![]() In the Capitularies of Charlemagne the order was given for Lemon Balm to be planted in every cloister garden. ![]() In the 10th century, Arab physicians used the plant to fortify the heart and to treat melancholy. The medical use of Lemon Balm has a 2000year old tradition. Virgil and Pliny reported that, due to its strong aroma, leaves of Lemon Balm were rubbed on new beehives to entice the bees. In antiquity, Lemon Balm was cultivated as a food for bees. Officinalis is New Latin and means ‘in use pharmaceutically’. The name comes from the Greek word mélissa or mélitta meaning bee itself derived from meli meaning honey. The word Melissa is the abbreviated Middle Latin form of the Greek word melissóphyllon, which means ’bee leaf‘.
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