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Lemon Balm

Melissa Officinalis (Order: Lamiales → Family: Lamiaceae → Subfamily: Neptoideae → Genus: Melissa)

Native to Southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Central Asia

Herbal Energetics: Restorative • Cooling
Associated Sign(s): Cancer
Associated Chakra(s): Heart

Featured in Wind Down Without Mint

Lemon Balm, or “Bee Balm,” is a bright, fragrant herb that brings both comfort and clarity. A mildly sedative nervine, this plant ally can help improve sleep quality and duration, ease anxiety, and gently uplift the mood. It has also been shown to promote focus and a calm mental state by increasing GABA levels in the brain.

The fast-growing nature of Lemon Balm is a gentle reminder of how quickly peace and prosperity can take root when nurtured with care. Lemon Balm has been used in rituals to invite joy, encourage love and abundance and to call in spiritual protection. Energetically, Lemon Balm help calm the waters of emotional upheaval and embolden us to deepen our therapeutic or internal work.

Some practitioners combine Lemon Balm with companion plants like Chamomile, Mugwort, or Blue Lotus Flower to enhance lucid dreaming or astral projection. Whether used in teas, rituals, or spell work, Lemon Balm offers a heart-centered reminder to reconnect to the Earth so that our internal light may shine.