Melissa.
Botanical name:
Balm is said to be mildly stimulant and diaphoretic. It is very mild in its action upon the system, and its infusion is used in febrile and inflammatory diseases as a diluent, or to promote the action of diaphoretics.
The American Eclectic Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 1898, was written by John M. Scudder, M.D.
