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Melissa Essential Oil (Rectified)
Melissa Officinalis
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Melissa Essential Oil Profile Information
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| Common Name |
- Melissa Essential Oil, Lemonbalm
Essential oil, Melissa Rectified |
| Botanical Name |
- Melissa Officinalis |
| Country of Origin |
- France |
| Parts Used |
- Herb |
| Extraction |
- Steam Distillation |
| Technical Data |
- Melissa Oil CofA |
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General - Melissa
(lemonbalm) A perennial plant; the stem is upright, hairy, quadrangular, and branched and grows as high as 3 feet. The leaves are opposite, ovate, long-petioled, somewhat hairy, bluntly serrate, and acuminate. The bilabiate flowers grow in auxiliary clusters and may vary in color from pale yellow to rose colored or blue-white. The flowering time is July and August. The great Paracelsus called this herb the elixir of life, and combined it with carbonate of potash in a mixture known as Primum Ens Melissae. It is recorded that one of Louis XIV's physicians, Lesebure, tried this out on an elderly chicken, which within a few days lost its tattered plumage, grew fresh feathers and started to lay eggs again. He had earlier tried it, with equally dramatic results, on two old servants, but did not complete the experiment.
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Uses - Melissa
Rectified (lemonbalm) essential oil, Melissa Officinalis, is a remedy for common female complaints and is useful for all sorts of nervous problems, hysteria, melancholy, and insomnia. Use balm tea to relieve cramps, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, liver, spleen, bladder troubles, chronic bronchial catarrh, and some forms of asthma. Try it also for migraine and toothache, and, during pregnancy, for headaches, tension, and dizziness. The warm infusion has diaphoretic effects. An infusion of the leaves added to bath water is also said to promote the onset of menstruation. It is a cooling drink for feverish colds fever, and flu. Use the crushed leaves as a poultice for sores, tumors, swellings, milk-knots, and insect bites. Melissa (True) promotes sweating, and is a valuable stand-by when fever is present. Experimentally, hot-water extracts have been shown strongly antiviral for Newcastle disease, herpes, mumps; also antibacterial, antihistaminic, antispasmodic, and anti-oxidant.
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Melissa Rectified (Lemonbalm) esential oil,
Melissa Officinalis, blends well with
the following essential oils: lavender,
Geranium, floral and citrus oils.
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Cautions - Non-toxic, Possible sensitization and dermal irritation: use in low dilution only. One of the most frequently adulterated oils. Most commercial melissa contains some or all of the following:
lemon, lemongrass, or
citronella.
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Properties - Antispasmodic, calmative, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, stomachic, febrifuge, sedative, antidepressant, nervine.
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All of our oils are 100% pure and natural,
of therapeutic grade and free from any chemicals or pesticides.
Although all of our products are of
premium quality, our essential oils are not certified
organic.
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Melissa Rectified (Lemonbalm) Pure Therapeutic
Grade Essential oils can also be used in soap making
ingredients,
lotions, massage oils, diffusers, potpourri, scent, air fresheners, body
fragrance, perfume oils, aromatherapy products, bath oils, towel scenting, spa's, incense, light rings, laundry, facial steams, hair treatments, and more. |
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