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I N S E C T A N D B U G R E P E L L A N T

USING LEMONGRASS OIL AS A NATURALINSECT AND BUG REPELLENT IS AN

EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENTCONTRACTING INSECT-BORNE DISEASES

SUCH AS MALARIA, FILARIASIS, ANDDENGUE FEVER.

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H E A L S R E S P I R A T O R Y P R O B L E M S

LEMONGRASS IS RICH IN VITAMIN C,WHICH STRENGTHENS YOUR IMMUNE

SYSTEM’S ABILITY TO FIGHT INFECTIONS.DRINKING A MEDICINAL TEA MADE FROM

BOILED LEMONGRASS WILL HEALDIFFERENT KINDS OF RESPIRATORYPROBLEMS SUCH AS COLDS, COUGH,

ASTHMA, AND BRONCHITIS.

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R E D U C E S S T R E S S A N D D E P R E S S I O N

CITRONELLA, AN ESSENTIAL OIL FOUND INLEMONGRASS, HELPS REDUCE STRESS AND

PROVIDES A CALMING EFFECT. SINCEDEPRESSION IS WORSENED BY LACK OF

SLEEP, INHALING THE PLEASANT AROMAOF LEMONGRASS WILL HELP INDUCE

SLEEP AND COUNTER THE EFFECTS OFDEPRESSION.

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R E L I E V E S P A I N F R O M A R T H R I T I S

THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OFLEMONGRASS ALSO RELIEVE JOINT PAINSCAUSED BY ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM.

ITS ESSENTIAL OIL HELPS RELAX THEMUSCLES AND PROMOTES BLOOD

CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE BODY.

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E A S E S M E N S T R U A L C R A M P S

ASIDE FROM JOINT PAINS, LEMONGRASSALSO RELIEVES MENSTRUAL CRAMPS

EXPERIENCED BY SOME WOMEN DURINGTHEIR PERIOD. APPLYING LEMONGRASSOIL ON THE ABDOMEN WILL GREATLY

HELP IN SOOTHING THE PAIN ANDDISCOMFORT.

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R E G U L A T E S B L O O D P R E S S U R E

LEMONGRASS IS RICH IN ZINC, IRON,CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM,

MANGANESE, AND SODIUM. THESEMINERALS ARE ALL IMPORTANT IN THE

BODY’S METABOLIC PROCESSES AND THEREGULATION OF NORMAL BLOOD

PRESSURE AND HEART RATE.

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I M P R O V E S D E V E L O P M E N T O F T H E F E T U S

THE LEAVES AND STEMS OF THELEMONGRASS HERB ARE GOOD SOURCES

OF FOLATE. FOLATE IS AN ESSENTIALNUTRIENT THAT IS NEEDED DURING CELL

DIVISION AND DNA SYNTHESIS, AND ITCAN HELP PREVENT NEURAL TUBE

DEFECTS IN THE FETUS WHEN CONSUMEDBY PREGNANT WOMEN.

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K I L L S F U N G U S A N D B A C T E R I A

PLENTY OF SKIN DISEASES IS CAUSED BYFUNGAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS,

SUCH AS YEASTS, RINGWORMS, ATHLETE’SFOOT. CITRAL, THE CHEMICAL

COMPONENT OF LEMONGRASS, HAS ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES THAT EFFECTIVELYKILL THE FUNGI AND PREVENTS IT FROM

COMING BACK.

L E M O N G R A S S

D E T O X I F I E S T H E B O D Y

LEMONGRASS IS DIURETIC IN NATURE SODRINKING LEMONGRASS TEA WILL CAUSE

YOU TO URINATE MORE FREQUENTLY,WHICH IS GOOD FOR YOUR BODY. THIS

PROCESS CLEANS OUT YOUR SYSTEM BYFLUSHING OUT THE TOXINS AND

HARMFUL BACTERIA FROM YOUR BODY.

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C L E A N S E S T H E S K I N

FACIAL CLEANSING PRODUCTS ALSO USELEMONGRASS OIL AS ONE IF THEIR

INGREDIENTS BECAUSE OF ITSASTRINGENT PROPERTIES. IT TONES THEPORES, KILLS BACTERIA, AND REMOVESDIRT FROM CLOGGING UP YOUR PORES,WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF

ACNE.

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R E L I E V E S F E V E R

SINCE IT IS ALSO AN ANTIPYRETIC,DRINKING LEMONGRASS TEA OR APPLYING

LEMONGRASS ESSENTIAL OIL CAN ALSORELIEVE FEVER AND SIGNIFICANTLYLOWER THE TEMPERATURE OF THE

PATIENT.

L E M O N G R A S S

P R E V E N T S S T O M A C H P R O B L E M S

THE ESSENTIAL OILS MYRCENE,CITRONELLOL, METHYL HEPTANONE,DIPENTENE, GERANIOL, LIMONENE,GERANYL ACETATE, AND NEROL ALL

CONTAIN ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIESTHAT PREVENT PATHOGENS FROMINFECTING THE STOMACH. IT ALSO

STIMULATES PROPER BOWEL MOVEMENTAND GOOD DIGESTION.

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I N H I B I T S G R O W T H O F C A N C E R C E L L S

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THE EFFECT OFCITRAL ON CANCER CELLS BY INHIBITING

THE GROWTH OF THE MUTATED CELLSWITHOUT AFFECTING THE HEALTHY ONES.LEMONGRASS HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE AN

EFFECTIVE HERB THAT COUNTERS SKINAND BREAST CANCER.

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L O W E R S C H O L E S T E R O L L E V E L S

REGULAR CONSUMPTION OFLEMONGRASS-INFUSED BEVERAGES AND

DISHES CAN REDUCE YOUR RISK OFEXPERIENCING CARDIAC PROBLEMS SUCH

AS ATHEROSCLEROSIS. LEMONGRASSPREVENTS THE ACCUMULATION OF LIPIDS

IN THE WALLS OF THE BLOOD VESSEL.

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S O O T H E S H E A D A C H E S

APPLYING LEMONGRASS OIL ON YOURTEMPLES WILL RELIEVE THE TENSION INTHE MUSCLES AND ALLEVIATE THE PAIN

AND DISCOMFORT OF HEADACHES.INHALING ITS SCENT WILL ALSO HELP YOU

SLEEP BETTER, WHICH SPEEDS UP YOURRECOVERY.