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The Lemon Balm Tree And Its Health Benefits
Plants and trees generally produced wonderful fruits and vegetables during their lifetime. But some vegetables have entered Guinness Book of World Records.
The World’s Biggest Sweet Potato weighed 11.2 Kg, The World’s Largest Green Cabbage weighed 34.4 kg and World’s heaviest carrot weighed 8.5 kg. These are some interesting factors about plants.
This topic will deal with a plant named Lemon Balm which has thick foliage. The botanical name of this plant is Melissa officinalis.
The other common names of this perennial herbaceous plant which comes under the family Lamiaceae are lemon balm, balm, common balm, or balm mint.
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Some of the important cultivars are M. officinalis ‘Citronella’, M. officinalis ‘Lemonella’, M. officinalis ‘Quedlinburger’, M. officinalis ‘Lime’, M. officinalis ‘Variegata’, M. officinalis ‘Aurea’. This plant was in the herbal garden of famous person John Gerard during 1596.
This plant has stress and anxiety reducing agents. It also stimulates the function of brain and mental performances. The people using the oil or tea will improve in mathematical accuracy.
The tea improves plasma levels and the crushed leaves can be used as a mosquito repellent.The plant has antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
It is used as a lip balm and for treating hyperthyroidism. There are number of useful chemicals in this valuable plant.