Melissa officinalis - a useful herb in your garden

Amateur gardeners plant their home gardens and flower beds not only with beautiful flowers and herbs, but also with useful ones. One of these plants is lemon balm, which is very often used for medicinal and preventive purposes, in particular prescribed as herbal teas for people with increased nervous excitability, who cannot calm down for a long time and suffer from insomnia because of this.

Melissa officinalis is a perennial plant that reaches a height of about half a meter and a meter and has a highly branched root, which is why it is very similar to small bushes with opposite leaves, which are of particular value in pharmacology.

It is quite easy to grow lemon balm, since this plant reproduces by seeds, layering, dividing the bush, and root cuttings. As a rule, lemon balm is sown or planted in open areas, since it can grow in one place for up to ten years. If lemon balm is sown with seeds, it does not bloom in the first year. If lemon balm is planted using root cuttings, then such roots are chosen. on which there are 3-4 cuttings.

In general, there are no difficulties in growing this plant, so lemon balm can be grown even indoors or on balconies.

Melissa officinalis in folk medicine is also used to treat the gastrointestinal tract, gall bladder, liver, as a general tonic after a cold or any other infectious disease. In addition, there are essentially no side effects from taking this herb.