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Old Refunder · CF Q&A Queen Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 10057

These are some effective uses for lemon juice.

• Remove ink spots from clothing.

While ink is wet, apply lemon juice liberally to the spot, and then wash the garment in normal cycle with regular detergent in cold water.

• Get rid of dandruff.

Apply one tablespoon of lemon juice to your hair. Shampoo, then rinse with water. Rinse again with a mixture of two tablespoons lemon juice and two cups water. Repeat every other day until dandruff disappears.

• Eliminate blackheads.

Rub lemon juice over blackheads before going to bed. Wait until morning to wash off the juice with cool water. Repeat for several nights until you see a big improvement in the skin.

• Create blonde highlights.

Rinse your hair with one-quarter cup of lemon juice with three-quarter cup water.

• Halt cold sores.

Dab lemon juice on the cold sore a few times a day.

• Deodorize a cutting board.

Wash with lemon juice to rid a cutting board of the smell of garlic, onions, or fish.

• Remove fruit or berry stains from your hands.

Rinse hands with lemon juice.

• Remove rust and mineral discolorations on cotton t-shirts and briefs.

Use one cup of lemon juice in the washer.

• Clean a microwave oven.

Add four tablespoons of lemon juice to one cup water in a microwave-safe, four-cup bowl. Boil for five minutes in the microwave, allowing the steam to condense on the inside walls of the oven. Then wipe clean.

• Whiten, brighten, and strengthen fingernails.

Soak fingernails in lemon juice for ten minutes, then brush with a mixture of equal parts white vinegar and warm water. Rinse well.

• Stop bleeding and disinfect minor wounds.

Pour lemon juice on a cut or apply with a cotton ball.

• Relieve poison ivy.

Applying lemon juice over the affected areas should soothe itching and alleviate the rash.

• Clear up facial blemishes.

Dab lemon juice on the blemish a few times a day.

• Eliminate odors in your humidifier.

Pour three or four teaspoons of lemon juice into the water.

• Relieve rough hands or sore feet.

Apply lemon juice, rinse, then massage with olive oil.

• Clean brass, copper, and stainless steel kitchen sinks.

Make a paste from lemon juice and salt, scrub gently, then rinse with water.

• Relieve a cough.

Mix four tablespoons of lemon juice, one cup honey, and one-half cup of olive oil. Heat five minutes, then stir vigorously for two minutes. Take one teaspoon every two hours.

• Relieve constipation.

Before breakfast, drink four tablespoons of lemon juice in one cup warm water. Sweeten with honey.

•Aide for Metabolism.

Drinking lemonade everyday can help increase your metabolic rate. The acidic content of the drink is abrasive for most substances, especially the broken down food particles in your stomach. Once lemonade mixes with your gastric acids, the rate of burning particles increases, boosting your metabolism.

•Soothing sunburns.

Using cotton balls gently apply diluted lemon juice to sunburned skin. The juice acts as an astringent, relieving the pain.

fm&armywife · Coupon Lover Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 2421

i am going to try several of these laurie. thanks for posting these hints Smile

MrsBPS · Coupon Lover Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 30675

Lemon juice is a great all natural, non toxic brass cleaner!

Old Refunder · CF Q&A Queen Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 10057

I use it for descaling my dishwasher... about 2 cups in the bottom of an empty dishwasher.

And I use is to clean my toilet bowls... about 1 to 11/2 cups and let it sit all day. Helps to reduce and cleanse mineral deposits.

I use it for general cleaning in the kitchen and as a laundry additive.

buterflie40 · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject:

Wow!! I am going to try several of these!!

After I've squeezed fresh lemons I use the lemon halves on my heels to soften up the hard skin, seems to work pretty well, of course I look pretty silly sitting with lemon halves on my feet Laughing

MrsBPS · Coupon Lover Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 30675

Rene S · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

You can also brighten your nails with lemon juice (I've done this). Put some lemon juice in a bowl and put your nails in the dish for about 5-10 minutes. Rinse and you're done!

kimimela · Coupon Lover Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 4341

I use it to clean my garbage disposal. Sometimes it leaves a nasty odor in it and I pour a 1/4 of lemon juice down it with no water and turn it on for a few seconds and shut if off. Cleans the blades and smells fresh. Also have done this with lemons, oranges, limes, etc that are getting soft and not going to be used.

littlevee · Coupon Clipper Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 119

thanks! I was using vinegar to clean my microwave but my husband hates the smell. This worked great. Has anyone used it as a floor cleaner?

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