Lemon Extracts
Its sour taste is most favoured by pregnant women with weak liver; hence it is known as “fruit that benefits the mother and baby”. It is rich in citric acid, thus is considered as “warehouse of citric acid” The flesh is juicy with strong aroma. Due to its extreme sour taste, it can only be used as first-class flavoring to make beverage, cuisines, cosmetics and drugs.
Nutritional contents
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Fragrant aroma of lemon can eliminate unpleasant smell of meat and seafood as well as tenderize meat. Therefore it is frequently used as garnish for these dishes. Lemon is also able to promote secretion of gastric protease to increase gastrotestinal peristalsis. In daily life of Western people, lemon is usually used to prepare cold dishes and preserved dishes etc. Lemon belongs to the family of Rutaceae plant with strong sour taste. It is generally consumed as beverage or fruit jam. It is rarely eaten raw. |
Medicinal effects
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Lemon can be used to prevent and treat renal stones by reducing the number and size of stones in some patients with chronic renal stones.
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Lemon is able to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease, retard coagulation-promoting effective calcium ion, as well as prevent and treat hypertension and myocardial infarction.
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Citric acid is able to constrict and strengthen capillaries, reduce permeability, increase blood coagulation and platelet count, as well as hermostatic function.
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Lemon can prevent arteriosclerosis and formation of thrombus, inhibit formation of nitrite and has anti-cancer effect.
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Long term consumption of lemon will improve appetite and prevent heat stroke, also has excellent effect on treatment of diarrhea and prevent of flu, treat scurvy and hypertension, lower plasma lipid and reduce incidence of coronary heart disease.
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