EXTRACTS of lemon balm might help to counteract the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Recent work at the Medicinal Plant Research Centre (MPRC) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK showed that extracts of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) and sage (Salvia officinalis) improve memory in young, healthy people and boost the activity of a key neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, levels of which are low in the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers.
Now small preliminary trials carried out by a team at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran have produced promising results. High doses of lemon balm leaf extract were…
