This simple recipe is a tonic that embodies the sour flavor of the wood element. Lemon water has a number of health benefits and contains only two ingredients, good quality water and the juice from fresh squeezed lemons.
Starting the day with a pint of room temperature or warm water and half a lemon’s worth of juice is a simple ritual that can improve health and appease the Liver to avoid spring’s physical and emotional symptoms.
Lemon water can:
- Aid digestion and bowel efficiency: lemon is similar enough to digestive juices to trigger the Liver to produce more bile, thus moving food through the system faster
- Give you energy: Because lemons contain negatively charged ions they create energy when they enter the digestive system. Some people find it a good substitute for coffee. Up to 70% of daytime fatigue is associated with dehydration so both of these ingredients will benefit mood and energy.
- Fight free radicals with its antioxidant powers and protects your cells
- Boost your vitamin C intake: which stimulates white blood cell production, benefits the immune system and helps with iron absorption
- Boost your hydration: most of us don’t drink enough water. Having a pint of it first thing gives you a head start on reaching your water intake quotient for the day
- Build collagen: Collagen fibers form skin, bones and connective tissue
- Give you more potassium: Important for heart, brain and nerve health and function
- Stimulate the Liver to Detox and increase enzyme function
Reduce inflammation by reducing acidity, the environment in which disease can flourish, and reducing uric acid, which causes inflammation in the joints
