"Natural Healing with Herbs for a Healthier You"
THE BENEFITS OF THE USE OF LEMON BALM
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
APPENDIX
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
APPENDIX
[Table of Contents] [History] [Location] [Chemical Constituents] [Medicinal Qualities] [Contra-Indications]
[Known Herbal Formulas] [Dosages & Applications] [Personal Experience] [Bibliography]
[Known Herbal Formulas] [Dosages & Applications] [Personal Experience] [Bibliography]
LEMON BALM
by Melissa Morrison
by Melissa Morrison
LITERATY PASSAGES AND PROSE REFERING TO LEMON BALM
Excerpts from Shakespeare’s Plays
“ Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king”
King Richard II (Act 3, Scene 2)
“With mine own tears I wash away my balm,
With mine own hands I give away my crown”
King Richard II (Act 4, Scene 1)
“Let all the tears that should bedew my hearse
Be drops of balm to sanctify thy head”.
King Henry VI (Part 2, Act 4, Scene 5)
“My pity hath been balm to heal their wounds.”
“Thy place is fill’d, thy scepter wrung from thee,
Thy balm wash’d off where with thou wast anointed.”
King Henry VI (Part 3, Act 3, Scene 1)
“I’ll…drop sweet balm in Priam’s painted wound.”
The Rape of Lucrece
“…sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care is called the balm of hurt minds.”
Macbeth
“ Peace, peace!
Dost thou not see my baby at my breast,
That sucks the nurse to sleep?…
As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle.”
Antony & Cleopatra (Act 5, Scene 2)
“The several chairs of order look you scour
With juice of balm and every precious flower.”
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 5, Scene 5)
“ The dew - mist of my sunless sleep shall float
Under stars like balm.”
Shelly’s Prometheus Unbound (Act 3, Scene 3)
“ Thy look of love has power to calm
The stormiest passion of my soul;
Thy gentle words are drops of balm
In life’s too bitter bowl”
Shelly’s To Harriett: May 1814
“ Breathe Thy balm upon the lonely
Gentle Sleep”
Lucy Larcom - Excerpt from Sleep
All passage excerpts found on pages 137, 138, and 140; “Old Time Herbs for Northern Gardeners” by Minnie Watson Kamm
Excerpts from Shakespeare’s Plays
“ Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king”
King Richard II (Act 3, Scene 2)
“With mine own tears I wash away my balm,
With mine own hands I give away my crown”
King Richard II (Act 4, Scene 1)
“Let all the tears that should bedew my hearse
Be drops of balm to sanctify thy head”.
King Henry VI (Part 2, Act 4, Scene 5)
“My pity hath been balm to heal their wounds.”
“Thy place is fill’d, thy scepter wrung from thee,
Thy balm wash’d off where with thou wast anointed.”
King Henry VI (Part 3, Act 3, Scene 1)
“I’ll…drop sweet balm in Priam’s painted wound.”
The Rape of Lucrece
“…sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care is called the balm of hurt minds.”
Macbeth
“ Peace, peace!
Dost thou not see my baby at my breast,
That sucks the nurse to sleep?…
As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle.”
Antony & Cleopatra (Act 5, Scene 2)
“The several chairs of order look you scour
With juice of balm and every precious flower.”
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 5, Scene 5)
“ The dew - mist of my sunless sleep shall float
Under stars like balm.”
Shelly’s Prometheus Unbound (Act 3, Scene 3)
“ Thy look of love has power to calm
The stormiest passion of my soul;
Thy gentle words are drops of balm
In life’s too bitter bowl”
Shelly’s To Harriett: May 1814
“ Breathe Thy balm upon the lonely
Gentle Sleep”
Lucy Larcom - Excerpt from Sleep
All passage excerpts found on pages 137, 138, and 140; “Old Time Herbs for Northern Gardeners” by Minnie Watson Kamm