What is the difference between peppermint and lemon balm: comparison and the difference in useful properties. What is better soothing: mint or lemon balm? What attracts money: lemon balm or mint?

Melissa and Mint: what is common and what are the differences. Properties, benefits, as well as how to attract money with mint.

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The Family Family has received recognition thanks to their popular plants - mint and lemon balm. These visually similar plants, if you figure it out, are only partially similar. Melissa belongs to the family of lemon balm, and mint to his family mint. In this article, we will tell in detail about both plants, as well as their healing properties.

Melissa and mint grass - what it looks like: photo

Melissa grows in bushes, which reach up to 80-90 cm in height and 60-80 in diameter. The stem of lemon balm is branched, strewn with a small soft "fluff". The leaves of the lemon balm are juicy, green semicircular shape, the edges of which are covered with zabrinki. Melissa blooms with pale, small bluish or lilac colors, from which then the fruits of rugs of a round shape and a rich black color appear.

The gender of lemon balm is divided into:

Melissa is lemon - the weak, but distinct notes of lemon are felt in it. In nature, it is easy to distinguish by leaves with a delicate fluff and a deep groove without a gun in the middle of the leaf. For food, it is suitable exclusively in fresh form, when dried and freezing, it loses its aroma;
Melissa is golden or the lemon balm is purple - visually resemble heart leaves and slightly pubescent. Blooms in red, which is why it got its name. In brewing, notes of citrus fruits are felt;
Melissa is red-has pointed leaves and bright red inflorescences. When brewing, notes of bergamot are felt. This subspecies does not lose its fragrance when dried and frost.

Mint, unlike lemon balm, grows in single plants, while closely located to each other, due to the creeping rhizome. The height of the mint does not exceed half a meter, but for food, young pagons that do not reach 30 cm are most often used. Separate subspecies of mint reach 1.5 meters in height, but are not suitable for food.

The type of mint has more than 25 subspecies, so we will not dwell on them. Since the most aromatic and loved one is left - peppermint. By the way, it is recommended to grow in pots on the windowsills to those who need peace and calm.

Table: The main differences in mint and lemon balm

Differences	Melissa	Mint
Plant height	Up to 1.5 m	Up to 1 m
Stem	Ramified	Line with cruciferous leaves
Flowers	Blue and lilac, red	All shades of purple
The shape of the flowers	False mutov	Corners
Aroma	Thin lemon, citrus, bergamot	Sweet menthol
Essential oil	Calms	Tonizes
Possible harm	When working in which a high concentration is necessary, you can not drink and take medications in the composition that is Melissa. With reduced pressure, tea with lemon balm can knock down the pressure to critical indicators.	Mint can harm: · Strong allergen; · Contraindicated in varicose veins; · When planning pregnancy; · If there is increased fatigue, mint will help to fall asleep, but do not cheer up and concentrate; · Could cause heartburn; · Reduces pressure; · Contraindicated to pregnant women and children.

External difference between mint leaves and lemon balm leaves: comparison, photo

The main difference between mint leaves and lemon balm is quite simple and even a child can remember. In mint, the leaves are bright and smooth, but the lemon balm has a calmer color and in addition its leaves are covered with a light or strong “fluff”.

Look at the photo of mint and lemon balm, and you will forever remember how to distinguish them.

What is the difference between peppermint and lemon balm: comparison and the difference in beneficial properties

Mata and Melissa are very similar to the naked eye, but have various beneficial properties that only partly echo.

Useful properties of mint:

Traditionally, as well as in folk medicine, it is used as a sedative;
Reduces pressure;
It is a natural painkille, and also relieves spasms;
Diuretic and removes excess fluid from the body;
Explifies bile;
With nausea, relieves symptoms. These are fresh leaves, and piles and mint candies;
Anti -inflammatory effect is loved by cosmetologists and women choosing natural masks;
Accelerates hair growth, ideal for rinsing;
An ideal neutralizer of poor smell from the mouth;
Mint tea lowers appetite;
Mint tea in the evening - a good brain work in the morning;
Sobering intoxicated with alcohol;
Well tones the body;
Perfectly cleanses the skin.

The beneficial properties of lemon balm:

Strengthens health, increases immunity;
Improves brain function;
Cleanses the vessels;
Eliminates poor aromas in the rooms, and also destroys poor breath;
Tones;
Normalizes appetite. And if mint is shown when losing weight, then lemon balm for normalization, including increasing appetite;
Anesthesia and relieves psychological fatigue;
Helps with nervouses;
Used as anti -inflammatory;
Diuretic and helps to remove fluid from the body quickly;
Antiviral and helps with SARS.

Pay attention as similar plants in a completely different way, act on our body!

What is better soothing: mint or lemon balm?

If you want to drink tea that will calm the nervous system and help to relax, then it is best to brew tea with lemon balm. Please note that lemon balm, like mint, lowers pressure. Therefore, if you are hypotonic, carefully take these types of teas.

What attracts money: lemon balm or mint?

Mint attributes magical properties in attracting money. The roots of this beliefs go far in the Middle Ages, when the merchants fumigated their shops and the shelves with mint, sacredly believing that the mint will drive away bad spirits and attract customers who will fork out for good amounts.

But today, specialists of psychics claim that mint has a beneficial effect on monetary energy and recommend that a mint leaves always lay in the wallet. At the same time, you will begin to spend more, and be surprised that the money is starting to your wallet, it is many times more than the amounts of expenses flow with your purse. But remember, monetary energy does not allow pettiness and constant accumulation, since in this case there is stagnation of energy, and even all the mint collected will not help you together. At the same time, mint helps to focus on expenses, and you will only make successful, thoughtful transactions.

Another way to attract money with mint. Take 3 leafs of peppermint, freshly cut by you and in your mind, thank the plant for the gift. After that, rub the leaves, visually imagining that you have a large amount of money in your hands. After that, put the leaves dry in the wallet, and do not wash your hands for several hours.