Tick Bite

Tick Bite

Lemon Balm

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_officinalis

Genus and Species:  Melissa officinalis

Habitat: barnyards, old house sites, open woods,scattered over area

Seasons: April- Aug

Active Chemical Ingredient:  tannin

Chemical Structure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannin

Uses of Specimen: 

• fevers
• headaches
• colds
• insomnia
• tumor
• insect bites (leaves poulticed)

Resources:

   Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin