The Melissa Essential Oil boasts of being integrated with loads of health benefits, which can be credited to its properties such as; cordial, nervine, sedative, febrifuge, stomachic, anti spasmodic, anti-depressant, anti bacterial, emenagogue, carminative, diaphoretic, hypotensive, sudorific and tonic.
The Melissa Essential Oil is recognized as Sweet Oil and Common Oil, just because it is widely utilized in almost all types of balms thanks to its soothing properties that boast of pleasing and sweet aroma or fragrance.
The chief components of the Essential Oil of Melissa include; Citronellal, Caryophyllene, Germacrene, Geranial, Geranyl Acetate, Beta Bourbonene, Octanone, Trans Ocimene, Cis Ocimene, Linalool, Methyl Hepenone, Cis Hexenol, Copaene, Neral, Delta Cadinene, Alpha Humulene, Octanol, Octenol, Gamma Cadinene, Nerol and Geraniol.
Also known as Lemon Balm, the extraction of the Melissa Essential Oil is made by steam refinement of fresh leaves, buds and twigs of Melissa or Melissa Officinalis.
The plant has its roots in Mediterranean Region and is known as Bee Plant. The plant is also particularly known for its soothing, memory boosting and anti-depressant powers.
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