Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

772. Lemons

Lemons are used to form a refrigerant beverage, which is given to quench thirst in febrile and inflammatory diseases, Lemon _juice_ given with carbonate of potash (half an ounce of the juice to twenty grains of the salt), and taken while effervescing, allays vomiting; a tablespoonful, taken occasionally, allays hysterical palpitations of the heart, it is useful in scurvy caused by eating too much salt food, but requires to be taken with sugar. The _rind_ forms a nice mild tonic and stomachic in certain forms of dyspepsia. _Dose_ of the _infusion_ (made the same as orange peel), from one to two ounces.