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.