Scientific name: Melissa officinalis.

Common name: lemon balm, cedronella, limoncella, Luisa herb.

English name: balm mint, sweet balm, lemon balm.

Parts used: flowers, leaves and flowering tops.

Components: essential oil, flavonoids, tannins, lipids in seeds.

Properties: promotes relaxation and mental well-being, improving normal mood.

Lemon balm is a perennial plant that revegetates every spring from the head of the roots. Wrinkled, especially if it is young, it smells of lemon and bergamot. It is highly appetized by bees, it has been a melliferous species since ancient times (lemon balm: Greek name of the bee).

Curiosity: Galen and Paracelsus used it as a remedy for melancholic moods.  Lemon balm alcohol was invented by the Carmelites in Paris in 1611.

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