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| Balm, Cure-All, Dropsy Plant, Honey Plant, Melissa, Melissae folium, Melissenblatt, Sweet Balm, Sweet Mary. |
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Melissa officinalis.
Family: Lamiaceae/Labiatae. |
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Orally, lemon balm is used for anxiety, insomnia, dyssomnia, restlessness, dyspepsia, bloating, flatulence, colic, and for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Lemon balm is also used for Graves' disease, dysmenorrhea, cramps, headache, toothache, sores, tumors, and insect bites. It is also used orally for Alzheimer's disease, hysteria and melancholia, chronic bronchial mucous membrane inflammation, nervous palpitations, vomiting, and high blood pressure.
As an inhalant, lemon balm is used as aroma therapy for Alzheimer's disease.
Topically, lemon balm is used for cold sores (herpes labialis).
In foods and beverages, the extract and oil of lemon balm are used for flavoring.
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