{"id":1039,"date":"2012-11-28T04:13:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T04:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2013-02-13T04:46:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T04:46:29","slug":"lemon-balm-melissa-officinalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Balm ~  Melissa officinalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Lemon Balm<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Melissa-officinalis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1436\" title=\"Melissa officinalis\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Melissa-officinalis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Melissa-officinalis.jpg 500w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Melissa-officinalis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Melissa-officinalis-332x249.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> Melissa officinalis<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Lamiaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: flowering herb<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: common in Britain, Europe, W. Asia, and N. Africa<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: volatile oil, flavonoids, polyphenolics (caffeic acid), triterpene acids<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: slightly warming<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: nervine, sedative, mild antidepressant, carminative, febrifuge, diaphoretic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antispasmodic, vasodilating hypotensive<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: psychiatric disorders including vegetative dystonia; hyperthyroidism, digestive problems, colds, migraines, insomnia<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: depression, hypertension, herpes simplex<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp\/cup water; 1:0.8 tincture: 10-60 gtt qd-qid, lotion or wash for herpes<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy, hypothyroidism<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lemon Balm Latin name: Melissa officinalis Family: Lamiaceae Part used: flowering herb Habitat: common in Britain, Europe, W. Asia, and N. Africa Main constituents: volatile oil, flavonoids, polyphenolics (caffeic acid), triterpene acids Energetics: slightly warming Main herbal actions: nervine, sedative, mild antidepressant, carminative, febrifuge, diaphoretic Minor herbal actions: antispasmodic, vasodilating &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319,72,95,108,1,90,76,250,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antidepressant","category-carminative","category-diaphoretic","category-febrifuge","category-module1","category-nervine","category-sedative-properties","category-slightly-warm","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}