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

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This herbal tisane benefits from the addition of raw honey from honey bees, agave syrup, and a dash of lemon juice. Fill a small linen bag with a bit of dried lemon balm and place it on your nightstand to keep mosquitoes at bay.

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.PS: Please share with friends, family, gardening clubs, etc, just don’t try to charge money for the cheat sheet. I have a great potful that I trim back and take to work, share with neighbors, family and use myself. Lemon balm is often confused with lemon verbena, but these are two very separate plants from two very different parts of the world. The key is to keep the temperature nice and low (95 degrees is ideal) while minimizing light exposure.

Dioscorides (a Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist practicing in the 1st century in Rome, who authored the herbal De Materia Medica), mentions its use in this way, and it was also employed in this same manner in Ayurvedic medicine. Hi – I’m trying to make the lemon balm tincture and I wanted to share my result to make sure it seems right.Set the dehydrator's temperature on its lowest setting ( 95 °F (35 °C) ) and allow it to dry for 12–18 hours. I just bought my first lemon balm plant and will by tucking it into a nice (and large) pot I just happen to have. To harvest lemon balm, pinch off a few leaves whenever you need them for fresh use, or gather a full harvest once the plants are big enough. In summer you can make fresh lemon balm tea, or you can dry the leaves for a beverage you can enjoy all year round.

Ideally you can bring it to a boil and then let it sit for a minute or two before adding it to your leaves.

It’s a refreshing, caffeine-free tea, and one that I reach for during the day or evening when I need a non-caffeinated pick-me-up. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. The tea looks so pretty when you use fresh herbs, I love to show it off in a simple glass teapotand mug. Lemon balm is one of my favorites, so even though it gets a little wild in the garden once it gets established, I love having it around. Unlike traditional tea balls, this tea strainer features a threaded connection design that is easy and securre to open and close.

com/using-fresh-mint-to-make-lip-balms-salve/ I actually used fresh spearmint the most for the projects shown because I have a ton of it too! 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. Good airflow is essential, so multiple, small bundles of only 4-5 stems are better than one big bundle. Used since ancient times to calm the heart and the body, lemon balm with its delicate lemony flavor uplifts the spirit and any culinary dish it is added to.

If you’re taking any medication though, it’s good to check with whoever prescribed it before using an herb in a greater amount than seasoning. We also retail third party Soil Association certified organic herbal remedies and organic beauty products from high quality suppliers including Viridian, Herbfarmacy, Inlight, Living Nutrition and Mushrooms 4 Life. If this is done early in the season, it can cause the plant to become more bushy, giving you more leaves to harvest later on. Run your dehydrator on its lowest setting (which is 105 degrees for my dehydrator) for about 12 hours.