Lemon Balm Extract (Melissa officinalis) 1 fl oz: K

About 30-40 dropperfuls per bottle. 30-40 drops per dropperful. Gaia Herb Farm receives Annual Organic Certification. Oregon Tilth has certified Gaia Farms as an Organic Grower of more than 50 medicinal plants. Gaia Herbs Analytical Laboratory analyzes every batch of every product to ensure quality, product consistency, and activity with state of the art instruments. Gaia has become a leader in herbal product analysis, headed up by Dr. Xiping Wang, Chief Scientist and Natural products Chemist. Herbal extracts are a highly effective way to administer herbs. They are very concentrated, they work faster than teas and are four to eight times stronger than capsules. Extracts are easily digestible and quickly assimilated into the system. Lemon balm is used in herbal teas, both for its flavor and its mild sedative properties. It is also used as a strong decoction, extract, tincture and skin lotion. The lemon-scented leavs are a potpourri favorite. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs Lemon Balm Leaf for 'Nervous sleeping disorders. Functional gastrointestinal complaints.' 'Dosage: Unless otherwise prescribed: Several times daily, 1.5 - 4.5 g of herb per cup of tea, as needed. Mode of Administration: Comminuted herb, herb powder, fluid - extracts or dry extracts for teas and other galenical preparations. Ground herb and its preparations for oral use. Note: Combinations with other sedative and/or carminative herbs may be beneficial.' 'Actions: Sedative; Carminative.' Upset stomach and blue mood? Lemon balm may be just the thing. The tea is also recommended for menstrual cramps. It can also relieve chronic bronchial catarrh, and some forms of asthma. It is a key ingredient in certain perfumes and cosmetics. The terpenes, part of the pleasant smelling essential oil from lemon balm, produce this herb's relaxing and gas-relieving effects. Lemon balm lotion has demonstrated antiviral activity, and is useful as a topical herpes treatment. Lab studies indicate that Lemon balm prevents an overactive thyroid from hypersecretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thus preventing hyperthyroidism. This is an area of continuing research. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Carminative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. It induces a mild perspiration and makes a pleasant and cooling tea for feverish patients in cases of catarrh and influenza. To make the tea, pour 1 pint of boiling water upon 1 oz. of herb, infuse 15 minutes, allow to cool, then strain and drink freely. If sugar and a little lemonpeel or juice be added it makes a refreshing summer drink.' 'Balm is a useful herb, either alone or in combination with others. It is excellent in colds attended with fever, as it promotes perspiration.' 'John Hussey, of Sydenham, who lived to the age of 116, breakfasted for fifty years on Balm tea sweetened with honey, and herb teas were the usual breakfas