healthy with lime

In addition to being syrup, lime juice which tasted a mix of acid or other drinks, such as herbal medicine. Lime because not only could become a refreshing drink, but also contains the drug efficacy. Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) is a plant with many branches of shrubs. This plant is widely planted in the yard and garden.

The height can reach six meters. The leaves are oval shaped and each leaf-stemmed leaves. Star-shaped flowers are white. Tough woody stems, and usually bear fruit after 2.5 years. The fruit is round with a smooth surface, thin-skinned, yellow and green when older. This plant is thought to have come from north Indian region.

The fruit contains a lot of water and vitamin C is high enough. Leaves, fruit, and flowers contain oil fly. Lime usually grow well in lowland areas that were exposed to sunlight. Lime citric acid, amino acids (tryptophan, lysine), essential oils (sitral, limonen, felandren, lemon kamfer, kadinen, gerani-lasetat, linali-lasetat, aktilaldehid, nnildehid) resin, glycosides, citric acid, fat, calcium , phosphorus, iron, sulfur vitamin B1 and C.

Taste sour lemon can help clear the nicotine contained in the teeth and mouth of people who like to smoke. From the contents of oil and substances in it, lime is used to overcome dysentery, constipation, hemorrhoid, irregular menstruation, diphtheria, acne, headache or vertigo, hoarseness, cough, body odors, increase appetite, prevent hair loss, dandruff , flu, fever, too fat, tonsils, Anyang-anyangan disease (painful urination), nosebleeds, and inflammation of the nose.

From some recent research shows, lemon juice also has the benefits of preventing a recurrence of kidney stones, especially the idiopathic calcium kidney stones. According to the report, consumption of lime can prevent kidney stones. This is recognized by the Installation Chief Renal Dr Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Prof. DR Mochammad Sja'bani.

In these studies note that contains citric lime high, while many kidney stone sufferers have low levels of citrate. He said the content of citric local lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle )10 times greater than the content of citrate in orange, or six times a sweet orange. Gynecology Citric reached 55.6 grams in kilogram.

In general, the citric acid in the urine in people with kidney stones lowest in the evening and early morning. Thus giving better lime consumed just after dinner. Lime juice consumed after dinner is not reported gastric complaints. Juice of two lime was diluted in two cups of water.

Drinking this juice mixture to reduce and prevent the recurrence of idiopathic calcium kidney stones. Prevention of this disease should cause this type was found in about 80 percent of patients with kidney stones. However, prevention and treatment of this disease is done by limiting the consumption of salt or salty foods, provide adequate input calcium, low protein and phosphate