Lemon balm is a newer alternative medicine. It is an herbal medicine that can help with the following symptoms:

-Anxiety

-Insomnia

-shingles

Some herbalists consider lemon balm to have sedative to anti-viral virtues. Southern Europe is where this lemon balm calls home. However it is now commonly grown in England, and can even be grown in the Northern regions of the United States.  It is mostly known as a mildly sedative herb. The lemon balm gets its name from the lemon fragrance it gives off when the plant becomes bruised and balm comes from balsam which is the name of aromatic oil.

Lemon balm’s anti-viral properties when used in a salve can help to heal lesions of herpes. It has been confirmed with laboratory tests that the lemon balm has anti-viral healing properties. The anti-viral properties help fight viral bacteria internally as well as externally. The lemon balm lotion helps to soothe skin irritations such as shingles with is the result of reoccurring bouts of a form of the chicken pox virus remaining in a person’s blood long after they’ve actually had chicken pox.