The aromatherapy oil Melissa is otherwise known as Lemon Balm. The name is taken from the Greek language meaning honey bee as the flower was traditionally planted next to bee hives to produce a particularly delicious honey. Of all the Aromatherapy Oils Melissa is regarded by aromatherapists to be one of the most medicinally powerful oils in their arsenal. It has a sweet, uplifting aroma.
Be careful when buying Melissa as many of the oils out on the market are actually a combination of citronella and lemon balm.
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The scent of this beautiful essential oil cannot fail to lift your spirits. The uplifting qualities of Melissa are very therapeutic and many aromatherapists use it as an anti-depressant oil particularly if a person requires a general tonic to boost and soothe them.
Both refreshing and calming to the mind and body it is an excellent choice when treating someone for shock, bereavement, anxiety or depression. Culpeper is quoted as saying:
‘…it causes the heart and mid to become merry…and driveth away all troublesome cares and thoughts.’
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