Calamansi, known as Calamondin in other countries, is a sour fruit that resembles a small mandarin. This fruit is indigenous to the Philippines that is usually used in beverages, or in sauces to enhance the flavor of food. It is sold cheap in the market and can be found in residential backyards as an ornamental plant.

This small fruit is known to be packed with Vitamin C. Drinking calamansi juice will help increase the body’s resistance to diseases like common colds and cough.Due to its good dose of vitamin C, drinking calamansi juice can also help prevent tooth decay, bleeding gums and will help strengthen teeth.

Calamansi is good for colds, flu, and fever. It will help increase perspiration and it serves as an effective antihistamine that will lessen the unpleasant effects of the common cold, including inflammation, stuffy nose and aches.
Calamansi helps strengthen immune system. Since Calamansi is rich in vitamin C, it will help protect your body from infections and maintains healthy bones and teeth and it will quicken the body’s ability to repair wounds.
Calamansi can help aid sore throats. You just mix one Calamansi with warm water, a pinch of salt and gargle.
Calamansi may help control high blood pressure and so it helps lessen the probability of hypertension and other serious health problems.
Calamansi may also help expel phlegm. In Malaya, it is mixed with pepper to expel phlegm.
Calamansi mixed with water can help a person who has respiratory problem.
Calamansi is extremely beneficial for the body as it helps eliminate toxins that result to a faster weight loss.
If you have burn, Calamansi can help reduce burning sensation because it acts as a cooling agent.
Calamansi juice serves as a liver cleanser. It lessens toxic damage to liver cells and helps keep the liver clean

Here is a list of additional health benefits derived from drinking calamansi juice:

* The vitamin C present in this drink offers relief from scurvy, mouth ulcers, bleeding gums, cracked lips, cold, cough, as well as other viral infections.

* A natural skin rejuvenator, it safeguards the skin from various infections also.

* A natural deodorant, it has the potential to eliminate dandruff and act as scrub.

* The mild smell of this concentrate is a mood enhancer; hence, is suggested to be included in the bathing water to ward off tiredness and uplift the mood.

* The irresistible scent of the drink promotes primary digestion while the flavanoids enhance the secretion of digestive systems and strengthens digestive system.

* The abundance of acids enables the drink to act as a natural cleanser of digestive tract and excretory system.

* Diluted with water and flavored with salt, calamansi juice is a natural purgative, which offers relief from constipation without side effects.

* The antioxidant nature of the drink makes it ideal for averting age-related vision disorders.

* Being a good natural antioxidant, its daily consumption is ideal to prevent wrinkles and thus, delay ageing.

* The astringent and antibacterial properties of the drink make it an efficient refreshing agent for oily skin.

* Being a reservoir of antioxidants and detoxifiers, it eliminates the free radicals and toxins; thus, preventing gout as well as cancers.

* The presence of potassium in abundance enables it to eliminate the kidney stones, while the disinfectant property of the drink offers relief from urinary system infections.

* The drink is a wonderful good digestive stimulant as well as appetizer.

* The juice concentrate is known to offer relief from various medical conditions including fatigue, diabetes, cholera, rheumatism, arthritis, cardiac disorders, as well as arteriosclerosis.

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