Ah lemons, how we love you and the vast array of things you can do. Lemon juice is an elixir, check out all the wondrous uses!
1. A few drops of the juice in room temperature water for a morning lift.
2. Use as deodorant. No joke!
3. Clean, clean, clean anything!
4. Squirt on sliced avocado or apple to keep it from turning brown.
5. Brighten up a salad with lemon juice.
6. Lighten your hair for that sun-kissed glow.
7. Treat a sore throat.
8. Sip the juice to loosen a phlegmy cough.
9. Perk up your tea.
10. Put half a lemon in the dishwasher to keep the machine sparkling and dishes happier.
11. Make lemonade, of course.
12. Apply to skin blemishes (unbroken skin!) to decrease inflammation.
13. Suppress appetite
14. Fade age spots
15. Scrub a shower door
16. Eliminate refrigerator odors
17. Whiten clothes.
18. Wash vegetables
19. Stop garbage can odors.
20. Use as aromatherapy
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Acupuncturist, herbalist, Maya abdominal practitioner, and reflexologist Christina Morris is the founder of Element Natural Healing Arts. Writing about health and wellness gives her an outlet to express her care and concern for her beloved community. She believes everyone can achieve better health and happiness–emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.