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Lemon balmdocumented forHeadache

Headache is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.

PlantLemon balm Documented useHeadache Preparation layer16 connected
What it was documented for

Headache

Headache is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.

Use groupPain, inflammation & musculoskeletal
Term typeCondition Or Symptom
Original source labelAche(Head)
Modern vocabulary matchNo exact ontology match

The database says that a source associated a plant with the label “Headache”. It does not show that the source used modern diagnostic criteria or that the plant was effective.

Practical knowledge layer

Recipes, methods and preparation notes.

Preparation notes using the same plant

Method · Traditional useBalm of Animal food

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Method · Traditional useBalm of Fruit anodyne

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Method · Traditional useBALM WINE

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useBalm of BOTAKIO GUIDE TO HEALTH

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useBalm in flowers, fre/h gathered and cleared from the ftalks, two pounds

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Method · Traditional useBalm of ague

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useBalm of Gilead

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useBalm and Sage, of each four ounces

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Preparation notes connected to the same use term

Method · Traditional useANODYNE HEADACHE PILLS

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useSick Headache

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useDecoction of Punica granatum

A primary-source historical Decoction preserved from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines. Its extracted passage does not state a specific use; Headache is shown only as related same-plant context.

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Method · Traditional usePowder of North America

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional usePowder of Ovary inferior

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useTincture of vanilla

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional useDistilled preparation of Bitter Orange

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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Method · Traditional usePowder of Physiological Effects

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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“Same plant” is not automatically “same use”. Each card states the connection type so the knowledge graph remains honest.

Plant context

Lemon balm

Scientific nameMelissa officinalis
AuthorshipMelissa officinalis L.
FamilyLamiaceae
Taxonomy linkMatched to herbarium
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Documentation depth

Where the association appears.

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Multiple rows can represent different places, references or repeated historical reports. They are preserved separately rather than treated as independent proof.

RegionReference labelSource row
USUphof#892
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Safety and self-care boundary

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Plant identity, plant part, dose, preparation, route, interactions, pregnancy safety, toxicity and contraindications are not established by this association. Do not use it for self-diagnosis or self-medication.

Dataset provenance

USDA Dr. Duke ethnobotanical data

The plant–use association and source rows come from the USDA Dr. Duke database. Herbal Remedy Source adds taxonomy matching, readable vocabulary profiles, internal preparation links and visible interpretation boundaries.

Dataset version: 1992–2016 · Licence: CC0 · Record class: traditional use

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