Melissa Essential Oil is
extracted from Melissa
officinalis of the Labiatae
family and is also known as
balm, Lemon Balm, as well as
common, sweet and bee
balm.
The flowers are very
attractive to bees; the
name 'Melissa' is the Greek
word for honeybee and is
also know as "lemon
balm' or in Hebrew 'Bal-
Smin" meaning 'Chief
of oils.'
This soft and bushy
perennial plant from the
Mediterranean region grows
to about 60 cm (2 feet) and
likes soil with a high iron
content and has small
serrated slightly hairy leaves
and small white-pink
flowers.
Melissa essential oil has
many uses in aromatherapy
and helps to bring calmness
to the mind, while having a
great sedating effect, calming
the heartbeat and
palpitations.
Although Melissa grows
easily the yield of oil from the
plant is very small hence its
great cost. If used on the
skin use in dilution's of 1% or
less. Melissa oil has a sweet,
fresh and citrus-like smell and
is pale yellow in color and
has a watery viscosity.
Melissa oil is extracted from
the fresh flowering tops,
leaves and stems by steam
distillation and yields 0.01 -
0.02 %.
Although grown
throughout Europe the
extracted oil is often
adulterated because of the
low level of production.
Natural Touch Aromatherapy's
Melissa oil is from Ireland
and has a distinctive lemony
aroma. With uplifting and
calming properties the oil is
strong and should be used
sparingly.
It has a calming effect and
has traditionally been used
when people are suffering
from a 'broken heart' As a
strong antiseptic and antiviral
oil it can be vaporised when
there are a lot of airborne
infections around.
Melissa Irish True Essential
Oil Certificate of
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