Lemon Balm / Melissa
Lemon balm is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family and native to south-central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, Iran, and Central Asia, but now naturalized elsewhere.

Buy Lemon Balm Herb
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Scientific Name:  Melissa Officianalis
Parts Used:  Leaves, flowers, essential oils

Cautions:
  • People with glaucoma should avoid lemon balm essential oil

Healing Properties
  • Nervine, anti-viral, cooling, mood enhancing, calmative, memory improving
  • Calming, helps ease infections and cold sores
  • Ancient Arabs believed it was good for the heart
  • Digestive remedy and sedative, helps relieve flatulence, indigestion and insomnia
  • Can improve nervous stomach upsets in children
  • Also used for depression, anxiety and tension headaches
  • Reduces fevers, helpful with herpes, mumps, shingles and nerve pain

How to Use: 
Herbs are wonderfully versatile and may be used in multiple ways (see list below).  However, some methods are better suited to certain herbs than others. Check the HEALING section to see which preparations are recommended for specific uses and conditions.​
Grow/Harvest Yourself: 
  • Buy Lemon Balm/Melissa Seeds
  • Harvest from June through fall (but best just after flowering).  If drying, make sure to do so quickly (within 2 days).
  • Zone: 4-5
  • Soil pH: 7.0
  • Average, well-drained soil
  • Full sun to shade
*I am not a doctor.  The information on this platform is not a claim to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any illness.  These remedies are intended to aid the healing process within your body (in correlation with existing traditional treatments).  Please talk to your family doctor before trying any natural remedies (especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or on prescription medication).  
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