Lime Blossom
Lime Blossom, or Linden Blossom trees have heart-shaped serrated leaves and numerous small cream colored summer flowers with a fragrance capable of scenting an entire street.
The flowers of the Common Lime, Large-leaved and Small-leaved Lime Blossom Trees are all used to make Linden tea.
* Helps to ease some forms of migraines, headaches, and insomnia. * Lowers blood pressure and helps to heal blood-vessel walls. * Treats indigestion, and stress-related nervous tension. * Used an a prophylactic against the development of arteriosclerosis and hypertension. * Can be used as an expectorant to induce sweating, thereby lowering temperatures, in feverish colds and flu. PREPARATIONS Balm is available as an essential oil, tea, and dried herb. Preparation and Dosage Infusion Pour a cup of boiling water Tincture onto 1 teaspoonful of the Take 1-2ml of the tincture blossom and leave to infuse three times a day. for 10 minutes. This should be drunk 3 times a day for a diaphoretic effect in fever, use 2-3 teaspoonfuls.Combinations: Balm can be mixed with Hawthorn and Mistletoe to lower raised blood Pressure. When mixed with Hops is good for nervous tension and when mixed with Elder Flower good for the common cold. CAUTION Herb: Flower tea from some species of Balm, if drunk in large quantities, can cause nausea and heart damage--be certain of the species before you drink it. Stale flowers can cause mild
“intoxicated” symptoms.
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