Medicinal Value of Lemons.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 8

Medicinal Value of Lemons.

'" While you are giving people simple rules for preserving their health, why don't you tell them about the use of lemona ?" an intelligent professional man remarked the other day. He went on to say that he had been troubled with an inactive liver, which gave him a world of pain and trouble, until recently he was advised by a friend to take a glass of hot water with the juice of half a lemon squeezed into it, but no su^ar, nighb and morning, and see what the eft'ect would be. He tried it, and found himself better almost immediately. His daily headaches, which medicine had failed to cure, left him ; his appetite improved, and he gained several pounds in weight within a few weeks. After a time he omitted the drink, either at night or in the morning, and now at times does without either of them. "lam satisfied from experiment," said he, "that there is no better medicine for persons who are troubled with bilious and liver complaints than the simple remedy I have given, which is far more efficacious than quinine or any other drug, while it is devoid of their injurious consequences. It excites the liver, stimulates the digestive organs, and tones up the system generally. It is not unpleasant to take, either. Indeed, one soon gets to like it."