Lemon juice is used as a flavoring ingredient in a large number of dishes, belonging to various cuisines. Apart from that, it is the primary ingredient in lemonade, an extremely refreshing as well as beneficial drink. Most of the people stop after mentioning these two basic uses of lemon juice. However, lemon juice is credited with having a large number of uses and benefits. It is good for the skin, has deodorizing properties, acts as a disinfectant, helps clean stains, and so on. To get an exhaustive list of the everyday uses of lemon juice, read on…

Uses of Lemon Juice

• Applying lemon juice on a minor cut will not only help stop bleeding, but also disinfect the wound.
• Constipation can be treated with the help of lemon juice. For the purpose, have a lemon drink (4 tbsp lemon juice, 1 cup warm water & ½ tsp honey), everyday before breakfast.
• Handling fruit or berry often leaves stains on hands. For getting rid of them, rinse your hands with lemon juice.
• If you have been affected by poison ivy, apply lemon juice over the aggravated area. It will help soothe itching and also assuage the rash.
• If you have blackheads on your face, using lemon juice will help in getting rid of them. Rub the juice over the affected area before going to bed and wash your face in the morning, with cool water.
• Lemon juice can be used for removing ink spots from clothes. Immediately apply lemon juice on the affected area, while the ink is still wet. Wash the garment as usual and line dry.
• If you want to remove the smell of garlic, onions or fish from your chopping board, clean it with lemon juice. It will deodorize the board, making it smell as fresh as ever.
• Lemon juice can help treat cough also. Mix 4 tbsp lemon juice, 1 cup honey and ½ cup olive oil. Heat the mixture for 5 minutes and then stir vigorously for 2 minutes. Take 1 tsp of the mixture, every 2 hours.
• If you have rough hands or sore feet, apply lemon juice over them. Thereafter, massage with olive oil. You will see the results soon enough.
• Lemon juice can help you get rid of skin blemishes. Dab lemon juice over the blemished part, a few times a day.
• Want to write an invisible letter? Take a toothpick and dip it in lemon juice. Use this for writing your letter. The paper will look blank to the naked eye, but as you hold it near a hot light bulb, the writing will start burning brown, giving way to the whole letter.
• Lemon juice can help you whiten as well as strengthen your nails. Half-fill a small bowl with lemon juice and soak your nails in it, for around 10 minutes. Now, add equal parts white vinegar and warm water. Dip a brush in it and clean your nails with it. Rinse with water.
• Lemon juice is effective for removing rust and mineral discolorations from cotton t-shirts and briefs. For the purpose, put 1 cup of lemon juice in the washer, before washing clothes.
• Lemon juice is good for cleaning brass, copper and stainless steel items, including kitchen sinks. Make a paste by adding lemon juice to salt, scrub the stains gently with the paste and then, rinse with water.
• The best way to clean a microwave is with the help of lemon juice. Dilute 4 tbsp lemon juice in one cup water and put the solution in a microwave-safe bowl. Keep it in the microwave and let it boil for five minutes. The steam from the water will condense the inside walls. Use a cloth to wipe your microwave clean.
• You can use lemon juice to get rid of dandruff. Apply lemon juice on your scalp around ½ hour before washing your hair. Mix 2-3 tbsp lemon juice in a mug of water and use it to give the last rinse to your hair, after washing them with shampoo.

Motorola’s said its new W233 Renew phone, unveiled in advance of the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, is the world’s first carbon neutral phone.

Motorola unveiled a cell phone made of recycled water bottles hoping to cash in on the trend for environmentally friendly products.

The company, which dropped to No. 4 in the global handset market in the most recently reported quarter due to a weak product line-up, said the W233 Renew eco-friendly phone would be sold by Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA in the current quarter.

It did not disclose pricing for the phone. Motorola said it was the world’s first carbon neutral phone. As well as using recycled materials for the plastic casing, the company also pledged to offset the carbon dioxide used in manufacturing, distribution and operation of the phone through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation.

MySpace members will soon be able to use their login details to get access to some other websites. The social networking giant, which boasts more than 100 million accounts, has signed up for the OpenID initiative. The project aims to ease the mental load of going online by letting people use one set of login details for many different places.
Sites such as AOL, Blogger, Flickr and Yahoo already use OpenID.

However, MySpace is not letting its members use their login profiles and details on any site. It has set restrictions on where the login details can be used based on whether those sites create or accept OpenID profiles.

It will only allow MySpace details to be used to get access to what are known as “relying parties” – organisations that accept rather than create the portable identities. Sites such as Plaxo are relying parties.

Initially, OpenID profiles created from a MySpace account will be blocked from being used on sites regarded as “providers”. In the OpenID scheme sites that let create OpenID profiles for use elsewhere are “providers”.

Similarly, MySpace will not allow people who get an OpenID from a provider, such as Yahoo, to use that to login to the social network site.

It said in the future its policy would change to let members get the most out of OpenID.