NEW DELHI. Aug 7 : Jaundice. heat — stroke, stomachache. dysentery, indigestion — name any summer disease and the remedy lies in the popular Indian summer fruit — lime, reports PTI.

It is a good aperient, astringent. antipyretic and sedative.

Lime provides Vitamin C. minerals and alkaline salts. The lime Juice is extensively used for making cocktail and lime oil used in foods and drinks for flavour.

Lime is used for flavouring jams, jellies, marmalades, carbonated and non-carbon-ated beverages and alcoholic drinks.

Lime cordial, dried or de-

hydrated lime peel, lime' powder and pickle are other value-added products from lime. Lime is extensively used lor culinary purposes like pickle-making, seasoning and flavouring dishes of vegetables. fish, meat and salad.

Lime peel is used as a spice and condiment. Dried lime peel powder and lime sediment are used for cleaning metalware.

The lime peel contains ■moisture (66.5). protein (1.8). fat (0.5) carbohydrates (29.4). minerals and energy (129 kcal) per 100g of its edible portion, according to the "Wealth of India."

A tonic tea is prepared from the leaves. An infusion

of leaves is useful for fever in jaundice, for sore throat and infusion of root combats colic, dysentery, gonorrhea and similar troubles.

Lime juice in bottles is prized for use in mixed alcoholic drinks the work! over. It is also made into syrup and sauce and pie similar to lemon pie.

jn the Bahamas, fishermen and others who spend days in their sail boats, always have bottles of home-made 'old sour', a drink made from lime juice and salt.

In Malaysia, limes are pickled by first making incisions in the apex, covering the fruit with salt, and pre

serving fruits in vinegar. The pickled fruits are fried in coconut oil and sugar before serving. These fruits are eaten as appetizers.

In India pickling is done by quartering the fruit, layering the pieces with salt in glass or glazed clay Jars, and placing them in the sunlight for 3-4 days.

The contents are stirred once a day. Green chilli peppers. turmeric, ginger and other edible oils are added to. enhance the keeping quality

Pickling mav be obtained by scrapping the fruits, steeping them in lime juice, adding salt and exposing to the sunlight

India is a big exporter of

hard and dried lime to Iraq for making special beverages. The minced leaves are consumed in certain Japanese dishes. A sweetmeat with milk and coconut Is prepared from its chopped peel.

Lime Juice is taken as a tonic and to relieve stomach ailments in Malaya. Mixed with oil. lime Juice is given as a vermifuge.

The pickled fruit with other substances, la poulticed on the head to allay neuralgia. In India, eating of pickled fruit is common to relieve Indigestion

The Juice of lime acta aa antiseptic, tonk'. antiscorbutic. an astringent, and as a

diuretic in liver ailments, a digestive stimulant, a remedy ' for palpitations, headache, convulsive cough, rheuma tlsm. arthritis, falling hair, bad breath, and.as a disinfec tant for all kinds of ulcers if applied in a-poultice

The leaves are poulticed on skin diseases and on the abdomen of a new mother after childbirth. The leaves or an infusion of the crushed leaves may be applied to relieve headache. It is also suit able as a mouth wash and gargle in sore throat and thrush

The root bark serves as a febrifuge like sed kernel when ground and mixed with lime juice.