Melissa: medicinal properties, cultivation, use

Melissa popularly often called bee plant, Honey Apple or lemon mint. This herb grows in all conditions. On the healing properties of this herb known for a long time, more than 2 thousand. years successfully used in alternative medicine.

Features

Melissa - This essential oil is a perennial plant. It has branched rhizome, straight stem. Height is from 35 cm to 1 meter or more. grass flowering period - from July to September. At one point it grows for about five years, so the landing periodically update. During flowering lemon balm attracts bees. And I noticed that if you rub the hands of the grass, the bees do not bite. Broth melissa used for insomnia, and nervousness. It calms. It can be used as a spice and add to various dishes. It is recommended to drink tea with lemon balm (fresh and dried).

It is more useful in fresh form, as long as it contains essential oils. In dried form healing properties are within 2-3 months.

How to plant and nurture

Melissa sow seeds, propagated by dividing the bush, cuttings. Seedlings it is possible to sow in a box at the end of April and in May planted in the flower bed. Melissa - it's unpretentious culture, but loves bright places. Care is hoeing and watering. You can feed the green fertilizer ash. Melissa loves the heat, it is recommended in the autumn with fallen leaves.

How to prepare

Harvest the leaves and shoot tips just before the plants need flowering lemon balm or at the very beginning. Collect the best raw materials in calm and sunny weather. Dried leaves in the shade, in a well-ventilated room or in the dryer.

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