While lemonade is a great use of lemons, it’s certainly not the only use for these pretty yellow citrus fruits! Lemons play many positive roles – from keeping away annoying bugs to helping you get beautiful skin to keeping you healthy and happy. Here are just a few of the many powers of the luscious lemon!
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Ant-Proof Your Home – Did you know that ants hate the smell of lemon? Squirt lemon juice on doorways, windowsills, or wherever ants are entering, and you’ll keep them away.
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Keep rice from sticking – A spoonful of lemon juice added to boiling water keeps rice from sticking together when cooking.
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Deodorize your garbage disposal – Toss leftover lemon peels down the disposal to make your sink smell lemon fresh.
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Fight off a cold – Lemons are a great source of Vitamin C. Mix lemon juice with honey and hot water to sooth coughs and sore throats.
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Highlight your hair – ¼ cup lemon juice added to ¾ cup water makes a natural hair rinse. Just comb the mixture through hair and sit in the sun until it dries. Since lemon juice is a natural bleach, you’ll get blond highlights without spending a fortune!
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Clean smelly hands – After chopping onions, battering fish or dealing with other smelly foods, wash your hands first in lemon juice and then with soap and water.
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Eliminate fireplace odor – If your fireplace doesn’t smell as good as you’d like, burn some lemon peels along with the firewood.
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Remove rust from clothing – one cup of lemon juice in the washer during the wash cycle will remove rust and other mineral discolorations from cotton clothing and leave them smelling fresh.
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Prevent eggs from cracking while boiling – Just coat the shells with lemon juice before boiling.
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Make soggy lettuce crisp - Add the juice of half a lemon to a bowl of cold water. Put in the soggy lettuce and refrigerate for 1 hour. Dry the newly-crisp lettuce completely before adding to salads or sandwiches.
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Deodorize a humidifier –When your humidifier gets that stale odor, pour 3 or 4 teaspoons lemon juice into the water. Repeat every couple of weeks to keep the lemon-fresh fragrance.
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Remove warts – To remove a wart, apply a dab of lemon juice directly to the wart. Repeat for several days until the acids in the lemon juice dissolve the wart completely.
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Whiten and brighten nails – To eliminate the yellowing caused by nail polish, soak nails in lemon juice for 10 minutes, then dip them in a mixture of warm water and vinegar. This helps whiten nails – and also helps make them stronger.
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Smooth and soften elbows and heels - Mix baking soda and lemon juice to make a paste. Rub into elbows and heels for a soothing, smoothing treatment.
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Stay regular - A few drops of lemon juice added to a glass of warm water drank before breakfast will aid with constipation.
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