Lemon balm seeds «Pearl»

Lemon balm «Pearl» / Melissa officinalis

This is a perennial plant with a height of 80-110 cm. It is grown in one place for 3-5 years. The period from regrowth to cutting leaves (in the second year of vegetation) is 50-60 days. The rosette of leaves is semi-raised, the number of shoots is 25-70. This variety of lemon balm "Pearl" has good foliage. The leaf is short-petiolate, medium in size, ovate or rounded, serrated along the edges, dark green, without wax coating, slightly wrinkled and smooth.

The mass of one plant is 0.86-1.16 kg. The aroma is strong, delicate, refreshing, lemony. The yield of greens from lemon balm "Pearl" is 4.3-5.8 kg / m2. Recommended for use fresh and dried, for flavoring teas, vinegars, flavoring liqueurs and tinctures.

Indications for the use of melissa officinalis herb preparations are: neurosis, neurocirculatory dystonia of the hypertensive type, a mild form of arterial hypertension, mild forms of coronary heart disease, tachyarrhythmias, acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases, dyskinesias, dysbacteriosis, fermentopathy, flatulence; acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the respiratory organs (bacterial and viral origin); eczema, dermatitis, trophic ulcers accompanied by itching, menstrual disorders, menopausal disorders, pregnancy toxicosis; immunodeficiency states.

Children, especially at preschool and school age, unlike adults, are shown a relatively limited set of plants, these plants include lemon balm, which is recommended for the treatment of childhood neurosis, arterial hypertension, rheumatism, for herbal medicine for children with heart defects, for the treatment of chronic gastritis, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes and obesity.

In the pharmaceutical industry, herbal preparations are prepared from lemon balm in the form of medicinal teas, aromatic waters, decoctions, medicines, and to obtain essential oil, which is highly valued in perfumery, chemical-pharmaceutical, alcoholic beverage and food industries. Oil and leaves, as well as young shoots, are used equally. In the Russian Federation, the most famous are infusions (from grass and filter bags), as well as foreign preparations: Novo-Passit, Persen, Nervoflux, etc.

Melissa is widely used as an antispasmodic that regulates the functioning of the digestive tract, especially with flatulence, as an analgesic. Recommended for migraine, insomnia, painful menstruation, skin rashes. Outwardly - in the form of poultices and compresses for the treatment of boils and rinsing with inflammation of the gums.

In folk medicine, the leaves and tops of the shoots with flowers were used orally for tachycardia, hypertension, bronchial asthma, neuralgia, migraine, insomnia, anemia, melancholy, with overexcitation of sexual function, algomenorrhea and painful menstruation, as a laxative and diaphoretic, with cholecystitis, atherosclerosis, cholelithiasis, to enhance lactation. In the old days, in the villages, an infusion of lemon balm with marjoram was used to improve memory. Leaves and tops of shoots were applied externally for toothache, rheumatism, bruises and ulcers.