CITRUS LEMONUM: A REMEDY FOR LYMPHOMA
CITRUS
LEMONUM
BOTANICAL NAME: Citrus limon ( L ) Burm.f
FAMILY: Rutaceae
COMMON NAMES: Bengali-Baranebu,
Goranebu; English—Lemon; French—Citronnier, Limonier; German—Limone; Hindi—Baranimbu, Jambira, Paharikaghzi; Malayalam—Cherunaranga, Ganapatinarakam; Tamil—Mahanimbu, Vanabijapura; Telugu—Bijapuram,
Gajanimma, Naradabba
DISTRIBUTION: It
is a native of northern India. It is cultivated; grown in the orchards in Uttar
Pradesh , Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. Found wild in the north –
west regions of India, ascending 1300 m.
It is also cultivated in
all countries bordering on the Mediterranean , especially in Sicily and
southern Italy, in Spain and Portugal.
DESCRIPTION: A straggling , bushy , small tree, 3-4
m high, with throny branches. Leaves ovate, petiole margined or winged. Flowers
small, white, or pinkish, sweet-scented. Fruit ovoid or obovoid, externally
bright yellow and nearly smooth , about 6-10 cm long and 4-7 cm wide, usually
with a nipple-shaped extremity and a dry disc-like nectary at the base. It
consists of about 8-10 carpels and about 8-10 loculi filled with pulp. The pulp
has an agreeable and strongly acidulous taste. Flowers in April- May and fruits
in May-June.
PART USED : Fresh
juice- Fresh lemon yield about 30 percent of juice. It is a turbid yellowish liquid, translucent , having
characteristic pleasant odor and sour taste. Freely miscible with water and
alcohol.It contains not less than 50 percent w/v of citric acid
HOMOEOPATHIC USES
Homoeopathic action has
been proved by the occurrence of scurvy from the excessive use of citric acid
when taken for other purposes.
Citrus limonum has
powerful effect on the circulation and on the blood itself. It produces
faintness, a weak pulse, hemorrhages and swellings. Inflammation and painful
enlargement of spleen, dyspnea.Cancer. Relieved the pain of cancer.
Lymphoma. Daily headache. Stiffness in
the joints, especially in the fingers, bruised feeling particularly in the
feet. Herpetic eruptions.
POTENCY: IX and higher.
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