Lemon is known as Yimu Fruit or Yimu Zi due to its extremely sour taste, which is the favorite food for pregnant women. Lemon is rich in citric acid, hence it is known as the "citric acid warehouse". Its fruit is juicy and crispy, with a rich aromatic aroma. Due to its extremely sour taste, it can only be used as a top grade seasoning for making beverages, dishes, cosmetics, and medicines. In addition, lemon is rich in vitamin C, which can reduce phlegm, relieve cough, promote fluid production, and strengthen the stomach. Used for symptoms such as bronchitis, whooping cough, loss of appetite, vitamin deficiency, heatstroke and thirst, it is the nemesis of "scurvy".
Lemons are rich in vitamin C, sugars, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid, quinic acid, citric acid, malic acid, hesperidin, naringin, coumarin, high levels of potassium and low levels of sodium, and are very beneficial to the human body. Vitamin C can maintain the production of various tissues and intercellular substances in the human body and maintain their normal physiological functions. The mother material, adhesion, and gelatinization in the human body all require vitamin C to protect them. When vitamin C is lacking, the interstitial material between cells - gelatinous material - also decreases. In this way, cellular tissue will become brittle and lose its ability to resist external forces, making the human body prone to sepsis. It has more uses, such as preventing colds, stimulating hematopoiesis, and fighting cancer.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Ming Dynasty pharmacologist Li Shizhen records that lemons have functions such as promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, and relieving heat. Lemon juice has a bitter, warm, and non-toxic taste. The "Luchuan Materia Medica" states that lemon fruits, peel juice, etc. have the effects of relieving stagnation, strengthening the stomach, relieving pain, and treating abdominal pain due to stagnation. Modern medicine believes that lemon is a medication for preventing cardiovascular disease. Due to the binding of citric acid with calcium ions in the human body to form a soluble complex, it can alleviate calcium ions and promote blood coagulation. Therefore, drinking lemonade regularly in patients with hypertension and myocardial infarction has great benefits in improving symptoms.
Lemon leaves can be used to extract spices, lemon fresh fruit epidermis can produce lemon essential oil, and lemon essence oil is not only an important raw material for the production of advanced cosmetics, but also an important component for the production of drugs for the treatment of lithiasis; Fruit germ can also produce pectin, hesperidin, and pectin is an important raw material for producing high-grade candies, preserves, and jams, as well as for producing drugs for treating stomach diseases; Hesperidin is mainly used to treat cardiovascular diseases; The juice extracted from fruit embryos can be used to produce both premium beverages and premium fruit wines; Fruit residue can be used as feed or fertilizer; Seeds can be extracted from high-grade edible oil or used as medicine. Therefore, lemon is a treasure throughout the body and an important raw material for processing green products.