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Lemon Balm Lemon Balm

Latin Name: Melissa Officinalis
Family: Labiatae

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Warm, Temperate, Cool
Full sun, Half sun
5'
2'
Medicinal, Culinary
Perennial
Well drained
Seed, Plant
Spring
2'
Late Summer
White, Yellow, Pale Blue


COMMENTS:
This bushy herb has square stems, lemon scented foliage, and late summer flowers that mature from white or yellow to pale blue.

Uses: Fresh leaves add a delicate flavor to many dishes, oils , vinegars, and liquers, provide a relaxing bath, soothe insect bites, and make a sedative and tonic tea. This tea has a reputation for giving longevivity and soothes headaches, indigestion, and nausea. Extracts of lemon-balm are antiviral and help clean and heal wounds by starving bacteria of oxygen. The refreshing, antidepressant essential oil helps some eczema and allergy sufferers. It attracts bees, and if rubbed on empty hives will attract new tenants. For more plants to attact bees and butterflies.

Caution: Inhibits thyroid gland so use with caution if you have thyroid problems.

Dosage: 2-3 tsp/ 1 cup water. Steep 10-15 minutes 3 x day.

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Lemon Balm Leaf Powder (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: C Lemon Balm Leaf Powder (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Lemon balm is used in herbal teas, both for its flavor and its mild sedative properties. It is also used as a strong decoction, extract, tincture and skin lotion. The lemon-scented leavs are a potpourri favorite. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs Lemon Balm Leaf for 'Nervous sleeping disorders. Functional gastrointestinal complaints.' 'Dosage: Unless otherwise prescribed: Several times daily, 1.5 - 4.5 g of herb per cup of tea, as needed. Mode of Administration: Comminuted herb, herb powder, fluid - extracts or dry extracts for teas and other galenical preparations. Ground herb and its preparations for oral use. Note: Combinations with other sedative and/or carminative herbs may be beneficial.' 'Actions: Sedative; Carminative.' Upset stomach and blue mood? Lemon balm may be just the thing. The tea is also recommended for menstrual cramps. It can also relieve chronic bronchial catarrh, and some forms of asthma. It is a key ingredient in certain perfumes and cosmetics. The terpenes, part of the pleasant smelling essential oil from lemon balm, produce this herb's relaxing and gas-relieving effects. Lemon balm lotion has demonstrated antiviral activity, and is useful as a topical herpes treatment. Lab studies indicate that Lemon balm prevents an overactive thyroid from hypersecretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thus preventing hyperthyroidism. This is an area of continuing research. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Carminative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. It induces a mild perspiration and makes a pleasant and cooling tea for feverish patients in cases of catarrh and influenza. To make the tea, pour 1 pint of boiling water upon 1 oz. of herb, infuse 15 minutes, allow to cool, then strain and drink freely. If sugar and a little lemonpeel or juice be added it makes a refreshing summer drink.' 'Balm is a useful herb, either alone or in combination with others. It is excellent in colds attended with fever, as it promotes perspiration.' 'John Hussey, of Sydenham, who lived to the age of 116, breakfasted for fifty years on Balm tea sweetened with honey, and herb teas were the usual breakfasts of Llewelyn Prince of Glamorgan, who died in his 108th year. Carmelite water, of which Balm was the chief ingredient, was drunk daily by the Emperor Charles V.' 'Commercial oil of Balm is not a pure distillate, but is probably oil of Lemon distilled over Balm. The oil is used in perfumery.' 'Balm is frequently used as one of the ingredients of pot-pourri. Mrs. Bardswell, in The Herb Garden, mentions Balm as one of the bushy herbs that are invaluable for the permanence of their leaf-odours, which, 'though ready when sought, do not force themselves upon us, but have to be coaxed out by touching, bruising or pressing. Balm with its delicious lemon scent, is by common consent one of the most sweetly


Lemon Balm Leaf Cut & Sifted Cert. Organic (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: K Lemon Balm Leaf Cut & Sifted Cert. Organic (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: K

This is Frontier's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. Lemon balm is used in herbal teas, both for its flavor and its mild sedative properties. It is also used as a strong decoction, extract, tincture and skin lotion. The lemon-scented leavs are a potpourri favorite. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs Lemon Balm Leaf for 'Nervous sleeping disorders. Functional gastrointestinal complaints.' 'Dosage: Unless otherwise prescribed: Several times daily, 1.5 - 4.5 g of herb per cup of tea, as needed. Mode of Administration: Comminuted herb, herb powder, fluid - extracts or dry extracts for teas and other galenical preparations. Ground herb and its preparations for oral use. Note: Combinations with other sedative and/or carminative herbs may be beneficial.' 'Actions: Sedative; Carminative.' Upset stomach and blue mood? Lemon balm may be just the thing. The tea is also recommended for menstrual cramps. It can also relieve chronic bronchial catarrh, and some forms of asthma. It is a key ingredient in certain perfumes and cosmetics. The terpenes, part of the pleasant smelling essential oil from lemon balm, produce this herb's relaxing and gas-relieving effects. Lemon balm lotion has demonstrated antiviral activity, and is useful as a topical herpes treatment. Lab studies indicate that Lemon balm prevents an overactive thyroid from hypersecretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thus preventing hyperthyroidism. This is an area of continuing research. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Carminative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. It induces a mild perspiration and makes a pleasant and cooling tea for feverish patients in cases of catarrh and influenza. To make the tea, pour 1 pint of boiling water upon 1 oz. of herb, infuse 15 minutes, allow to cool, then strain and drink freely. If sugar and a little lemonpeel or juice be added it makes a refreshing summer drink.' 'Balm is a useful herb, either alone or in combination with others. It is excellent in colds attended with fever, as it promotes perspiration.' 'John Hussey, of Sydenham, who lived to the age of 116, breakfasted for fifty years on Balm tea sweetened with honey, and herb teas were the usual breakfasts of Llewelyn Prince of Glamorgan, who died in his 108th year. Carmelite water, of which Balm was the chief ingredient, was drunk daily by the Emperor Charles V.' 'Commercial oil of Balm is not a pure distillate, but is probably oil of Lemon distilled over Balm. The oil is used in perfumery.' 'Balm is frequently used as one of the ingredients of pot-pourri. Mrs. Bardswell, in The Herb Garden, mentions Balm as one of the bushy herbs that are invaluable for the permanence of their leaf-odours, which, 'though ready when sought, do not force themselves upon us, but have to be coaxed out by touching, bruising or pressing. Balm with its delicious lemon scent,


Lemon Balm Leaf C/S Cert. Organic (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: C Lemon Balm Leaf C/S Cert. Organic (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Lemon balm is used in herbal teas, both for its flavor and its mild sedative properties. It is also used as a strong decoction, extract, tincture and skin lotion. The lemon-scented leavs are a potpourri favorite. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs Lemon Balm Leaf for 'Nervous sleeping disorders. Functional gastrointestinal complaints.' 'Dosage: Unless otherwise prescribed: Several times daily, 1.5 - 4.5 g of herb per cup of tea, as needed. Mode of Administration: Comminuted herb, herb powder, fluid - extracts or dry extracts for teas and other galenical preparations. Ground herb and its preparations for oral use. Note: Combinations with other sedative and/or carminative herbs may be beneficial.' 'Actions: Sedative; Carminative.' Upset stomach and blue mood? Lemon balm may be just the thing. The tea is also recommended for menstrual cramps. It can also relieve chronic bronchial catarrh, and some forms of asthma. It is a key ingredient in certain perfumes and cosmetics. The terpenes, part of the pleasant smelling essential oil from lemon balm, produce this herb's relaxing and gas-relieving effects. Lemon balm lotion has demonstrated antiviral activity, and is useful as a topical herpes treatment. Lab studies indicate that Lemon balm prevents an overactive thyroid from hypersecretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thus preventing hyperthyroidism. This is an area of continuing research. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Carminative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. It induces a mild perspiration and makes a pleasant and cooling tea for feverish patients in cases of catarrh and influenza. To make the tea, pour 1 pint of boiling water upon 1 oz. of herb, infuse 15 minutes, allow to cool, then strain and drink freely. If sugar and a little lemonpeel or juice be added it makes a refreshing summer drink.' 'Balm is a useful herb, either alone or in combination with others. It is excellent in colds attended with fever, as it promotes perspiration.' 'John Hussey, of Sydenham, who lived to the age of 116, breakfasted for fifty years on Balm tea sweetened with honey, and herb teas were the usual breakfasts of Llewelyn Prince of Glamorgan, who died in his 108th year. Carmelite water, of which Balm was the chief ingredient, was drunk daily by the Emperor Charles V.' 'Commercial oil of Balm is not a pure distillate, but is probably oil of Lemon distilled over Balm. The oil is used in perfumery.' 'Balm is frequently used as one of the ingredients of pot-pourri. Mrs. Bardswell, in The Herb Garden, mentions Balm as one of the bushy herbs that are invaluable for the permanence of their leaf-odours, which, 'though ready when sought, do not force themselves upon us, but have to be coaxed out by touching, bruising or pressing. Balm with its delicious lemon scent, is by common consent one of the most sweetly


Lemon Balm Leaf Powder Cert. Organic (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: C Lemon Balm Leaf Powder Cert. Organic (Melissa officinalis) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Lemon balm is used in herbal teas, both for its flavor and its mild sedative properties. It is also used as a strong decoction, extract, tincture and skin lotion. The lemon-scented leavs are a potpourri favorite. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs Lemon Balm Leaf for 'Nervous sleeping disorders. Functional gastrointestinal complaints.' 'Dosage: Unless otherwise prescribed: Several times daily, 1.5 - 4.5 g of herb per cup of tea, as needed. Mode of Administration: Comminuted herb, herb powder, fluid - extracts or dry extracts for teas and other galenical preparations. Ground herb and its preparations for oral use. Note: Combinations with other sedative and/or carminative herbs may be beneficial.' 'Actions: Sedative; Carminative.' Upset stomach and blue mood? Lemon balm may be just the thing. The tea is also recommended for menstrual cramps. It can also relieve chronic bronchial catarrh, and some forms of asthma. It is a key ingredient in certain perfumes and cosmetics. The terpenes, part of the pleasant smelling essential oil from lemon balm, produce this herb's relaxing and gas-relieving effects. Lemon balm lotion has demonstrated antiviral activity, and is useful as a topical herpes treatment. Lab studies indicate that Lemon balm prevents an overactive thyroid from hypersecretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thus preventing hyperthyroidism. This is an area of continuing research. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Carminative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. It induces a mild perspiration and makes a pleasant and cooling tea for feverish patients in cases of catarrh and influenza. To make the tea, pour 1 pint of boiling water upon 1 oz. of herb, infuse 15 minutes, allow to cool, then strain and drink freely. If sugar and a little lemonpeel or juice be added it makes a refreshing summer drink.' 'Balm is a useful herb, either alone or in combination with others. It is excellent in colds attended with fever, as it promotes perspiration.' 'John Hussey, of Sydenham, who lived to the age of 116, breakfasted for fifty years on Balm tea sweetened with honey, and herb teas were the usual breakfasts of Llewelyn Prince of Glamorgan, who died in his 108th year. Carmelite water, of which Balm was the chief ingredient, was drunk daily by the Emperor Charles V.' 'Commercial oil of Balm is not a pure distillate, but is probably oil of Lemon distilled over Balm. The oil is used in perfumery.' 'Balm is frequently used as one of the ingredients of pot-pourri. Mrs. Bardswell, in The Herb Garden, mentions Balm as one of the bushy herbs that are invaluable for the permanence of their leaf-odours, which, 'though ready when sought, do not force themselves upon us, but have to be coaxed out by touching, bruising or pressing. Balm with its delicious lemon scent, is by common consent one of the most sweetly


Hemp Balm Lemon-Lime, Box of 24/.15 Oz Stick Tubes: C Hemp Balm Lemon-Lime, Box of 24/.15 Oz Stick Tubes: C

A lip balm with a hemp seed oil base. Hemp seed oil in combination with vitamin E acts as a free radical scavenger to keep skin healthy. Hemp BalmŪ has traditionally been used for treating dry, chapped lips.


Vi Protection Blend Antiviral Immune Support with Echinacea and Lemon Balm 2 oz: K Vi Protection Blend Antiviral Immune Support with Echinacea and Lemon Balm 2 oz: K

This blend contains herbs which support the body's antiviral capabilities. The Vi in Vi Protection Blend" stands for virus. Viruses, including the common cold, flu, chicken pox, and measles are often not treatable. Antiviral herbs do not attack viruses per se. Instead they make it difficult for viruses to infect cells. The herbs in Vi Protection Blend" are immune stimulants as well as being antiviral. Vi Blend" is one of Herbs for Kids" most delicious blends. 'Vi Blend" is my favorite Herbs for Kids" Echinacea blend. It has saved me from an on-coming cold many times.'  Julianne T., Stellacom, WA


Medicinal Garden Medicinal Garden

Grow your own herbal medicine chest! This deluxe collection includes seeds of St. John's Wort, Calendula, German Chamomile, Lemon Balm, Milk Thistle, Echinacea, Feverfew, Hyssop, Peppermint and Valerian, and comes complete with plant stakes, a pencil, and a useful reference guide for planting, harvesting, preparing and using herbal remedies.


Herbal Tea Garden Herbal Tea Garden

Make tea time truly special with this delicious seed collection, including Agrimony, Cinnamon Basil, Anise, Lemon Balm, Lavender, Mint, Red Clover, Borage, Wild Bergamot and German Chamomile, so you can grow, harvest and blend the finest herbal tea around. Kit includes plant stakes, a pencil, and a handy reference guide for planting, harvesting, drying and blending herbs.


Child- Melissa Supreme 2oz

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LemonBalm Herb Marker Pair LemonBalm Herb Marker Pair

This Lemon Balm Herb Marker is a great way to show off your herb garden! Not only does it look great, it is also extremely durable.


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