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Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis, Lamiaceae) is widely used in European traditional medicine and Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) for various diseases, as well as being consumed as a salad vegetable and food flavoring. The authors searched unpublished old texts and several databases of published literature to review the botanical characteristics, traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and toxicity of lemon balm.

Lemon balm, also commonly known as balm and beebalm, is a perennial lemon-scented herb. The Eastern Mediterranean region, Western Asia, Southern Europe, Caucasus, and northern Iran are considered its areas of origin, but it grows worldwide. Its medicinal properties were first documented by Dioscorides (40-90 CE), who recommended a leaf decoction for spider, scorpion, and dog bites, and for amenorrhea, dysentery, mushroom poisoning, scrofulous tumors, and other indications. Paracelsus (1493-1541) prescribed lemon balm for nervous system disorders. Since 1984, it has been listed in the German Commission E monographs…

Wait a minute! Have you been trying to figure out how to do something lately? Perhaps you have yet to come across what you feel is the proper approach for success. The Universe, can, at times, conspire to hold you up, bringing about delays which can ultimately work to your advantage. The trick is to take a good look around and be open to new perspectives; if you live your life with blinders on, this may not be an easy thing for you, and you can find any type of setback to be frustrating.

The Hanged Man can represent a number of things, but in more modern speak, referring to this card as a speed bump tends to get the point across. After all, what are speed bumps for, other than to slow you down, so as to force you into taking a good look at your surroundings, and then…

Nostalgia and memories are the typical embodiment of the 6 of Cups, and to see it on a Monday really feels to lend a positive beginning to the work week. Perhaps you have plans to meet up with a long-time acquaintance for coffee or lunch, so as to reminisce of the old days. Typically, Monday can be a day fraught with anxieties, crises, and challenges. The 6 of Cups serves as a reminder to take time out to stop and smell the roses. Chill would be a great attitude to adopt for the day.

In recent days, the news outlets have been flooded with old photographs and video reels of past Royal Weddings. There is definitely a fair amount of nostalgia associated with these, and we also can see the evolution of society along the way.

See you here tomorrow!

Source: The Cook’s Tarot

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Also, Known As:

• Creeping Thyme
• Mother-of-thyme
• Wild Thyme

The wild thyme is native to the larger parts of Europe where the land is dry. The wild thyme is rare compared to the common thyme’s and is farmed extensively. Normally, wild thyme is found growing up to a certain altitude on the Alps, on high plateaus, in valleys, alongside trenches, roads, on rocks and also in infertile and dry soil. Wild thyme may also be found growing in moisture-laden clay soil that is improvised of chalk. Wild thyme’s can also be found in old rocky, deserted grounds, dried-up grass turfs and also on open lands. Particularly in England, wild thyme’s grow normally on moorlands and rocky terrains. Wild thyme is frequently cultivated as garden borders, in rock gardens or on the sunlit banks of rivulets and streams.

Wild thyme is a perennial herb. The herb’s sulky wooded stems grow up to a…