Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm ( which is genus Monarda ), is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Lemon balm requires light and at least 20 degrees Celsius ( 70 degrees Fahrenheit ) to germinate.

Lemon balm grows in clumps and spreads vegetatively as well as by seed.

Lemon balm is often used as a flavouring in ice cream and herbal teas, both hot and iced, often in combination with other herbs such as spearmint.

Lemon balm is also used medicinally as an herbal tea, or in extract form.

Lemon balm extract was identified as a potent inhibitor of GABA transaminase, which explains anxiolytic effects.

Lemon balm and preparations thereof also have been shown to improve mood and mental performance.

Lemon balm essential oil is very popular in aromatherapy.

Lemon balm is used in some variations of the Colgate Herbal toothpaste for its soothing and aromatic properties.

Lemon balm should be avoided by those on thyroid medication ( such as thyroxine ), as it is believed the herb inhibits the absorption of this medicine.

After only 30 days of taking the tea daily researchers found Lemon balm tea resulted in a significant improvement in plasma levels of catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase and a marked reduction in plasma

Lemon balm was found to be effective in the amelioration of laboratory-induced stress in human subjects, producing " significantly increased self-ratings of calmness and reduced self-ratings of alertness.

Lemon balm is the main ingredient of Carmelite Water, which is still for sale in German pharmacies.

Lemon balm contains eugenol, which kills bacteria and has been shown to calm muscles and numb tissues.

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* GABA-transaminase inhibitors: gabaculine, phenelzine, valproate, vigabatrin, Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ).

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* Melissa ( plant ), a plant genus, particularly the species commonly known as Lemon balm

By 1900, the family was farming southeast of Streetman, Texas, and Lemon Jefferson's birth date is indicated as September 1893 in the 1900 census.

In 2007, the cemetery's name was changed to Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery and his gravesite is kept clean by a cemetery committee in Wortham, Texas.

* Blind Lemon Jefferson is the featured musician on a State of Texas license plate.

Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch, of Punch and Judy ; the name also referred to a joke made early on about one of the magazine's first editors, Lemon, that " punch is nothing without lemon ".

The remains of one of the buildings is now the basement for the Main house in the Golden Lemon Hotel.

The opening title music with the car on the road had been used in a 1961 episode of the TV series " Ben Casey " entitled " I Remember a Lemon Tree ," that piece of music accompanying each time that George C. Scott's character, a doctor who is secretly a drug addict, is injecting himself with morphine.

On June 19, 1987 the Supreme Court, in a seven to two majority opinion written by Justice William J. Brennan, ruled that the Act constituted an unconstitutional infringement on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, based on the three-pronged Lemon test, which is:

However, they also criticized the first prong of the Lemon test, noting that " to look for the sole purpose of even a single legislator is probably to look for something that does not exist ".

It contains no caffeine, sugar, colorings or preservatives and is marketed as " Natural Lemon and Lime flavour " similar to the " 100 % natural " American version.

Public officials though are prohibited from using their authority in which the primary effect is " advancing or prohibiting religion ", according to the Lemon Supreme Court test, and there cannot be an " excessive entanglement with religion " and the government.

Emile Gauguin worked as a construction engineer in the U. S. and is buried in Lemon Bay Historical Cemetery, in Florida.

Atop these mountains is the Juneau Icefield, a large ice mass from which about 30 glaciers flow ; two of these, the Mendenhall Glacier and the Lemon Creek Glacier, are visible from the local road system ; the Mendenhall glacier has been generally retreating ; its front face is declining both in width and height.

As well, in The Sour Lemon Score, it's mentioned that Parker was " born and raised in cities ", but no further details are offered.

Fingringhoe is mentioned in Lemon Jelly's " Ramblin ' Man " and is in the top 20 list of " rude names " from the book Rude Britain.

* George E. Lemon (?– 1896 ), Patent lawyer and founder the journal National Tribune.

Richard Lemon Lander, who had brought back the journal of his master, also published Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa.

: Sleds ( later wagons ) were used to move the farm produce, fruit and cattle to Lemon Bay where they were transferred to draft boats and transported to ships at Boca Grande.

Two short versions of the sequence exist: in original airings where the opening was shortened due to time constraints and in some syndicated airings, the opening featured the shot of the IPS truck going under the bridge, then to the final shot of the credits where Doug and Carrie get ices at the Lemon Ice King of Corona on 108th St in Queens.

Like those of Miss Lemon and Arthur Hastings, the role of Inspector Japp in Poirot's career has been exaggerated by adaptations of Christie's original novels ; specifically by the TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, where these characters are often introduced into stories that did not originally feature them.

Tango also aired phone number advertisements where another cult worshipped a man called " Jim ", in which the character would interrupt embarrassing situations to shout " It's a Lemon Tango Moment ".

When he was a teenager, he and his family moved to Oakland, California, where he joined a local R & B group called the Lemon Drops.

Lolicon manga are usually short stories, published as dōjinshi ( fan works ) or in magazines specializing in the genre such as Lemon People, Manga Burikko and Comic LO ( where " LO " is an abbreviation for " Lolita Only ").

Although not referenced in the main article, Nolan's book contains a good account of the action at FSB Illingham where Mr. Lemon earned his Medal of Honor.

Lemon was raised in California where he played high school baseball and was the state player of the year in 1938.

The following season he played 80 games with Springfield, and hit. 293, and then joined the New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association, where Lemon hit. 309.

During the 1949 season, as Lemon was batting. 295 and 11 of his 18 hits were for extra bases, including six home runs, Yankees manager Casey Stengel said, " Well, I see where the Indians have nine hitters in the lineup instead of eight.

The oldest Indian on the roster at age 37 and coming back from an off-season where he was proscribed rest for his elbow, Lemon pitched 3. 1 innings over the span of two games before he was put on the Indians ' disabled list in April 1957 and sent to the Triple-A San Diego Padres.

Comparing Richards to Lemon, Bannister said, " He'd post the lineups 10 minutes before the game, and only then we'd find out who was playing and where.

Lemon died in 2000 in Long Beach, California where he had been a permanent resident since his career as a player.

Other varieties of Mentos include: Mentos Sours, which recently became available in the United States, featuring Watermelon, Green Apple, and Lemon flavors ; caffeinated " Energy " Mentos, sold mainly in Germany, where one roll equals the amount of caffeine in two cups of coffee ; " Fresh Cola " flavored Mentos released in New Zealand, Australia and parts of Europe and Asia ; and " AIR Mentos " containing Menthol, which are sold primarily in Belgium and the Netherlands.

It was originally a series in publisher Kubo Shoten's Young Lemon magazine in 1990, where it was titled Insect Hunter.

Lemon Creek flows into the pond for which the park is named ; the creek can then be traced westward into land where dairy and poultry farms flourished until the 1960s, eventually travelling by underground conduits to the Arthur Kill.

Shocked by his cruel nature, especially in comparison to the Ramunes III they knew, they continue running and fall into an experimental mech during a fight, where they find Lemon and are then thrown into space and fall to the planet below, protected by Cacao's holy magic.

* It was also parodied in The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange episode ( titled: " Fruitastic VoyOrange "), where Nerville swallows his friends, Orange, Pear, Apple, Grapefruit, Grandpa Lemon, Marshmallow, & Passionfruit to take the lazer out of the brain.

The I-580 designation ends at the Reno Spaghetti Bowl where the highway crosses Interstate 80 ; however, the freeway continues on as US 395, heading towards the north valley neighborhoods of Sun Valley, Lemon Valley and Stead before eventually crossing the California state line.

Delete rows from table pies where the column flavour equals Lemon Meringue:

On May 26, 2010 Dorsey signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, where he backed up former Miami Dolphins QB Cleo Lemon.

Stewert conducted a number of interviews and returned to the site with Lemon later that night where he reported that " there was a sickening, burnt, metallic odor still prevailing ".

Richardson lived at Mortlake, and at about this time, became a member of " Our Club ", where he met Douglas Jerrold, William Makepeace Thackeray, William Hepworth Dixon, Mark Lemon, John Doran and George Cruikshank, of whose will he became an executor.