Lemons have a very wide variety of uses. For all people, either in
sickness or in health, lemonade is a safe drink. It corrects
biliousness. It is a specific or positive cure for many kinds of worm
and skin diseases. Lemon juice is the best remedy known to prevent and
cure scurvy. If the gums are rubbed daily with lemon juice it will keep
them in health. The hands and the nails are also kept clean, white and
soft by the daily use of lemon instead of soap. It also removes freckles
and prevents chilblains. Lemon used in intermittent fever is mixed with
strong, hot black tea, or coffee without sugar. Neuralgia may be
relieved by rubbing the part affected with a lemon. It is valuable also
for curing warts, and it will destroy dandruff on the head by rubbing
the roots of the hair with it.