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Lemon balmdocumented forPerfume

Perfume is a practical, household, food or cultural-use label rather than a modern therapeutic indication.

PlantLemon balm Documented usePerfume Preparation layer9 connected
What it was documented for

Perfume

Perfume is a practical, household, food or cultural-use label rather than a modern therapeutic indication.

Use groupPractical & cultural use
Term typeNon Medical
Original source labelPerfume
Modern vocabulary matchNo exact ontology match

This term describes a non-clinical use context. It should not be presented as a medical remedy.

Practical knowledge layer

Recipes, methods and preparation notes.

Preparation notes using the same plant

Method · Traditional useBalm of Animal food

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 Fruit anodyne

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 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

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 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

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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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.

Iraq
View 2 preserved source rows

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

RegionReference labelSource row
Not statedUphof#36,431
IraqAl-Rawi#74,565
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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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