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OFFICINALIS
Folium MelissaeLOT 24-0621
Cultivated
Batch
LOT 24-0621
Net
60 g
Unit price
€12.00 / 100 g
Origin
Kaiserstuhl, Baden
Sourcing
Cultivated
Plant part
Folium · Leaf
HarvestJun · Jul · Aug

Loose tea

Lemon Balm Leaf

Melissa officinalis L.

Bright lemon on first pour, turning green and grassy as it cools.

€7.2060 g
€12.00 / 100 g
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In stock 35

Cut just before flowering, when the leaf oil peaks and the stem is still soft. Handled once and dried fast — melissa bruises easily, and bruised leaf loses its lemon within days.

Traditional use

Traditionally taken in the late afternoon for restlessness, and as a gentle after-dinner tea.

Constituents

  • 01Citral
  • 02Citronellal
  • 03Rosmarinic acid

Drawer

Mood & Nerves — Light-loving plants for the darker months. Also pulled for Sleep & Calm and Digestion.

Preparation85 °C · 7 min

Preparation

The preparation is half the drug

This drug wants 85 °C and 7 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.

The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.

Package InsertFolium Melissae · Loose tea
Dose
2 tsp (≈ 2 g)
Frequency
2–3× daily
Water
85 °C
Steep
7 min

Steps

As printed on the box · 3 in sequence

  1. 01

    Measure

    Two loosely heaped teaspoons of cut leaf.

    2 tsp ≈ 2 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Water at 85 °C. Boiling water scalds the citral and the lemon note collapses.

    200 ml · 85 °C
  3. 03

    Steep

    Seven minutes, covered.

    7 min

Steep time

Live timer · 7 min · 85 °C

Ready

07:00

Cautions

Read before use

  • Speak to a doctor first if you are being treated for a thyroid condition.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Mood & Nerves, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.