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Recipe

Lemon balm syrup

Herb:
Lemon balm Melissa officinalis
Method:
Syrup
Plant part:
Leaf

BeginnerRecipe science profile

Procedure

  1. Pour 400 ml freshly boiling drinking water over 3 teaspoons of dried leaf, cover for 15 minutes and strain.
  2. Sweeten with honey or sugar to taste. The amount of sweetener here is not a validated preserving ratio.
  3. Dilute with drinking water to taste and drink freshly prepared after cooling. Make only enough for immediate use, not bottled syrup for storage.

Notes

This is food, not a dosed medicinal preparation. Do not give honey to children under 12 months. Adding water does not remove the sugars in the honey used.

Why it works

A contemporary culinary preparation for flavour. The EMA monograph does not establish a medicinal effect of lemon balm honey or syrup. This preparation is for immediate consumption and provides no validated preservation or shelf life.

Related

Lemon balm — Herb card

Syrup — Processing method detail

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