, and fruit peels, etc. To stop this bad odour squeezes few drops of lemon in the dustbin.

c)Even we can deodorize our microwave oven and refrigerator. Keep a small bowl full of lemon juice in the refrigerator and in the microwave oven for some time, the bad odour will vanish.

d) Remove stain from dress: Stain which doesn’t go after several washes then don’t worry, rub a piece of lemon on the spot with some salt with it and keep it aside for a while. Then scrub a bit with detergent and wash it, the stain will vanish.

e) Glass cleaning:

All kinds of glass, mirror spot can be cleaned with lemon juice mixed with little water. Wipe glass shelves mirror with the lemon and water mixture to get sparkling clean spotless selves and mirror.

f) Basin cleaning:

Yellow basin spots can be removed with a mixture of borax powder and lemon juice. Scrub the basin with the above mixture and a scrubber. The sparkling white clean washbasin is there.

g) Get rid of insects:

To get rid of insects squeeze few drops of lemon juice in the door and windows from where insects come in. Also, make a circle with lemon juice around the place where you store your food, you will be surprised to see that ants, cockroach or any insects are not going there to contaminate your food.

h) Fragrant clothes:

Use lemon juice along with detergent while washing clothes, so that your clothes smell beautiful and fresh.

Hope my friends these tips of mine which my mother-in-law taught me once will help you too.