Melissa is one of the main honey plants in the garden. There are three versions of the origin of the name of the plant. One of them refers to the Greek words meli - "honey", and phyllon - "leaves", which were given to the plant because of its honey smell. The other is related to mythology. According to it, the nymph, the daughter of King Melisseus, fed Zeus with milk and honey and taught people how to get honey. The third version says that she was a beautiful young woman who claimed to become the mistress of the gods. But the goddesses did not like this, and they turned her into a bee.
However, lemon balm also has another name.
Melissa, which is often called lemon balm, has a height of thirty to one hundred and fifty centimeters, a tetrahedral stem with heart-shaped, ovate petiolate leaves made of large teeth. Its flowers are small, pale pink, purple or white. Lemon mint (photo illustrates the flowers of the plant) blooms in July-August and has a pleasant smell at this time, which then disappears.
The plant originated in the Middle East and North Africa. In the Middle Ages it spread throughout Europe.
Today the plant is cultivated as a medicinal plant in many countries. It is specially grown in gardens, orchards and plantations.
The leaves of both plants are similar, because they are representatives of the Lamiaceae family. However, there are also noticeable differences. As for appearance, mint has a straight stem, while lemon balm has a branched stem. The flowers of one plant are collected in a spike, but lemon balm has the appearance of false rings. The photo demonstrates their external similarities and differences.
In addition, they can be easily distinguished by their smell. Mint gives off a menthol aroma, and lemon balm smells like lemon.
As for the application, both plants are used in cooking. But one is more like a flavoring, and the other is more like a seasoning.
Mint contains much more essential oils than lemon balm.
However, thanks to the essential oils contained in the leaves, although not in large quantities, it can manifest itself as a therapeutic agent.
The plant has a sedative effect and helps relieve pain in many diseases.
In addition, lemon balm is used for insomnia, heart disease and low blood pressure, both when used independently and in combination with other herbs. It will help relieve general fatigue, calm nervous system, remove the apathetic and depressive state and will allow you to feel the taste for life again.
This plant, among other things, has an antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory effect, will help with constipation and reduce elevated temperature, as it has a diaphoretic effect.
Lemon balm also reveals properties through the use of infusion, which alleviates the condition of heart diseases, normalizes blood pressure and relieves shortness of breath; has a beneficial effect on bronchial asthma, anemia, migraine and neuralgia.
Decoctions and infusions are taken internally and externally. In the latter case positive effect achieved for toothache and throat diseases. In this case, rinsing is indicated.
Compresses have an anti-inflammatory effect for gout and joint diseases. If you treat wounds and damage with a decoction, the skin will regenerate faster.
It will soothe headaches. Since ancient times, it has been used for fainting and hysterical attacks.
Lemon balm has beneficial properties and contraindications. ABOUT medicinal properties ah, a lot has already been said above. However, like any medicinal plant, lemon balm also has a number of contraindications.
For example, those people who have low blood pressure should try to use it very carefully, because thanks to its sedative effect with this problem, it can cause weakness.
If you abuse it during hypotension, you may experience dizziness and even fainting.
Among other things, individual intolerance may occur, manifested in the form of muscle weakness, fatigue, and drowsiness. Some may experience diarrhea. Others, on the contrary, have constipation, cramps and heartburn.
If a person is engaged in activities that require accuracy and speed of reaction, activity and attention, then it is better to refrain from consuming lemon balm.
The plant uses leaves and stems, both fresh and dried. IN fresh they are often found in pickled and canned vegetables and fruits, thanks to which the preparations receive a pleasant aroma.
Lemon Balm can be added to many sauces for meat, fish dishes and various salads.
But its most famous use is, of course, tea, which will not only perfectly quench thirst, but will also help stimulate appetite and improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Essential oils are made from it, which are successfully used in perfumery and cosmetology, as well as to improve the taste of dishes and flavor alcohol.
Excellent antibacterial and antiviral agent serves green tea with the addition of lemon balm to the tea leaves. It is advisable to drink it with honey.
Lemon balm is easy to grow right in your garden or garden. It is better if it grows in the shade. Already in May, you can collect leaves a little at a time to add to tea and prepare for the winter.
This tea will be useful, but it should be consumed in moderation. Two cups a day is a completely normal and acceptable dose.
This drink will not only calm you down nervous state and will invigorate depression, but will also have a general strengthening effect on the body, improving appetite and normalizing cardiac activity.
To prepare it, you must adhere to a number of rules:
Both fresh and dried, the herb is used as a seasoning for salads, game dishes, fish, soups and various drinks. It can be used instead of allspice or black pepper. Melissa is also added when salting cabbage and cucumbers.
The aroma from freshly brewed lemon balm immediately spreads everywhere. And this is natural, because it contains a considerable amount of essential oils. They are actively used in cosmetology, homeopathy and medicine.
Even in ancient times, in Rome and Greece, the essential oil of this plant was used as a remedy.
However, in addition to medical purposes, lemon balm is also actively used in cosmetology. For example, it has a beneficial effect on the condition of the lips. By regularly lubricating them with oil, the formation of crusts and cracks is prevented. At the same time, the border of the lips will again acquire its natural freshness and brightness, and the appearance as a whole will become even more attractive.
Melissa belongs to the genus of perennial plants of the Lamiaceae family. It grows in Europe, Central Asia and Africa. Best known lemon balm (censer, lemon grass, bee mint, lemon balm).
According to one version, the name of the plant is translated as “honey smell”; according to another, it has a mythological origin: the daughter of King Melisseus, who fed Zeus with honey and milk, was named “Melissa”. This article is about the beneficial and other important properties of lemon balm.
Medicinal lemon balm is a perennial plant with a tetrahedral, branched stem and heart-shaped-ovate leaves, reaching a height of 30 to 150 cm. The flowers are small pale pink, white or lavender. The plant has a lemon scent that subsides after flowering begins. Fruit ripening occurs in August-September.
Melissa first appeared in the Middle East and North Africa. It was brought to Spain by the Arabs around 960 AD. e.
Today, lemongrass is grown all over the world. In Russia it is cultivated, as a rule, in Krasnodar region and Samara region. Varieties with high content fragrant essential oil.
The leaves and upper parts of lemon balm shoots are used for therapeutic purposes. They are harvested at the very beginning of flowering. To do this, the raw materials are dried in the shade, in air or in special dryers at a temperature of no more than 40 ° C, and then placed in a well-ventilated storage room.
Calorie content: 100 g of lemon balm contains about 49 kcal.
Nutritional value (per 100 g of product):
Useful properties lemon balm is due to the essential oil included in its composition. The terpene compounds found in lemon balm oil were first studied at the end of the 19th century. Then scientists discovered that the plant is rich in citral and citronelal, as well as geraniol, citronellol, and linalool. Citral turned out to be the compound that gives the plant a lemony smell.
The leaves of the first harvest are very rich in essential oil. They contain up to 0.29% aromatic component. The leaves of the second collection contain up to 0.13% essential oil, the third – no more than 0.1% of the aromatic component. The amount of oil in dry raw materials depends on the timing of collection, drying, grinding and packaging technology medicinal herb.
Censer leaves contain phenylcarboxylic acids and chlorogenic acid. The plant is rich in rosemary, ursolic, oleanolic, syringic, synapic, gentisic, protocatechuic and other acids. Melissa leaves contain flavonoids in minimal quantities. The leaves contain bitterness, coumarins, tannins, succinic acid, stachyose tetrasaccharide, carotene, vitamins E, C, B2, B1.
As medicinal herb lemon balm began to be used more than 200 centuries ago. It was grown in Rome and Ancient Greece. It has become widespread as a valuable honey plant. Dioscorides wrote that beekeepers smeared their bodies with juice fresh leaves lemon grass to attract a swarm of bees.
IN folk medicine lemon balm was used as an antimicrobial, sedative and antidysenteric agent. It was also used to normalize vision and menstrual cycle. Avicenna wrote that bee mint strengthens the heart, improves digestion and eliminates hiccups. He suggested using this herb as a tonic healing agent.
The benefits of lemon balm were talked about in the Middle Ages. Thus, the German healer Saint Hildegrad recommended using lemon balm for migraines, and Seraphite claimed that the leaves of the plant would help cope with bad mood and fear. The Polish doctor Sireniusz suggested using bee mint to combat headaches or heart pain, as well as gastrointestinal spasms.
French monks prepared a drink with mint, lemon balm, lemon peel, coriander seeds, nutmeg and cinnamon. They called this remedy “Carmelite lemon balm water” and used it to treat ailments of the nervous system.
In Rus', lemon balm decoctions were taken for stomach cramps, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, migraines, insomnia, nervous diseases, toothache, respiratory ailments, bad smell from the mouth, algomenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, vomiting, fluid retention in the body and to enhance lactation.
The pharmaceutical industry produces medications based on lemon balm. They have pronounced sedative, carminative and antispasmodic properties. Eating bee mint helps falling asleep quickly, so it is part of the means designed to combat insomnia.
For therapeutic purposes, lemon balm leaves are usually combined with other herbs (mint, caraway, valerian, hyssop, lavender, hawthorn). To prevent diseases, salads made from young leaves are consumed.
Dry lemon balm leaves are added to tea to add flavor. Fresh and dry leaves are used to season various dishes. Bee mint is widely used in the liquor and vodka industry. Residents of Denmark add this herb to canned meat.
Useful properties:
Lemon grass is used to eliminate vomiting in pregnant women, but before self-medicating, you should consult your doctor. Thoughtless consumption of lemon balm can lead to hormonal imbalances.
Baths with the addition of lemon balm are used for skin ailments. Compresses made from leaves and shoot tips are used for rheumatic pain, ulcers and bruises.
It has been proven that consuming lemon balm increases appetite, eliminates fermentation disorders, and stimulates the formation of gastric juice. The herbal tincture improves the functioning of the stomach, is characterized by hemostatic, antispasmodic and choleretic properties. It is recommended for use for shortness of breath, anemia, and asthma.
Bee mint can be used during crashes heart rate, as well as for the treatment of nervous tremors that occur at night. The plant slows down breathing, lowers blood pressure and reduces heart rate.
Melissa is famous for its diuretic and astringent hypoglycemic properties. It contains aldehydes (citronelal, citral) and alcohol (geraniol), which causes an anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and bacteriostatic effect.
Lemongrass essential oil inhibits the activity of influenza viruses, herpes, measles and other ailments. These properties are due to rosmarinic acid, which is part of its composition. Antiviral drugs based on lemon balm can be used to combat the influenza A virus.
Melissa is used for rinsing the mouth, and also as compresses for gout, joint inflammation, and skin ailments.
The plant extract is used as sedative. Melissa is indicated for use for nervous excitement, hysteria, VSD, insomnia, functional pain in the heart, heart rhythm disturbances, blood pressure for emotional reasons, atherosclerosis, dizziness, tinnitus, dysmenorrhea.
Bee mint products are indicated for poor appetite, digestive disorders, severe pain in epigastrium, gastritis, colitis, gastric nerves, asthma, flatulence, neuralgia. To treat hemorrhoids, enemas filled with lemon balm juice can be used. A healing infusion prepared from a plant collected before flowering begins and is drunk as a diuretic.
Melissa alcohol is rubbed in for headaches, migraines, neuralgia, and also at night for insomnia. Among German doctors, a popular remedy containing lemon balm, nutmeg, clove and cinnamon oil, diluted with water.
Lemon balm should not be used by people suffering from hypotension and low heart rate. Side effects symptoms that occur when taking lemon balm preparations are: nausea, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, heartburn, impaired concentration, muscle weakness, exanthema, convulsions. Patients undergoing treatment with such medications should refrain from activities that require excessive attention, speed of motor and mental reactions.
Melissa oil cannot be used during pregnancy or individual intolerance. It must always be diluted with water before use. It is not recommended to be treated with lemon balm oil for more than 2 weeks in a row, or to use it for hot inhalations.
It is advisable to take this drink for diseases of the nervous system, stomach neurosis, stressful situations, bad mood, and can also be used for gum disease and toothache as a rinse. Herbal compresses are wonderful remedy against rheumatism, muscle pain, bruises, ulcers and boils.
Recipe: pour 15 g of lemon balm with a glass of boiling water, leave for about 40 minutes, strain. Take 15 ml of the composition 3 times a day strictly before meals or rinse the mouth with infusion.
Pour 15 g of medicinal herb into a glass of boiling water and place in a thermos. After an hour, strain the infusion and take the resulting amount 3-4 times a day.
Pour 15 g of lemon balm with 100 ml of alcohol or vodka (200 ml). Leave the composition for 2 weeks, strain. Take 15 drops of the product 3 times a day.
Take the juice obtained from the leaves of the plant 5-6 times a day, 40-60 drops, after mixing it with 15 ml of honey. The composition is effective for fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath.
Pour 5 ml of lemon balm juice into a glass of water and use it as an enema for constipation and exacerbation of hemorrhoids.
Grind lemon balm into powder. Take 1.8-3.7 g of this drug for postpartum weakness, hypochondria, tachycardia.
20 gr. yarrow, oregano, calamus root, wormwood, lemon balm, pine buds And peppermint pour 10 l. water and boil for about half an hour, then pour the resulting composition into a bath of water. The temperature of the solution should be 37-38° C, and the procedure time should be up to 20 minutes.
Mix 40 g of lemon balm with 30 g of motherwort, 30 g of bloodroot. Pour 10 ml of the mixture with a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. Take 1-2 glasses of the composition per day.
Pour approximately 15 g of dried chamomile and lemon grass flowers into a glass of boiling water, strain, and cool. Drink tea once a day for irritability and neuroses.
Mix lemon balm, mint, thyme, oregano, hawthorn, lavender, rose hips, St. John's wort and chamomile in equal parts. Pour 30 g of the composition into 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave until cool, strain. Take 100 ml healing decoction 1 time per day strictly before meals.
Chop 1 part fresh lemon grass leaves and add 3 parts vodka. Infuse the product for a week, then strain. Place 3-4 drops of the mixture in one ear.
Bee mint is widely used throughout the world. This plant is not only added to tea, but also used as a seasoning, and also to combat various diseases. Melissa oil is known as a component of aromatic baths.
Glycemic index (GI) – 10.
Calorie content – 28 kcal.
Melissa is a herbaceous biennial plant of the Lamiaceae family. Homeland: Southeast Mediterranean. Since ancient times it has been famous for its taste and medicinal properties. It is a close relative of mint. It has a unique minty-lemon aroma, which is why it is often called lemon balm or lemon grass. It has more than five thousand subspecies. Distributed on all continents, in regions with temperate climates. It was cultivated on a large scale in the USSR. In central Russia, the harvest of greens lasts from June to September.
The popularity of lemon balm is due to its rich composition. It contains proteins, fats, dietary fiber, carbohydrates, etc. A special place is occupied by essential oils, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, and stearins. Vitamins: PP, A, B1, B2, B6, B9, C, carotenoids.
Macro- and microelements: calcium, manganese, iron, zinc, potassium, copper, selenium, chromium, nickel, vanadium, etc. Organic acids: caffeic, ferulic, chlorogenic, salicylic, ursolic, apigenic, luteolic, phenolcarboxylic acids.
Melissa is not only tasty, but also healthy. It has antiviral, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory properties. Has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, helps fight depression, melancholy, chronic fatigue, relieves nervous tension. Is strong antioxidant. Increases physical and mental performance. Consuming lemon balm helps reduce blood pressure, remove excess fluid, relieve swelling, restore heart rate, and normalize sleep.
Has an analgesic, anticonvulsant and antispasmodic effect on blood vessels and internal organs. It has a positive effect on the condition of the skin, helps with neurodermatitis, acne, fungal infections, relieves inflammation and irritation from insect bites. Suppresses tuberculosis bacillus. Stimulates the functioning of the immune system. Reduces exposure to toxins and radiation.
Melissa relieves problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Normalizes the functionality of the stomach, stimulates appetite, improves digestion, intestinal motility, eliminates constipation and flatulence.
Apigenin, which is part of lemon balm, has the ability to block the development cancer cells, strengthens the walls of blood vessels and improves the permeability of the capillary system.
The quality of lemon balm can be determined by its appearance: intense color, absence of yellowed and dried leaves. If you rub the leaf with your fingers, a rich aroma appears.
Melissa does not keep fresh for long and requires quick processing. In the best way for storage is freezing. In this form, almost all the values of the product are preserved for 4-6 months. Drying is popular, but in this form there is a partial loss of aroma and vitamins. Dried can be stored for 1 year.
The delicate lemon aroma serves as an excellent flavoring additive in cocktails, compotes, sauces, salads, and various drinks, including alcoholic ones. Goes well with spices. Included in seasonings for meat, fish and poultry.
The peculiarity of lemon balm is the dosage. For useful action Just 2-3 leaves are enough. Recommended by nutritionists for inclusion in weight loss programs, as it activates metabolic processes, stimulates intestinal motility, removes waste, toxins, calms the nervous system and eliminates “dietary stress”.
Used as additives in tea, fruit drinks, compote, vegetable salads. Combines with cottage cheese, cheese, dairy products, eggs, fruits and vegetables. With herbs: marjoram, basil, oregano, mint.
Consuming lemon balm is not recommended for people with low blood pressure. Baths, tinctures and decoctions can aggravate skin inflammatory processes, cannot be used for acne, furunculosis, pustular infection. Use with caution for people who require increased reaction and concentration, as well as when taking sedatives.
An overdose can cause muscle weakness, drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, itching, and cramps.
Melissa is successfully used to eliminate many health problems. The infusion is used to treat heart disease, atherosclerosis, neuralgia, anemia, and sexual dysfunction. Added to drinks for drainage excess liquid and relieving swelling. Lotions relieve irritation and itching from insect bites.
Lemon balm is effective for fungal infections, acne, lichen, and dandruff. Externally used for herpes, gout, rheumatism, periodontal disease, toothache, skin diseases. Lotions help with dermatological diseases, including seborrhea and eczema.
Melissa essential oil is an excellent antiseptic. Aromatherapy with this product helps with allergies, cleanses the lungs, activates immune system, treats viral infections. Oil baths are used for obesity; they also relieve pain, relieve inflammation in joints and muscle tension.
Lemon balm is considered a “female herb”: it normalizes the activity of the ovaries, eliminates unpleasant symptoms during toxicosis and menstruation. Nursing mothers drink the infusion to increase milk production.
In cosmetology, lemon balm, thanks to its unique composition and the presence of essential oils, it serves as a component of elite care products for sensitive, aging, oily and dry skin. Combination with different components gives different effects. At home, it is used to improve blood microcirculation, eliminate peeling, improve complexion, soften, moisturize, and heal small wounds.
You can prepare various remedies yourself:
L osion for oily skin: 1 tbsp. l. alcohol is added per 100 ml of decoction.
ABOUT anti-aging mask: 3 tbsp. l. Grind the leaves to a pasty mass, add 2 tsp. honey and 2-3 drops lemon juice. Apply for 15 minutes.
ABOUT anti-dandruff rinse: brew a handful of dried herbs 1 liter. boiling water This product eliminates excess greasiness.
M asca for strengthening hair: Chop 2 handfuls of fresh herbs, squeeze out the juice, combine with the yolk, dilute with 2 tbsp. l. water. Apply to hair roots for 30 minutes.
T invigorating lotion: 1 tbsp. l. leaves for 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 1 hour. To increase the effect, you can freeze and wipe your face with ice cubes.
Lemon balm, also known as Melissa, is one of the main garden honey plants. In Greece, it was even nicknamed “bee grass.”
This wonderful herb is well known both in medicine and in cooking.
Description.
Melissa (Melissa) is a perennial plant. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family. The most known species is Melissa officinalis, which we all plant in our plots.
Melissa leaves are very reminiscent of mint, and the flavor and aromatic properties of the plant are refreshingly lemony. Due to this, lemon balm is popularly called lemon balm. Although, of course, mint and lemon balm are two completely different plants, although they belong to the same family.
Melissa is also called: heart's delight, lady's happiness, bee mint, mother liquor, censer. And many people confuse it with catnip, even though catnip has smaller leaves.
Food application.
The most wide application I received lemon balm as a flavorful addition to tea. But besides this, it is added to salads, first and second courses. And pickles with this spicy herb are simply delicious.
Lemon balm is also used in the food and alcoholic beverage industries.
Useful properties.
Knew about beneficial properties lemon balm in ancient Rome. Then doctors recommended using this herb from “ women's pain", for constipation and insect bites. These are some very versatile recommendations. 
Today, the antidepressant, sedative, antispasmodic, antiviral, bactericidal and immunomodulatory properties of lemon balm have been scientifically confirmed.
They are caused by the presence of such biologically active substances, such as citronellal, geraniol, citronellol and phenylpropanoids.
Moreover, lemon balm can be used by both adults and children.
Today pharmaceutical industry Many drugs based on it are produced, aimed primarily at suppressing neuroses, stress, and depression. I wouldn’t like to do advertising, but I’ll still remember a couple that you definitely know medicines, such as Novo-passit and Persen. Their main component is lemon balm.
Spicy herb also copes well with diseases. cardiovascular system(tachyoarrhythmia, ischemic disease hearts in mild form, arterial hypertension), gastrointestinal diseases and is even used in complex treatment diabetes mellitus
We have already mentioned immunomodulatory and antiviral properties just above.
Growing.
Melissa is a very heat-loving plant. The most open areas with direct sunlight are for her. However, it is better if the place is still protected from wind and drafts.
Spicy grass grows in one place for 10 years or more. IN special care practically no need.
Before planting, it is better to fertilize the soil with compost or humus. Add ash (a couple of glasses to the garden bed). Add (literally a teaspoon per bed) superphosphate and potassium sulfate.
Plant the plants in pre-prepared holes at a distance of about 30 cm from each other.
Care is quite standard: watering (once a week), loosening + making sure that the young grass is not clogged by weeds. 
Melissa has the best medicinal and flavoring properties before flowering. It is at this time, at the beginning of summer, that they begin to collect it. For the winter, lemon balm can be dried. But there is another way to ensure that fresh lemon balm is on your table even in cold weather - dig up a couple of bushes in the fall and transplant them into a pot that you can put on the window at home.
It is better to hill up the plants remaining in the garden bed for the winter.
Melissa propagates both by seeds and vegetatively: by cuttings or division. All methods are simple and accessible to ordinary summer residents. When propagated by seeds, before planting in open ground It’s better to prepare the seedlings.
Lemon balm, or lemon balm, is a plant that has been used since ancient times to treat many diseases. This herb has a pleasant lemony smell, hence its name. The healing properties of lemon balm have been proven and are recognized by traditional medicine.
Mint is a designation for a large group of plants in the Lamiaceae family. In total, more than 25 species of mint and over 100 subspecies are known. The most famous are:
Lemon balm, or lemon balm, is a medicinal plant from the Lamiaceae family., which is widely used in folk medicine. It is found wild in southern Russia and the Caucasus. Melissa can be grown on garden plots, since it is an unpretentious and cold-resistant plant.
Lemon balm is rich in vitamin C, as well as trace elements, necessary for the body human: magnesium, zinc, molybdenum, selenium, copper. Melissa improves immunity, has an antipyretic and diaphoretic effect, therefore it is used in the complex treatment of colds and flu.
The substances that make up lemon balm have many medicinal properties:
In cosmetology, lemon balm is used to combat inflammation and acne, since the substances contained in the plant improve the structure of the facial skin and help relieve inflammation.
Contraindications to the use of lemon balm are:
Due to the fact that lemon balm has a calming effect, it is not recommended to take it before situations that require concentration and quick reaction (driving a car, exam, etc.)
Melissa is especially useful for women. This plant helps overcome premenstrual syndrome and reduces pain during menstruation. Lemon balm improves muscle tone internal organs, therefore helps with prolapse of the uterus.
Many women believe that lemon balm cannot be used during pregnancy, but this is not true. On the contrary, this plant helps to cope with toxicosis and promotes an easier course of labor and separation of the placenta. But Lemon balm should be used in moderation during pregnancy.
During menopause, the use of lemon balm helps to avoid depression, excessive irritability, and disruptions in work endocrine system. Besides, Lemon balm accelerates weight loss while fighting obesity, but only in combination with proper nutrition and playing sports.
The benefits of lemon balm for men are questionable. To the stronger sex It is not recommended to take lemon balm before sexual intercourse, as the plant can cause a temporary decrease in male power. With prolonged use there is a risk of developing impotence. But if you take lemon balm in small doses and occasionally, then undesirable consequences will not come.
In folk medicine, lemon balm is used to prepare tinctures, teas, decoctions and inhalations. The most popular remedies are easy to prepare yourself:
When using lemon balm, it is important to remember that an overdose can have the opposite effect or cause side effects (drowsiness, slowness, decreased potency in men). Therefore it is not possible for cooking folk remedies take more herbs than indicated in the recipe.
Lemon balm is useful plant: its leaves and oils are used in cooking, folk medicine and cosmetology. Thanks to its unique composition, lemon balm has many medicinal properties. At the same time, there are contraindications for taking and side effects she has very little.
