Lemongrass is a wonderful fragrant plant that is also grown as a cooking and medicinal herb. People who love health and organic food use lemongrass in smoothies, teas, and recipes of all kinds. Lemongrass works well for home uses as well, for instance many use it as an essential oil or in aromatherapy. Lemongrass can be found in soaps, air sprays, body, and hair care products and more. The beauty of lemongrass is you get the health benefits from both taking it internally and using it outside the body as well.

Whether you take it as a supplement or consuming lemongrass in your daily diet, lemongrass has many beneficial purposes:

1. Gout and arthritis
Gout is a chronic inflammatory condition. Gout is caused by the buildup of uric acid in the blood. There have been studies that have shown that consuming edible lemongrass and using lemongrass oil beneficial in reducing both inflammation and uric acid in gout patients.

2. Anxiety
Lemongrass may help reduce anxiety in two ways. The fragrance of lemongrass is natural and relaxing, which means many enjoy the calming scent of lemongrass candles, soaps, lotions, and shampoo. You can also fill your home with wonderful smelling lemongrass essential oils and room sprays. Drinking lemongrass tea is also linked to lowering anxiety.

3. Bloating and indigestion
Bloating and indigestion are caused by stress, food intolerance, poor eating habits, lack of enough vegetables in the diet, and so many more reasons. However, if you drink plenty of water every day, perhaps add a little lemongrass to your water to alleviate symptoms of bloat and indigestion. Drinking lemongrass tea or cooking with lemongrass may also provide a natural digestive.

4. Joint pain
Joints can ache over time from repeated use and chronic pain. Inflammation of the joints (i.e., arthritis) is one of the biggest causes of joint pain. Since lemongrass is excellent for decreasing inflammation when you drink the tea, use the oil, or cook with lemongrass, lemongrass may also help relieve joint pain.

5. Acne
Large pores and oily skin along with hormones and bad eating habits can lead to acne. However, lemongrass is shown balance natural skin oils, shrink the pores., and naturally cleanse the skin from the inside out. This is why lemongrass is already an essential ingredient in many store bought toners and astringents.