Melissae folium

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Leaves of lemon balm used phytotherapeutically.

Constituents: Essential oil: citral and citronellal, lamiaceous tannins (main representative: rosmarinic acid) and flavonoids, see also lemon balm leaf extract.

HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: Internally: mild stress symptoms, as a sleep aid, mild crampy gastrointestinal symptoms (flatulence, bloating). External: herpes infectionsESCOP monograph:
Internal: tension, restlessness, irritability, digestive complaints, mild abdominal cramps; external: cold sores (cold sores)
Commission E monograph: Internal: functional gastrointestinal complaints, nervous-induced difficulty falling asleep.

Dosage and method of useThis section has been translated automatically.

Finished medicinal product: see package leaflet

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Lomaherpan® Cream

Baldriparan®Tbl, Phytostar BaldrMelisPass® Tbl, Klosterfrau SedaPlantina®Tbl, MeSabona®Tbl, Oxacant Sedativ®Tbl

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/melisse.php
  2. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-melissa-officinalis-l-folium_en.pdf

Last updated on: 06.01.2022