Huahana Hou Melissa officinalis (lemona balm)

ʻO ka lemona balm kahi lāʻau mau loa mai ka ʻohana mint, me ka mōʻaukala ma mua o 2,000 mau makahiki. He kanaka maoli ia ma ka hema a me ke kikowaena o ʻEulopa a me ka Basin Mediterranean. I ka lāʻau lapaʻau Persian kuʻuna, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka lemon balm no kāna mau hopena hoʻomaha a neuroprotective. He ʻala ʻala lemona kona mau lau, a i ke kauwela, hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā pua keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi i piha i ka nectar e huki ai i ka nalo. Ma ʻEulopa, hoʻohana ʻia ka lemona balm e huki i ka nalo no ka hana ʻana i ka meli, ma ke ʻano he mea kanu hoʻonaninani, a no ka unuhi ʻana i nā aila pono. Hoʻohana ʻia nā lau e like me nā mea kanu, i nā kī, a me nā mea ʻono.

Puna kiʻi: Pixabay

ʻO ka 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 nō hoʻi ia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke ʻano, hoʻoikaika i ka ʻai ʻana, hoʻomaha i ka spasms, hōʻoluʻolu i ka ʻili o ka ʻili, a kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻeha. Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana he mau mea koʻikoʻi ka lemon balm, me nā aila volatile (e like me citral, citronellal, geraniol, a me linalool), phenolic acids (rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid), flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, a me apigenin), triterpenes (ursolic acid. a me oleanolic acid), a me nā metabolites lua e like me nā tannins, coumarins, a me nā polysaccharides.

Hoʻoponopono naʻau:
Hōʻike nā haʻawina ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana me 1200 mg o ka lemon balm i kēlā me kēia lā e hōʻemi nui i nā helu e pili ana i ka insomnia, ka hopohopo, ke kaumaha, a me ka pilikia o ka nohona. ʻO kēia no ka mea ʻo nā pūhui 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 lolo, me ka GABA, ergic, cholinergic, a me nā ʻōnaehana serotonergic, a laila e hoʻomaha ai i ke kaumaha a hoʻoikaika i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.

Palekana i ke ake:
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hakina ethyl acetate o ka lemon balm extract e hōʻemi i ka momona momona-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) i nā ʻiole. Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi e hiki ke hōʻemi i ka hōʻiliʻili lipid, nā pae triglyceride, a me ka fibrosis i loko o ke ake, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka pōʻino o ka ʻiole.

Anti-inflammatory:
He hana anti-inflammatory koʻikoʻi ka Lemon balm, mahalo i kona waiwai nui o nā waikawa phenolic, flavonoids, a me nā aila pono. Ke hana nei kēia mau pūhui ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hōʻemi i ka mumū. No ka laʻana, hiki i ka lemon balm ke pale i ka hana ʻana o nā cytokine pro-inflammatory, kahi mea koʻikoʻi i ka mumū. Loaʻa iā ia nā pūhui e kāohi ai i ka cyclooxygenase (COX) a me ka lipoxygenase (LOX), ʻelua mau enzyme i komo i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻomake e like me nā prostaglandins a me nā leukotrienes.

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