The Health Benefits of Lemon Balm
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) is a member of the mint family and is used for many body products and to treat body ailments such as nervousness, menopausal symptoms, Insect bites, headaches, eczema, depression, asthma, and allergies as well.
Try this lemon balm bath salt recipe:
2 cups of Epsom Salts
2 cups of baking soda
2 cups of sea salt or Celtic salt
10-15 drops Lemon Balm essential oil
5 drops Lemon essential oil
Mix the Epsom salts and the baking soda together in a large glass bowl with a wooden spoon. Be sure and get them mixed together quite well before adding the sea salt. Once the mixing process is done add the sea salt and mix well.
Add the first drops of lemon balm essential oil and mix into the other salts well. Then add the lemon essential oil to your desired scent liking. Different people prefer different scents and if you have an allergy to citrus leave out the lemon essential oil altogether.
Epsom Salt: is known to draw toxins from the body, sedate the nervous system, reduce swelling and relax muscles. It’s also a natural skin softener and exfoliator.
Baking Soda: helps neutralize the acids on your skin and wash away oils and perspiration, leaving your skin silky smooth. It’s also useful to relieve itching.
Sea Salts: helps cleanse pores, alleviate dry skin conditions and soften the water.
Lemon Balm Essential Oil: helps with everything mentioned above as well as help to block some of the secretion of the thyroid gland and its ability to release hormones in the body. Consequently, lemon balm has been implemented for use in connection with Grave’s disease, which is an autoimmune condition where individuals suffer from excess thyroid hormone due to an overactive thyroid.
Lemon Essential Oil: contains flavonoid a compound that contains antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.
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