Lemon balm and its remarkable health benefits
Posted on: 29/Mar/2019 10:06:04 AM
The scientific name of lemon balm is ‘Melissa Officianalis’ is known. Belonging to the mint family, lemon balm is a perennial herb. There are also other names like balm, mint balm, sweet balm etc by which lemon balm is known as. The round heart shaped leaves present in the lemon balm are simply superb and these leaves when crushed emit lemon smell.
The superb information that has come out is the stems as well as its leaves is antioxidant in nature and have total phenolic content. It has been since the middle ages this lemon balm has been used to reduce stress and anxiety in the persons.
Some of the health benefits lemon balm could provides us are
Treats insomnia:
People all over suffer from lack of sound sleep in the night time and it might be due to different reasons like depression, work pressure, family issues etc. The superb information is lemon balm when used along with valerian herb would be highly effective in treating insomnia or lack of sound sleep.
Heart palpitations are avoided:
It is said that the effects of heart palpitations and anxiety could be reduced by this magical herb. When lemon balm essential oil is used it could lower the triglycerides levels in us.
Diabetes gets lowered:
Not many would associate lemon balm with diabetes control. The truth is high blood sugar levels in us get lowered by the lemon balm essential oil rich in antioxidants.
Cancer is avoided:
Even at low concentrations like 100 micrograms per mL, lemon balms showed cytotoxic effect on breast cancer cells. Inhibition of some of the factors responsible for increase in the liver cancer cells could take place by inhaling lemon balm essential oil.
Fights against many neurodegenerative diseases:
Lemon balm extract could be useful in combating neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease etc in us. It is important to note that lemon balm could improve the memory, concentration powers etc.
Cold sores are treated:
This is also one amazing health benefit we could get by using lemon balm. It is said that cold sores that are due to Herpes virus could be treated effectively by using lemon balm containing antiviral properties in it. The study was published in Phytotherapy research. Point to note is antiviral properties inhibited the spreading of herpes simplex virus type-1 from affecting the healthy cells. The healing would be faster when lemon balm extract is used in cream form.
