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Lemons: Lemon Tree - Uses & Benefits - growing lemon

It takes 3,000 lemons to produce 2 pound (1 kilo) of essential oil. It is extracted by pressing the rind of the fruit. Hand-pressed oil is of a better quality than mechanically pressed oil. Hand pressing is a family affair. The women and children cut the lemons and scrape out the flesh, the men do the pressing.

Chilblains

Mix into a carrier oil and gently rub the affected area, three to four times a day. Or use in a footbath, soaking the feet for fifteen minutes.
Cold sores Dab with a cotton bud which has been soaked in 2 tsp (10 ml) of boiled water to which 5 drops of oil have been added.

Bites and stings

Dab neat oil on to the bite or sting.

Mouth ulcers

Dab on the neat oil, or make a gargle adding five drops to a medium-size glass of water.

Verrucae/warts

Dab with a cotton bud soaked in neat essential oil several times a day.

Catarrh/colds

Mix in a carrier oil and massage the face and head, or inhale.