Huahana Hou ʻo Melissa officinalis (lemon balm)

He lau nahele mau ka lemon balm mai ka ʻohana mint, me ka mōʻaukala e pili ana i 2,000 mau makahiki. He ʻōiwi ia no ʻEulopa hema a me waena a me ke Kaiwaenahonua. I ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna Peresia, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka lemon balm no kona hopena hōʻoluʻolu a me ka pale ʻana i ka neuro. He ʻala lemon iki ko kona lau, a i ke kauwela, hua mai ia i nā pua keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi piha i ka nectar e huki ana i nā pi. Ma ʻEulopa, hoʻohana ʻia ka lemon balm e huki i nā pi no ka hana meli, ma ke ʻano he mea kanu hoʻonaninani, a no ka unuhi ʻana i nā aila pono. Hoʻohana ʻia nā lau ma ke ʻano he mau lau nahele, i loko o ke kī, a me he mea ʻono.

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ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ke ʻano he mea kanu me ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lemon balm ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hiamoe. He kuleana ko ia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke ʻano, ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana, ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā spasms, ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i nā ʻeha o ka ʻili, a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka ho'ōla ʻana i nā ʻeha. Ua ʻike ʻia e ka noiʻi aia i loko o ka lemon balm nā mea pono, me nā aila volatile (e like me citral, citronellal, geraniol, a me linalool), nā waikawa phenolic (rosmarinic acid a me ka caffeic acid), flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, a me apigenin), triterpenes (ursolic acid a me ka oleanolic acid), a me nā metabolites lua ʻē aʻe e like me tannins, coumarins, a me polysaccharides.

Hoʻoponopono Manaʻo:
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina e hōʻemi nui ana ka hoʻohui ʻana me 1200 mg o ka lemon balm i kēlā me kēia lā i nā helu e pili ana i ka insomnia, ka hopohopo, ke kaumaha, a me ka hana ʻino o ka nohona. ʻO kēia no ka mea ʻo nā hui e like me ka rosmarinic acid a me nā flavonoids i loko o ka lemon balm e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ala hōʻailona like ʻole o ka lolo, me nā ʻōnaehana GABA, ergic, cholinergic, a me serotonergic, no laila e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ke kaumaha a hoʻolaha i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.

Ka palekana o ke akepaʻa:
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻāpana ethyl acetate o ka lemon balm extract e hōʻemi i ka steatohepatitis non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka momona kiʻekiʻe (high-fat-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) i nā ʻiole. Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi hiki i ka lemon balm extract a me ka rosmarinic acid ke hōʻemi i ka hōʻiliʻili lipid, nā pae triglyceride, a me ka fibrosis i loko o ke ake, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka hōʻino ʻana o ke ake i nā ʻiole.

Anti-inflammatory:
He hana anti-inflammatory koʻikoʻi ko ka lemon balm, mahalo i kona waiwai nui o nā waikawa phenolic, flavonoids, a me nā aila koʻikoʻi. Hana kēia mau hui ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hōʻemi i ka mumū. No ka laʻana, hiki i ka lemon balm ke kāohi i ka hana ʻana o nā cytokines pro-inflammatory, kahi e pāʻani ai i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka mumū. Loaʻa pū kekahi i nā hui e kāohi i ka cyclooxygenase (COX) a me ka lipoxygenase (LOX), ʻelua mau enzymes e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻopili mumū e like me prostaglandins a me leukotrienes.

Ka Hoʻoponopono ʻana o ka Microbiome Gut:
Kōkua ka lemon balm i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka microbiome o ka ʻōpū ma ke kāohi ʻana i nā pathogens ʻino, e paipai ana i kahi kaulike microbial olakino. Hōʻike nā haʻawina e loaʻa paha i ka lemon balm nā hopena prebiotic, e paipai ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā bacteria ʻōpū maikaʻi e like meʻO Bifidobacteriumʻano. ʻO kona mau waiwai anti-inflammatory a me antioxidant e kōkua pū i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mumū, pale i nā hunaola ʻōpū mai ke kaumaha oxidative, a hana i kahi ʻano maikaʻi no ka ulu ʻana o nā bacteria maikaʻi.