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Herbs: Lemon balm - cut

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Common Names: Lemon balm, sweet balm, Melissa
Latin Name: Melissa officinalis

Excerpts from Practical Herbalism

Lemon Balm has been prized by bee keepers since earliest time. It was credited with the ability to attract and nurture swarms of bees, and as a remedy for their stings. By herbalists, it has long been favored for use in all complaints that were supposed to “proceed from a disordered state of the nervous system.” The London Dispensary (1696) says, “An essence of Balm, given in Canary wine, every morning will renew youth, strengthen the brain, relieve languishing nature and prevent baldness.” John Evelyn wrote, “Balm is sovereign for the brain, strengthening the memory and powerfully chasing away melancholy.” Gerard tells us, “The juice of Balm glueth together greene wounds,” and shares the opinion of Pliny and Dioscorides that “Balm leaves, being steeped in wine, and the wine drunk, and the leaves applied externally are considered to be a certain cure for the bites of venomous beasts and the stings of scorpions.” According to King’s Dispensatory, “Lemon Balm is moderately stimulant, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic. A warm infusion, drank freely, has been a serviceable diaphoretic in febrile diseases and painful menstruation, and to assist the operation of other diaphoretic medicines.”

Indicated Internal Usages:

Anxiety	Depression, melancholy
Fever	Grave’s disease, hyperthyroidism
High blood pressure	HIV, AIDS
Hyperactivity (children)	Indigestion (stress related)
Insomnia	Migraine
Shingles	Viral infections

From Our Reading and/or Experience...

We use it tea and tincture combinations. Of course, it can be used in many other types of remedies. For instance, it can easily be ground up, and used in capsules.
Lemon Balm is a food and, as such, can be kept in the kitchen with other food ingredients. Add it to dishes (salads, meat dishes, soups, stews, etc.) in small amounts so as to add nutritional value to the dish while enhancing the flavor.
Lemon Balm can be used to benefit anyone: men, women (including before, during or after pregnancy, and nursing), children and animals.
It can be used as often as you would like, and in any way you choose.
As is the case with most herbs, Lemon Balm should be stored in a dark, dry, and cool place.

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