Lemon grass provides many health benefits, including improving blood circulation and reducing blood pressure. It reduces excess fats and cholesterol, aids in detoxification and boosts the immune system. It can improve the appearance of your skin, and help tone body tissues and muscles. Lemon grass oil has anti-fungal and antibacterial properties. Lemon grass is in demand all over the world for both non-food and food purposes, including the extraction of its oil. In Jamaica, lemon grass grows wild and is called fever grass.

 

Spent lemon grass leaves is used as fuel for distillation of the plant and is also suitable for making paper. The oil is used in perfumes, cosmetics and flavoring and sometimes in soaps and detergents. The leaves are used in curries, soups and teas and as seasoning in fish, seafood, meat and poultry. The oil from the lemon grass is used as both a preservative and a pesticide.

 

Now, lemon grass is helping establish a blueprint for the creation of an extraction industry or one that produces nutraceuticals and essentials oils. It’s easy to grow, hardy and versatile and has long been recognized for its calming and therapeutic properties.

 

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