Lemon Balm - Certified Organic

Botanical Name: Melissa officinalis

Fragrant, uplifting and calming, dried Lemon Balm herb is from the mint family. Lemon Balm is native to Europe and the Mediterranean and is now grown all around the world. For centuries, it has been used as a sacred, healing and culinary herb with powers of healing, success and love.

Spice Zen’s organic dried Lemon Balm, sourced from Egypt, is premium quality crushed leaves with refreshing, calming fragrance and citrusy notes. These dried leaves can be used as a culinary herb, as pure Lemon Balm tea, in tea blends or a potpourri. Sprinkle Lemon balm in your salad or use it as a flavouring in ice creams, smoothies, soups, sauces, vinegar, honey or fish and poultry.

Lemon Balm is known for its antioxidant, anti-viral, antihistamine, digestive and calming properties. It is popular as a tea to assist with digestion, cold sores, anxiety, overactive thyroid and eliminating toxins from the body.

For Lemon Balm tea, add 1 teaspoon of dried Lemon Balm in a cup of boiling water. Brew for 5-10 minutes for the desired flavour. The pure Lemon Balm tea brews into a golden liquor with a bright yet delicate, sweet, balmy and lemony note. It can be enjoyed both as hot or ice tea. It is popular as a relaxing tea.

Add lemon balm leaves to the bathwater or infuse it in oil to repel bugs.

Organic Ingredient: Dried Lemon Balm leaves.