Comments on: Lemon Balm tea - welcome to Mellowmania http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/ Ever the arty Autie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:33:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Barbara http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-21638 Barbara Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:58:59 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-21638 Thank you Donna! You were more informative and accurate than any other spot on the web regarding the subject of Lemon Balm Tea making! I tried several before I found you and your friends asking the same questions I had.-God Bless &Take Care everyone! Thank you Donna! You were more informative and accurate than any other spot on the web regarding the subject of Lemon Balm Tea making! I tried several before I found you and your friends asking the same questions I had.-God Bless &Take Care everyone!

]]> By: Teri http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-20986 Teri Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:25 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-20986 Great information on lemon balm tea does it work like cammomile tea I wonder? I have a hyper dog at times and will try some for myself also. Thanks for the great info- we could all use some relaxation today! Great information on lemon balm tea does it work like cammomile tea I wonder?
I have a hyper dog at times and will try some for myself also. Thanks for the great info- we could all use some relaxation today!

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-20101 donna Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:31:41 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-20101 Sure, I reckon so, perhaps the raw leaves as the base of a salad. The tea, though, can be made all year round as the dried leaves/flowers can be stored. But the plant dies off for a short time Autumn-Winter. So you wouldn't have the raw leaves then. Also, the flowers in spring are so pungent, pretty hard to eat them...like eating purfume. yet they're the most potent. Sure, I reckon so,
perhaps the raw leaves as the base of a salad.
The tea, though, can be made all year round as the dried leaves/flowers can be stored.
But the plant dies off for a short time Autumn-Winter.
So you wouldn’t have the raw leaves then.
Also, the flowers in spring are so pungent, pretty hard to eat them…like eating purfume.
yet they’re the most potent.

]]> By: Adam http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-20100 Adam Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:58:21 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-20100 Sorry to dig up something so old, but I'm looking for information on lemon balm too. Can one simply eat the leaves and achieve the same effects as from drinking strong lemon balm tea, or is the heat necessary to extract whatever sedative compounds are in the leaves? Sorry to dig up something so old, but I’m looking for information on lemon balm too. Can one simply eat the leaves and achieve the same effects as from drinking strong lemon balm tea, or is the heat necessary to extract whatever sedative compounds are in the leaves?

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-8332 donna Sun, 27 May 2007 22:37:43 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-8332 You can use as much or as little as you like, use fresh or dried. For strongest, fresh when in bud is best and I packed one of those see-through teapots with the removable strainer thing (so no tea leaves). I left it stewing till it was quite dark. That's the relaxant version, a few cups of that and I was very MELLOW. But otherwise I use far less and dried or fresh is fine just for a nice herbal tea. You can use as much or as little as you like, use fresh or dried. For strongest, fresh when in bud is best and I packed one of those see-through teapots with the removable strainer thing (so no tea leaves). I left it stewing till it was quite dark. That’s the relaxant version, a few cups of that and I was very MELLOW. But otherwise I use far less and dried or fresh is fine just for a nice herbal tea.

]]> By: Joe Gee http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-8328 Joe Gee Sun, 27 May 2007 18:49:12 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-8328 I read the blog but I didn't see how to make the tea. It's probably simple. I have a lot of the lemon balm plant and want to use it. How much water, how much of the lemon balm==and what is the process? Thanks, Joe g I read the blog but I didn’t see how to make the tea. It’s probably simple. I have a lot of the lemon balm plant and want to use it. How much water, how much of the lemon balm==and what is the process? Thanks, Joe g

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5549 donna Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:15:25 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5549 Fresh lemon balm is stronger than dried and wonderful in the tea pot, no problem. But it dries quickly so dried is just fine too and if one is growing it then one's own dried is surely fresher than that from the shops. Bach Flower Remedies can be wonderful for anxiety but one needs to match which of them to use with which person... I have an online consultancy at www.donnawilliams.net if you ever want to explore that for your son. aromatherapy is something one has to be really careful of if one is phenol/salicylate intolerant as most are high in these things. epsom salts baths are also a muscle relaxant and detoxer (one absorbs it through the skin DONT DRINK IT) otherwise there's the dietary and supplement path (again, that's an individual thing so something that is best dealt with in a one to one consultation regarding each person) but what I use re anxiety is GF/CF, low sugar, low salicylates/phenols, omega 3s, calcium-magnesium, mega B complex, glutamine and finish off what's left with a small amount of medication that suits my 'fleas'. That doesn't mean this is the path for all, just that its my path. Donna www.donnawilliams.net Fresh lemon balm is stronger than dried and wonderful in the tea pot, no problem. But it dries quickly so dried is just fine too and if one is growing it then one’s own dried is surely fresher than that from the shops.

Bach Flower Remedies can be wonderful for anxiety but one needs to match which of them to use with which person… I have an online consultancy at http://www.donnawilliams.net if you ever want to explore that for your son.

aromatherapy is something one has to be really careful of if one is phenol/salicylate intolerant as most are high in these things.

epsom salts baths are also a muscle relaxant and detoxer (one absorbs it through the skin DONT DRINK IT)

otherwise there’s the dietary and supplement path (again, that’s an individual thing so something that is best dealt with in a one to one consultation regarding each person) but what I use re anxiety is GF/CF, low sugar, low salicylates/phenols, omega 3s, calcium-magnesium, mega B complex, glutamine and finish off what’s left with a small amount of medication that suits my ‘fleas’. That doesn’t mean this is the path for all, just that its my path.

Donna
http://www.donnawilliams.net

]]> By: Valerie http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5548 Valerie Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:28:17 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5548 Donna, Thanks so much for your reply concerning my question about lemon balm. Do you make the tea from the fresh leaves or do they need to be dried first? I was told at a health food store that they would need to be dried first, but I still wonder if that was what you do, given that you said that "fresh is best." Can you give any more info about how you brew this helpful elixir? Since I'm doggedly exploring anything that can safely help my son during anxiety and panic episodes, I was also wondering whether anything in the area of aromatherapy had helped you. I recall once hearing you interviewed on the radio, and you had described a meal with a friend and an unfamiliar, overwhelming individual who had begun to make you lose your sense of the setting--and certainly of any personal well-being. You said that your perceptive friend leaned toward you, and the familiar scent of her, or her hair, helped bring you back. My son leans in to sniff my hair when he is particularly anxious. I suspect that the olfactory pathway is so physiologically primary and direct that I could help him with exploring other ways for him to derive comfort from it. I know there are a lot of aromatherapy resources but wondered if you had any helpful experience with this that you'd be willing to share. Thanks again, Valerie Donna,

Thanks so much for your reply concerning my question about lemon balm. Do you make the tea from the fresh leaves or do they need to be dried first? I was told at a health food store that they would need to be dried first, but I still wonder if that was what you do, given that you said that “fresh is best.” Can you give any more info about how you brew this helpful elixir?

Since I’m doggedly exploring anything that can safely help my son during anxiety and panic episodes, I was also wondering whether anything in the area of aromatherapy had helped you. I recall once hearing you interviewed on the radio, and you had described a meal with a friend and an unfamiliar, overwhelming individual who had begun to make you lose your sense of the setting–and certainly of any personal well-being. You said that your perceptive friend leaned toward you, and the familiar scent of her, or her hair, helped bring you back. My son leans in to sniff my hair when he is particularly anxious. I suspect that the olfactory pathway is so physiologically primary and direct that I could help him with exploring other ways for him to derive comfort from it. I know there are a lot of aromatherapy resources but wondered if you had any helpful experience with this that you’d be willing to share. Thanks again, Valerie

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5461 donna Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:07:35 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5461 Hi Valerie, the best is fresh. This is a kind of 'mint' but if you rub the leaves they smell like lemon. It grows anywhere, everywhere, so growing it is no problem. A pot on the veranda will do and most neighbors will have a plant somewhere in their garden... oh, that thing.... So ask about.... ask, do you have this mint looking plant that when you rub it smells like lemon... you'll be surprised... it may be lurking in your garden as we speak! but, yes, you can buy it from health food stores which sell jarred herbs... don't mistake it for lemon verbena... they're not the same plant. if no luck try a herb nursery. :-) Donna *) www.donnawilliams.net Hi Valerie,

the best is fresh. This is a kind of ‘mint’ but if you rub the leaves they smell like lemon. It grows anywhere, everywhere, so growing it is no problem. A pot on the veranda will do and most neighbors will have a plant somewhere in their garden… oh, that thing….

So ask about…. ask, do you have this mint looking plant that when you rub it smells like lemon… you’ll be surprised… it may be lurking in your garden as we speak!

but, yes, you can buy it from health food stores which sell jarred herbs… don’t mistake it for lemon verbena… they’re not the same plant.

if no luck try a herb nursery.

:-) Donna *)
http://www.donnawilliams.net

]]> By: Valerie http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5459 Valerie Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:45:13 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/02/01/mellowmania/#comment-5459 Donna, Is there a particular brand of lemon balm tea that's especially good or effective. Have you used more than one? Can you name the one you use? Thanks for all the experience and information you share. Donna, Is there a particular brand of lemon balm tea that’s especially good or effective. Have you used more than one? Can you name the one you use?

Thanks for all the experience and information you share.

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