Lemon
1. For pimples apply lemon juice mixed with honey on the face.
2. In metrorrhagia (excessive bleeding) and hemorrhoids (piles), take one cup of luke warm milk in which the juice of half a lemon has been added, before the milk curdles, early in the morning on an empty stomach. It stops bleeding and provides quick relief. Continue its use for 3-4 days, but if the patient does not get relief, consult a physician.
3. In liver diseases, dyspepsia and indigestion, 10 ml lemon juice mixed with 20 ml onion juice and a small quantity of honey is useful.
4. Lemon juice mixed with a small quantity of ginger and salt acts as an appetizer. It improves the digestion.
5. Those having a tendency to vomit and who feel nauseated while travelling are advised to lick or suck a lemon with salt sprinkled over it.
Onion
1. External application of lukewarm onion juice (4 drops) as an ear and nasal drop quickly relieves earache and common cold, respectively.
2. Keeping an onion in the pocket or wearing it around the neck prevents heat stroke.
3. To prevent airborne bacterial and viral infections in children, tie 8-10 onions in a cloth bag and hang it outside the house.
4. In chicken pox, one teaspoon of onion juice mixed with 2-3 pounded black peppercorns, taken 2-3 times a day for a few days is beneficial. This also wards off marks on the skin after the illness.
5. Tying a cloth soaked in the warm juice of an unripe onion quickly relieves painful furuncles, enhances suppuration and easily expels pus.
6.Drinking onion juice mixed with lemon juice and salt quickly relieves abdominal pain.