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Melissa, Lemon Balm  Melissa officinalis

Lemon balm a member of the mint family.  It has culinary as well as a medicinal herb. Traditional herbal medicine recognizes two major actions of Melissa: calming, relaxing, and sleep promoting and anti-inflammatory, antivirus, antibacterial. Both effects have been confirmed to a degree by modern scientific studies. Lemon balm extracts are used to support immunity and help enhance body resistance to infectious agents. In fact, a number of constituents of Melissa have been demonstrated to possess antivirus properties and in several countries fractions of Melissa extract and oil are utilized in pharmaceutical preparations intended to combat skin virus infections, including herpes.