🔼: [[🛠 Medicinal Plants 🌿]] ##### Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) [^1] Parts used: Leaves and flowers A member of the [[Mint]] family, it's both effective and tasty and frequently blended with other herbs to make them taste better. When the leaves are crushed, they smell like [[Lemon]]. It's easy to grow and attracts both [[Bees]] and [[Butterflies]]. Lemon Balm contains volatile oils, tannins, and bitters that soothe the stomach and nervous system. ###### Uses - [[Digestion]] - [[💡 Nervous System]] health - Calming, relaxing, lowers [[💡 Stress]]. - Mildly antispasmodic. - A strong antiviral, used to treat viral infections like herpes and shingles. - [[💡 Fatigue]] ###### Using Lemon Balm - Blend with [[🌿 Chamomile|🌿 Chamomile]], milky green tops of [[🌿 Oats]] as a nervine tonic. - For [[💡 Grief|Grief]] and [[💡 Heartbreak]]: Lemon Balm, [[🌿 Hawthorn]], milky [[🌿 Oats]] tops, and [[🌿 St. John's Wort]]. - [[💡 Tea]] - [[💡 Tinctures]], [[💡 Capsules]] - Salads, fruit drinks, and smoothies. ###### Related - [[On Plant Medicine Dosage...]] - [[🦮 How to Source Herbs]] [^1]: [[📖 ✅ Herbs for Stress & Anxiety - How to Make and Use Herbal Remedies to Strengthen the Nervous System]]