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Melissa officinalis is one of the plants of the family called labiates, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Melissa officinalis L. As for the name of the lemon balm family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Lamiaceae Lindl. (Labiatae Juss.).
Description of lemon balm
Lemon balm is also known under the following popular names: mead, censer, queen bee, queen bee, lemon balm, honey slipper, bee leaf, swarm, citron herb, citron-lemon balm. Melissa officinalis is a perennial herbaceous rhizome plant, endowed with underground shoots. The stems of this plant are erect and tetrahedral, and at the top they are branched, while the height of this plant will fluctuate between fifty and one hundred and twenty centimeters. Leaves of lemon balm are naked on top, and below they will be pubescent and ovoid, at the top they are pointed, and at the edges they will be jagged. The flowers of this plant are on rather short stalks, they are two-lipped and irregular, and also quite small. Such flowers can be painted in both white and pale lilac tones. Such flowers are collected in three to ten pieces in one-sided false whorls, which are located in the very axils of the upper leaves. Bracts of lemon balm are shorter than flowers and oblong in shape.
The calyx of this plant is two-lipped and bell-shaped, while the upper lip will be flat, it is endowed with three teeth, while the lower calyx is two-serrated. The corolla of lemon balm is two-lipped and drooping, as well as almost naked, in color it will be either pink or whitish. The fruit of lemon balm will consist of four small ovoid smooth nuts, colored in light brown tones and enclosed in a collapsed cup.
The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from June to the month of August, while the fruits will ripen from August to September.
Description of the medicinal properties of lemon balm
Melissa officinalis is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the tops of the shoots and leaves, which are recommended to be collected at the very beginning of the flowering period of this plant.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of essential oil in the composition of lemon balm fruits, which contains myrcene, citral, citronellal, cineole, linalool and geraniol. The grass will contain carotene, a little mucus, ascorbic acid, resin, bitterness, tannins, as well as the following acids: coffee, ursolic and oleic. The seeds of this plant will contain up to twenty percent fatty oil.
Lemon balm is endowed with analgesic, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, antiemetic, wound healing, sedative and hypotensive effects, and the antiviral and bacteriostatic properties of this plant are also widely known. This medicinal plant will have a positive effect on the brain, especially with nervous cramps, on the stomach, as well as dizziness and tinnitus. An infusion prepared on the basis of lemon balm has the ability to slow down breathing, lower blood pressure, and will also be endowed with a sedative effect on the nervous system. It is noteworthy that extracts of the leaves of this plant also have a very effective sedative effect, provided they are used correctly.
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