Many people like tea with melissa for its unrivaled aroma, but only a few know what useful herb balm for the body. By the way, it is for the aroma and taste among the people that this plant is called "lemon mint". About the beneficial properties of lemon balm known in ancient times, so it's no surprise that today many recipes of folk medicine with this herb are known.
How is melissa useful?
A wide range of the action of this herb is due to a rich composition, which includes various vitamins, minerals and other useful substances.
Than a balm for an organism is useful:
- Recommended grass for people in the presence of problems with the work of the gastrointestinal tract, as it helps to remove spasms and strengthens the appetite. Improves the digestive system, as well as useful plant for stomach ulcers.
- Given the presence of a diuretic action, the body cleanses of excess fluid, which provokes the appearance of edema.
- It has beneficial properties for women, as it contributes to the normalization of the menstrual cycle, positively affects the course of pregnancy and increases the production of breast milk. For women in the position of grass is useful in that it helps to combat hypertension, insomnia and infectious diseases. Help drinks, cooked on the basis of this plant, cope with mood swings. Tea with melissa helps to strengthen and improve the tone of the uterus, and it helps to fight against toxicosis.
- Normalizes the work of the nervous system, has a sedative, relaxing and soothing effect. It is recommended to drink beverages prepared on the basis of lemon balm, if you need to focus on work, increase memory or ability to concentrate.
- Useful properties of tea with melissa are important for hypertensive people, as well as for people with diabetes, anemia and other problems associated with the composition of the blood. Grass promotes the renewal of blood and lymph.
- Has a powerful antiviral effect, so the plant is recommended for the treatment of various viral diseases, for example, with influenza or measles.
- Grass is a natural tonic, so you can cope with chronic fatigue, depression, bad mood and fatigue, both physical and mental.
- It is worth noting the positive effect of the plant on the work of the heart, so broths cooked on its basis are recommended in the presence of problems with this body. With regular use, you can reduce heart pain and normalize blood pressure.
- Infusion based on herbs has antipyretic and diaphoretic properties, so with regular intake of decoctions or tea, you can significantly reduce the risk of colds.
- Positively affects the plant on the vessels of the brain, so you can cope with headaches, dizziness and fainting.
- Apply balm externally, to remove various skin diseases, for example, eczema, depriving, acne, fungus and other problems.
Finding out how useful melissa for women, we can not not talk about its positive effect on the process of losing weight, and, as you know, many representatives of the beautiful half of humanity are overweight. Drinks with this herb favorably affect the metabolic processes in the body, and they contribute to the removal of harmful substances from the intestine, and this in turn improves the digestive system. During the period of weight loss, many experience stress, and so melissa with its soothing effect in this case will be very useful.