Lemon Balm Organic Loose Leaf - Sweet Lemony - Dried Mellisa Officinialis 50g

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The amount of leaves you use is highly variable so feel free to experiment to get the flavor you love. RENEWABLY SOURCED AND COMPOSTABLE We’re moving to a new eco-friendly Natureflex™ film for our clear herb bags. Gladstar profiles 33 common healing plants and includes advice on growing, harvesting, preparing, and using herbs in healing tinctures, oils, and creams.

Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis) is an easy to grow herb that not only attracts bees and pollinators to the garden, but is also a great anti-viral with relaxing properties that are helpful for soothing frayed nerves and calming hyper children. Dried lemon balm properly dried using one of the above techniques should last many months without losing potency or flavor. Infuse dried Lemon Balm in boiling water, strain and serve as a healthy herbal tea or use to make your own DIY bug spray in summer. Place clean dry leaves in a single layer on a baking sheet and put into a 180F oven for 2-4 hours or until crisp and crumbly.

Place clean dry leaves in a single layer on a parchment or paper towel lined baking sheet or other flat surface and set in the sun until dry and crumbly. Ideally the tea should be covered while it infuses – if you are using a cup rather than a teapot then place a saucer over the tea while it brews. Some scents fade with time, though my two year old rose glycerite is still a pretty pink and smells as fresh as the day I made it! For centuries, lemon balm has been used for its beneficial properties and has been highly esteemed for its emotional and spiritual effects. Allow to air dry and keep it on your skin as long as possible to help soothe the itchiness and inflammation.

Some purported health benefits of lemon balm tea include stress reduction, infection prevention, and improved sleep. TIP Gently wipe the inside clean with a dry cloth to remove any residual herb dust before using again.It’s sort of a suggested expiration date (though quite a few people – including me- keep tinctures for several years since alcohol is an excellent preservative! Lip balms or creams made with lemon balm can help cold sores by targeting the herpes simplex virus that causes them.

Frozen items are good for making teas, lotions, soaps and other water based things, since they’ll get a little soggy (the leaves) anyway, when thawed. Simply gather several stems of lemon balm together, and tie them up around the stem with a piece of string. A herbal infusion of Lemon Balm leaves is said to help relieve the symptoms of catarrh, colds and headaches. Dry the lemon balm by spreading it out on a paper towel and blotting gently to remove any surface moisture.You can do it on a tray in the sunshine, in a dehydrator, the oven, or my favorite, in the microwave. If it were me, I’d probably experiment with mixing it with some clay first, perhaps French green clay. Thoroughly washing the lemon balm ensures that your herbs will be free of any dirt or insects from the garden. A couple of years ago, I bought a small pot of the herb and left it on an outside table next to the edge of our low lying deck. Rose petals are soothing to your senses and your skin, while lemon balm can be helpful for itchy or inflamed skin.

I prefer to tear up the leaves before adding them to the tea infuser, as it helps release the lovely lemon balm flavour. I steep lemon balm and peppermint in witch hazel and a splash of ACV, then strain and add a splash of aloe juice and put it in a spray bottle. It's part of the mint family, and is often used as a calming tea as well as to help with nausea, indigestion and stomach issues. I’m not sure whether it gives a better effect or not, though you can certainly try it out and see how it works for you!It has been used to sweeten jam, jellies, as an addition to salad, and as a flavoring for various fish and poultry dishes and liqueurs. USE TIME AND TIME AGAIN Kept cool and dry, your Natureflex bag will last and be useful for general purpose, such as storage of dried goods.