The cure for everything has been found: Lemon water!

There is a minority left somewhere who does not drink lemon water in the morning and can listen to the inner voice of their body, yet I wanted to give some Ayurvedic and medical information to the hundreds of thousands who drink lemon water because by drinking lemon water:

• Receding gums

• Its acidic structure prevents tooth enamel from deteriorating.

• Reflux occurs

• Heartburn

• Did you know that dehydration is a trigger?

We've reached the final stage of the lemon water diet craze, which has been snowballing for years and wreaking havoc on everyone's stomach acid; the "it saved my life, drink lemon water" rhetoric for every ailment has become rampant. This advice, disregarding the specifics and sensitivities of the digestive system, has led to countless people suffering from acid reflux and heartburn without even knowing why. I'm calling out to you: Don't drink lemon water!

When you wake up in the morning: warm water with half a lemon, cold water with a squeeze of lemon, room-temperature water, water with lemon and honey, water with lemon and sweet red pepper... there are so many variations. Drinkers consume this drink as if it were cloned, repeating the same phrases: "My life has changed," "I've lost weight," "My edema is gone," "My body's pH balance has improved," or they even pretend to consume it to keep up with the latest trends.

If you drink lemon water regularly, your gums will eventually begin to recede and your tooth enamel will begin to suffer. This damage is difficult to reverse. If you want to make your dentist happy, keep drinking lemon water.

Indigestion, acid reflux, and heartburn all mean that the stomach's acidic balance is disrupted, preventing digestive enzymes from working effectively. If your diet, even fatty, spicy, or sometimes plain, causes inflammation in your stomach, you need to immediately address your digestive enzymes with a supplement. This supplement isn't medication or vitamins; it's an experienced professional who knows what they're doing. If you experience any of these symptoms, even slightly, lemon water will make them worse. You can't fix stomach acid by pouring more acid on it. Stomach acid is one of your most precious fluids, and you should care for it like a baby. It communicates with you.

Reflux is your stomach communicating with you and warning you to change things. To quiet it, you need to listen with all your attention and care for it lovingly. Pouring acid on it isn't a good idea.

Drinking lemon water can dehydrate you; just as when we eat lemon, liquid forms in our mouth, when we drink it, the liquid that forms against the acid can suppress the feeling of thirst and even dehydrate you.

You might think you're getting vitamin C from lemon water; the juice of one lemon contains 18.6 grams of vitamin C. Half a lemon, however, contains even less, so it's not enough to supplement your vitamin C needs. You should also get vitamins from a variety of sources in your diet; the vitamin C in a glass of water doesn't meet your daily needs. The vitamin C you get from lemon water has no effect on your skin or your body's pH balance (because there are no foods or beverages that can alter the body's pH).

Lemon water is a wellness trend that's gotten out of hand. The sooner it's stopped, the healthier it will be.

Ayurveda is a branch of science that studies the interactions between the digestive and excretory systems in detail. It examines the stages of digestion in detail, from how the digestive system works to the nature, form, and timing of excretion, including the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. The Ayurvedic lifestyle and diet have survived to the present day thanks to the Caraka Samhita, an epic 18-volume medical encyclopedia composed of sutras. It is a holistic study that is currently undergoing detailed research and will inspire scientists at universities (e.g., circadian rhythms). Functional Medicine is simply a "trendy" version of Ayurveda. The fundamentals remain the same.

Lemon water has become so popular that I sometimes hear that even tourist centers in India offer lemon water. However, the Caraka Samhita introduces us to the 20 gunas, taking these gunas into account and saying, "Similar things attract, opposite things heal," offers great guidance.

According to Ayurveda, the 20 qualities (gurvadi guna) of beings in nature are as follows:

• Heavy / Light

• Solid / Liquid

• Cold / Hot

• Fine-Fine / Rough

• Oily-Moist / Dry

• Soft-Smooth / Hard-Rough

• Slow / Fast

• Clear-Transparent / Sticky-Moist

• Balanced-Stable / Mobile-Shifting

• Soft / Hard

  
  

All the doshas, foods, and the air we breathe can be described with these days. It seems simple!

Now I will give you the gunas of lemon:

Light, warm, dry (not oily), hard, liquid. When we identify with these gunas, it becomes immediately clear when we can eat lemon: on heavy rainy days, in cold weather, and if it doesn't conflict with your dosha's gunas.

Lemon's taste is sharp, sour, and astringent. While these flavors are said to be particularly beneficial for the vata dosha body type, they are actually dry and harsh, stimulating digestive fire, and lemon has a warming after-digestion effect. In other words, it irritates all doshas except the kapha dosha. You should stop taking lemon baths thinking, "I'm vata," and consuming lemon with gusto, thinking, "I'm pitta, I digest everything."

Because lemon has a post-digestive, inflammatory effect, it's an extremely valuable fruit to use during illness, convalescence, and the onset of colds and flu. Its inflammatory effect spears viruses and acts as a shield during convalescence. When you're feeling nauseous, a few tablespoons of lemon juice with a little salt will instantly resolve the issue. Kapha dosha is the dosha that will benefit most from lemon. Lemon's warming effect awakens the Kapha dosha's sluggish digestive system and can be effective at the onset of colds and flu. It's a valuable fruit.

Let me give you some Ayurvedic lemon remedies:

If you notice the beginnings of fungus on your skin or nails, apply lemon juice to the affected areas three times a day. The lemon's strong, pungent gum will defeat the fungus's heavy, moist roots.

Lemon juice relieves infection and itching in mosquito bites.

If you have dandruff, you can add about 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to your final rinse. Your hair may remain slightly sticky.

You can add lemon to your soup for kapha type illnesses such as cough/congestion/phlegm.

Nimbu drink for summer, this recipe is directly from Bhava Prakasha Nighantu, kṛtanna varga, Chapter 12, sloka 134-135

One part lemon (nimbujam) mixed with six parts red beet juice, black pepper and cloves added; this is called nimbu panaka. Because it's sour, it eliminates Vata, stimulates the appetite, and helps digest all kinds of foods.

Here's how I do it these days, during the summer:

1 liter of water

1 lemon

3 spoons of beet sugar

1 spoon of salt

Black pepper & cloves

Mix it all together, add some ice if it's too hot. Yummy.

I would like to draw your attention to the amount of spices and sugar used to balance the acidity of the lemon and make its digestion effective.

Ayurvedic days where the miraculous intelligence of our body decides what to do and when, not trends.

N. Sine Ozsoy