It is common to hear woman talk about using lemon juice solution as a postcoital douche, with the belief that it prevent pregnancy and/ or sexually transmitted diseases. In fact, lemon and lime juice are widely used for douche among women at high risk of HIV transmission in Central Nigeria. Drinking lime juice is also used by women in preventing conception.
Scientists in a new study have corroborated the usefulnes of lime in the prevention of pregnancy. Extrapolation the finding in an animal study to humans, the scientists indicated that lime indeed has anti-infertility properties, thus supporting is folkloric use in the prevention of pregnancy in the community.
In the study that looked at the effect of lime juice on the ovaries and womb of sprague-Dawley rats, the researchers found that lime reduced the number of ova (the female egg) shed and also caused an irregularity in the histology of the reproductive organs (ovaries and uterus), hence possibly compromising fertility.
lime, is one of the citrus fruits that is widely planted fruit for direct human consumption in the world. Its fruit is typically round, green to yellow in colour and it juice has been shown to have both medicinal and cosmetic values.
It has several health benefits, and one could make use of it from its skin, to its juice, down to its pulp. It juice can do wonders to the body and it can relieve a person from numerous diseases.
Previous studies have shown that lime juice destroy both Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and sperm cells. It was suggested that its high acidity was probably responsible for the destruction of the HIV and sperm cells.
Basically, if you are a man or woman looking for a child, stay away from lime or lemon juice and also if you are an expectant mother.
A word is enough for the wise.
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In a case where lime is used on skin, does it also affects pregnancy/ fertility?
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