引導語：我們平時使用檸檬很有局限性，比如舒緩疼痛的喉嚨或者在食物中擠幾滴檸檬水調味。但事實上檸檬可使用的地方要遠遠超過我們的想象！看完下面45種檸檬用法的清單後，我保證你會把檸檬永遠的留在你家的廚房裏！
1、把沾滿檸檬汁的棉球或海綿放在冰箱裏可以去除冰箱中的異味。
2、檸檬汁的鉀可以控制血壓，並且可以減輕犯暈和惡心的癥狀。
3、在炒 圓白菜/花椰菜的時候加一點檸檬汁可以防止高溫導致菜葉變棕。
4、檸檬可以將人從壓力和消極情緒中解救出來。很多旅行家和探險家都會把檸檬奉為神物，因為檸檬可以在他們非常疲勞時重新讓人振奮起來。
5、菜板有多味兒裏面就有多少臟東西，用檸檬擦菜板可以讓切過大蒜或者洋蔥的菜板煥然一新。
6、檸檬可以解決 一些呼吸問題，它可以化痰，甚至可以緩解病人的哮喘癥狀。
7、緩解關節炎和風濕病，因為檸檬是利尿的，在排尿的同時可以排出很多病毒和毒素，這樣可以減少發炎的情況。
8、喝檸檬水或者檸檬汁可以預防腎結石，因為檸檬酸鹽在尿液中可以阻礙塊狀結石的形成。
9、你不需要再請 專業的除蟲專家火車買來帶有毒性的殺蟲劑就可以保持廚房幹凈無蟲。你要做的只是在門框和窗邊上噴上檸檬汁，在小洞和裂縫上擠幾滴檸檬汁，然後把切片檸檬放在蟲子出沒的地方，螞蟻就再也不會以為自己在這裏很受歡迎了。另外，4個檸檬與2升水混合用來拖地，蟑螂和跳蚤就再也不敢靠近了。
10、檸檬可以減輕自由基形成的老化現象，而且檸檬是健康0卡的抗氧化劑。
11、把一 茶匙檸檬汁均勻噴在水果和蔬菜上可以洗掉農藥和殺蟲劑和毒素，讓你吃到放心的無公害食物。
12、檸檬有殺菌作用，嗓子發炎後如果用鹽水漱口還是沒用的話，那麽試試青檸檬吧！
13、夏天垃圾桶很容易產生難聞的異味， 將用剩下的檸檬片或者檸檬皮扔到垃圾桶的底部，異味就會消失啦！
14、有時候蘋果片切好沒多久就變棕了，客人看著都不想拿來吃了，那麽擠點檸檬汁上去。檸檬汁將蘋果和空氣隔開後蘋果就不會氧化了。同理，牛油果醬也是一樣的。
15、我們每天吃的很多食物中都帶有防腐劑和人工香料，它們會留在人體和血液中，而檸檬可以有效地清除這些人體不需要的異物，試血液更加純凈。
16、覺得生菜有點疲倦了，扔掉嗎？不！將生菜浸入混合了半個檸檬汁的冷水中，然後拿出來放回冰箱，等生菜表面的水幹了以後，生菜會重新變得脆脆的哦~
17、檸檬可以為牙齦止血，還可以減少蛀牙。
18、把檸檬汁抹在皮膚老化形成的雀斑上，15分鐘後洗掉，你就不再想要去買那些貴得要死的化妝品了。
19、將檸檬汁與 水以1:3的比例混合，衝洗頭發，然後在陽光下曬幹，頭發就會泛出黝亮的光彩。
20、在幹燥的冬天 ，怎樣讓自己的房間又香又有濕度呢？放一碗水在暖氣上，裏面加入檸檬汁，肉桂，丁香和蘋果皮，不僅香味宜人，增加的濕度還可以讓皮膚水水嫩嫩的。
21、不需要美甲師也可以好好護理自己的指甲。將半個檸檬的汁與1杯溫水混合，將手指浸在溶液中5分鐘後再用剛才擠幹了檸檬水的那半個檸檬皮仔細擦拭指甲，會讓指甲看起來更明亮白皙。
22、用檸檬汁來回擦拭鼻翼可以導出毛孔中的黑頭，用檸檬水洗臉可以去角質，曬傷後用檸檬水擦在臉上可以快速降溫。
23、用檸檬水漱口可以有效的殺死口腔中的細菌，如果咽下去檸檬水還可以讓口氣長時間保持清新。做完檸檬水的口腔清潔幾分鐘之內要再用清水漱口，因為太多的酸性也會傷到牙齒。
24、用檸檬水洗頭可以去除頭屑。將檸檬水撒在經常產生頭屑的地方，然後再用一茶匙和一杯水的混合液衝洗，幾次過後，頭皮屑就不見了。
25、用切開的檸檬沾取食鹽來擦大理石上其他清潔物都處理不到的汙漬，清潔過後要用清水把表面清理幹凈以防酸液腐蝕。
26、梅子采摘很有趣，但是留在手上的顏色用肥皂和水都洗不掉，試試檸檬汁。將稀釋的檸檬汁塗在手指上，然後再用肥皂，幾次下來，顏色就去掉啦！
27、將檸檬汁與小蘇打混合，敷在手肘的幹皮上，輕輕揉搓，幾分鐘後衝洗幹凈，再用橄欖油塗抹，你就再也看不到手肘關節處黑黑的死皮了！
28.前一晚喝了很多酒覺得宿醉很痛苦嗎？把檸檬汁加到茶裏喝掉，讓你重新清醒起來。
29.無論什麽原因引起的感冒和發燒，檸檬對病情都會有幫助，至少西班牙人認為這是準確無誤的。
30.白喉疫苗可以被檸檬所取代了，每1到2個小時。取1/2匙到1茶匙的量服用即可。因為檸檬可以更有效地打通喉管中的假膜。
31.檸檬是很好的女性衛生產品，盡管它的殺菌效果非常強力，但是卻沒有女性清潔液和栓類產品那樣的刺激性。
32.不要再用樟腦球了，把熟透的檸檬表面用釘子紮滿孔，放到衣櫥了，清香四溢又可以防蟲。
33.檸檬水可以清理血液中的雜誌，讓你不再受消化不良和便秘的困擾。
34.有了小擦傷或者割傷時，用檸檬汁擠在上面或者用棉球沾取敷在上面可以止血消炎。
35.被毒葛擦到長了疹子會忍癢難耐，擦一些檸檬水上去不僅可以快速止癢，還可以消除紅腫。
36.長了肉贅後用棉棒沾滿檸檬水塗上，堅持下去，知道檸檬水中的酸把肉贅完全溶掉。
37.不要直接用漂白劑漂白衣物，用檸檬水配上小蘇打，把衣物浸泡在裏面，既能達到漂白劑的效果，又不會損傷衣物。
38.金屬上很容易起銹， 檸檬汁可以很容易地解決這個問題。記得擦完後要用清水把酸衝幹凈並且一定要擦幹，防止再次生銹。
39.襯衫並沒有穿臟，只是弄臟了領口或者袖口就拿起去幹洗店清洗是在是花了不必要的錢。只要用檸檬汁和清水1:1混合酒可以輕易的擦掉領口袖口的顏色。
40.在洗衣服的時候加一杯檸檬汁在洗衣機裏面會讓棉質的衣物更白更清新。
41.儲藏久了的衣服有時會沾上黴菌，用檸檬汁和鹽混合擦在有黴菌的地方，等晾幹後再做一次，就可以把黴菌的顏色全部去掉了。
42.冬天烤火真的好舒服，但是烤出來的味道就沒那麽好聞了，這時候如果扔幾片檸檬進去烤出來的味道會很宜人。
43.養貓人一定很煩惱放貓砂的衛生間味道很重，這時候切幾個檸檬放在衛生間，聞起來比噴了空氣清新劑還要清新。
44.加濕器用久了會有很可怕的味道，但是每周加幾匙檸檬水進去就可以保持屋內總有柑橘類的香氣，水垢也沒那麽容易積起來了。
45.減少哮喘的癥狀最關鍵的就是要消滅食物中的毒素，所以在飯前喝就寢前喝2茶匙檸檬汁可以殺死胃中食物和體內的毒素。
編後語：檸檬的45種用法，每種都很容易用在平時的生活中檸檬可以美白、祛斑、防蟲、降血壓、清潔汙漬，等等等等。。。真的太多用處了！轉給家人朋友，讓大家把手邊的檸檬都利用起來！
45 Uses For Lemons That Will Blow Your Socks Off
Most people are familiar with the traditional uses for lemons to soothe sore throats and add some citrus flavor to our foods. However the diversity of applications for lemons far exceeds general knowledge and once you read the following list, you'll likely want to stock at least a few lemons in your kitchen 24-7.
1. Freshen the Fridge
Remove refrigerator odors with ease. Dab lemon juice on a cotton ball or sponge and leave it in the fridge for several hours. Make sure to toss out any malodorous items that might be causing the bad smell.
2. High Blood Pressure
Lemon contains potassium which controls high blood pressure and reduces the effect of nausea and dizziness.
3. Prevent Cauliflower From Turning Brown
Cauliflower tend to turn brown with even the slightest cooking. You can make sure the white vegetables stay white by squeezing a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice on them before heating.
4. Mental Health
Lemon water can also prep up your mood and relieve you from depression and stress. Long distance walkers and world travelers as well as explorers look upon the lemon as a Godsend. When fatigue begins, a lemon is sucked through a hole in the top. Quick acting medicine it is, giving almost unbelievable refreshments.
5. Refresh Cutting Boards
No wonder your kitchen cutting board smells! After all, you use it to chop onions, crush garlic, and prepare fish. To get rid of the smell and help sanitize the cutting board, rub it all over with the cut side of half a lemon or wash it in undiluted juice straight from the bottle.
6. Respiratory Problems
Lemon water can reduce phlegm; and can also help you breathe properly and aids a person suffering with asthma.
7. Treating Arthritis and Rheumatism
Lemon is a diuretic - assists in the production of urine which helps you to reduce inflammation by flushing out toxins and bacteria while also giving you relief from arthritis and rheumatism.
8. Prevents Kidney Stones
Regular consumption of the refreshing drink -- or even lemon juice mixed with water -- may increase the production of urinary citrate, a chemical in the urine that prevents the formation of crystals that may build up into kidney stones.
9. Keep Insects Out of the Kitchen
You don’t need insecticides or ant traps to ant-proof your kitchen. Just give it the lemon treatment. First squirt some lemon juice on door thresholds and windowsills. Then squeeze lemon juice into any holes or cracks where the ants are getting in. Finally, scatter small slices of lemon peel around the outdoor entrance. The ants will get the message that they aren’t welcome. Lemons are also effective against roaches and fleas: Simply mix the juice of 4 lemons (along with the rinds) with 1/2 gallon (2 liters) water and wash your floors with it; then watch the fleas and roaches flee. They hate the smell.
10. Anti-Aging
Lemon water reduces the production of free radicals which are responsible for aging skin and skin damage. Lemon water is calorie free and an antioxidant.
11. Fruit and Vegetable Wash
You never know what kind of pesticides or dirt may be lurking on the skin of your favorite fruits and vegetables. Slice your lemon andsqueeze out one tablespoon of lemon juice into your spray bottle. The lemon juice is a natural disinfectant and will leave your fruits and vegetables smelling nice too.
12. Treat Infections
Lemon water can fight throat infections thanks to its antibacterial property. If salt water does not work for you, try lime and water for gargling.
13. Deodorize Your Garbage
If your garbage is beginning to smell yucky, here’s an easy way to deodorize it: Save leftover lemon and orange peels and toss them at the base under the bag. To keep it smelling fresh, repeat once every couple of weeks.
14. Keep Guacamole Green
You’ve been making guacamole all day long for the big party, and you don’t want it to turn brown on top before the guests arrive. The solution: Sprinkle a liberal amount of fresh lemon juice over it and it will stay fresh and green. The flavor of the lemon juice is a natural complement to the avocados in the guacamole. Make the fruit salad hours in advance too. Just squeeze some lemon juice onto the apple slices, and they’ll stay snowy white.
15. Purges The Blood
We consume a lot of junk food or food with a lot of preservatives and artificial flavours. This builds up a lot of toxins in the blood and body but daily consumption of lemon water helps to purify the blood.
16. Make Soggy Lettuce Crisp
Don’t toss that soggy lettuce into the garbage. With the help of a little lemon juice you can toss it in a salad instead. Add the juice of half a lemon to a bowl of cold water. Then put the soggy lettuce in it and refrigerate for 1 hour. Make sure to dry the leaves completely before putting them into salads or sandwiches.
17. Oral Health
Lemon juice also stops bleeding gums and reduces toothaches
18. Lighten Age Spots
Why buy expensive creams when you’ve got lemon juice? To lighten liver spots or freckles, try applying lemon juice directly to the area. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then rinse your skin clean. It’s a safe and effective skin-lightening agent.
19. Create Blonde Highlights
For salon-worthy highlights, add 1/4 cup lemon juice to 3/4 cup water and rinse your hair with the mixture. Then, sit in the sun until your hair dries. To maximize the effect, repeat once daily for up to a week.
20. Make a Room Scent/Humidifier
Freshen and moisturize the air in your home on dry winter days.Make your own room scent that also doubles as a humidifier. If you have a wood-burning stove, place an enameled cast-iron pot or bowl on top, fill with water, and add lemon (and/or orange) peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and apple skins. No wood-burning stove? Use your stovetop instead and just simmer the water periodically.
21. Clean and Whiten Nails
Pamper your hands without a manicurist. Add the juice of 1/2 lemon to 1 cup warm water and soak your fingertips in the mixture for 5 minutes. After pushing back the cuticles, rub some lemon peel back and forth against the nail.
22. Cleanse Your Face
Zap zits naturally by dabbing lemon juice on blackheads to draw them out during the day. You can also wash your face with lemon juice for a natural cleanse and exfoliation. Your skin should improve after several days of treatment. Lemon water is also a cooling agent, best way to beat the heat.
23. Freshen Your Breath
Make an impromptu mouthwash by rinsing with lemon juice straight from the bottle. Swallow for longer-lasting fresh breath. The citric acid in the juice alters the pH level in your mouth, killing bacteria that causes bad breath. Rinse after a few minutes because long-term exposure to the acid in lemons can harm tooth enamel.
24. Treat Flaky Dandruff
If itchy, scaly dandruff has you scratching your head, relief may be no farther away than your refrigerator. Just massage two tablespoons lemon juice into your scalp and rinse with water. Then stir one teaspoon lemon juice into one cup water and rinse your hair with it. Repeat daily until your dandruff disappears.
25. Get Rid of Tough Stains on Marble
You probably think of marble as stone, but it is really petrified calcium (also known as old seashells). That explains why it is so porous and easily stained and damaged. Those stains can be hard to remove. If washing won’t remove a stubborn stain, try this: Cut a lemon in half, dip the exposed flesh into some table salt, and rub it vigorously on the stain. But do this only as a last resort; acid can damage marble. Rinse well. Use These Lemons To Clean - Easy and Effective
26. Remove Berry Stains
It sure was fun to pick your own berries, but now your fingers are stained with berry juice that won’t come off no matter how much you scrub with soap and water. Try washing your hands with undiluted lemon juice, then wait a few minutes and wash with warm, soapy water. Repeat until your hands are stain-free.
27. Soften Dry, Scaly Elbows
Itchy elbows are bad enough, but they look terrible too. For better looking (and feeling) elbows, mix baking soda and lemon juice to make an abrasive paste, then rub it into your elbows for a soothing, smoothing, and exfoliating treatment. Rinse your extremities in a mixture of equal parts lemon juice and water, then massage with olive oil and dab dry with a soft cloth.
28. Headaches
Lemon juice with a few teaspoons of hot tea added is the treatment of a sophisticated New York bartender, for those who suffer with hangover headaches--and from headaches due to many other causes. He converts his customers to this regime, and weans them away from drug remedies completely.
29. Chills and Fevers
Chills and fevers may be due to a variety of causes; never the less the lemon is always a helpful remedy. Spanish physicians regard it as an infallible friend.
30. Diptheria
Skip the vaccine for this disease. Lemon Juice Treatment still proves as one of the most powerful antiseptics and the strong digestive qualities of the fruit are admired around the world. With the juice every hour or two, and at the same time, 1/2 to 1 tsp. should be swallowed. This cuts loose the false membrane in the throat and permits it to come out.
31. Vaginal Hygiene
Diluted lemon juice makes a safe and sane method of vaginal hygiene. Though it is a powerful antiseptic it is nevertheless free from irritating drugs in douches and suppositories.
32. Forget The Moth Balls
A charming French custom to keep closets free from moths is to take ripe lemons and stick them with cloves all over the skin. The heavily studded lemons slowly dry with their cloves, leaving a marvelous odor throughout the closets and rooms.
33. Stomach Health
Digestive problems are the most common ailments but warm water and lime juice is the solution to most digestive problems. Lemon juice helps to purify the blood, reduces your chances of indigestion, constipation, eliminates toxins from the body, adds digestion and reduces phlegm.
34. Disinfect Cuts and Scrapes
Stop bleeding and disinfect minor cuts and scraps by pouring a few drops of lemon juice directly on the cut. You can also apply the juice with a cotton ball and hold firmly in place for one minute.
35. Soothe Poison Ivy Rash
You won’t need an ocean of calamine lotion the next time poison ivy comes a-creeping. Just apply lemon juice directly to the affected area to soothe itching and alleviate the rash.
36. Remove Warts
You’ve tried countless remedies to banish warts and nothing seems to work. Next time, apply a dab of lemon juice directly to the wart using a cotton swab. Repeat for several days until the acids in the lemon juice dissolve the wart completely.
37. Bleach Delicate Fabrics
Avoid additional bleach stains by swapping ordinary household chlorine bleach with lemon juice, which is milder but no less effective. Soak your delicates in a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda for at least half an hour before washing.
38. Clean Tarnished Brass and Polish Chrome
Say good-bye to tarnish on brass, copper, or stainless steel. Make a paste of lemon juice and salt (or substitute baking soda or cream of tartar for the salt) and coat the affected area. Let it stay on for 5 minutes. Then wash in warm water, rinse, and polish dry. Use the same mixture to clean metal kitchen sinks too. Apply the paste, scrub gently, and rinse. Get rid of mineral deposits and polish chrome faucets and other tarnished chrome. Simply rub lemon rind over the chrome and watch it shine! Rinse well and dry with a soft cloth.
39. Replace Your Dry Cleaner
Ditch the expensive dry-cleaning bills (and harsh chemicals) with this homegrown trick. Simply scrub the stained area on shirts and blouses with equal parts lemon juice and water. Your “pits” will be good as new, and smell nice too.
40. Boost Laundry Detergent
For more powerful cleaning action, pour 1 cup lemon juice into the washer during the wash cycle. The natural bleaching action of the juice will zap stains and remove rust and mineral discolorations from cotton T-shirts and briefs and will leave your clothes smelling fresh. Your clothes will turn out brighter and also come out smelling lemon-fresh.
41. Rid Clothes of Mildew
Have you ever unpacked clothes you stored all winter and discovered some are stained with mildew? To get rid of it, make a paste of lemon juice and salt and rub it on the affected area, then dry the clothes in sunlight. Repeat the process until the stain is gone.
42. Eliminate Fireplace Odor
There’s nothing cozier on a cold winter night than a warm fire burning in the fireplace �� unless the fire happens to smell horrible. Next time you have a fire that sends a stench into the room, try throwing a few lemon peels into the flames. Or simply burn some lemon peels along with your firewood as a preventive measure.
43. Neutralize Cat-Box Odor
You don’t have to use an aerosol spray to neutralize foul-smelling cat-box odors or freshen the air in your bathroom. Just cut a couple of lemons in half. Then place them, cut side up, in a dish in the room, and the air will soon smell lemon-fresh.
44. Deodorize a Humidifier
When your humidifier starts to smell funky, deodorize it with ease: Just pour 3 or 4 teaspoons lemon juice into the water. It will not only remove the off odor but will replace it with a lemon-fresh fragrance. Repeat every couple of weeks to keep the odor from returning.
45. Reduce Asthma Symptoms
In addition to a general detoxifying diet, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice before each meal, and before retiring can reduce asthma symptoms.
* If you do consume lemon peel, stick to organic lemons to reduce your pesticide exposure.
John Summerly is nutritionist, herbologist, and homeopathic practitioner. He is a leader in the natural health community and consults athletes, executives and most of all parents of children on the benefits of complementary therapies for health and prevention.
