I am not a doctor all I can legally or morally tell you is what the literature says, what historical literature says and my own experience. But I believe the best information I can share with you is my favorite resources. When it comes to our health it is so important that we check and double check our references!
I am very picky about who I trust with the medicinal information I need. I have been studying herbs as medicine since Back To Eden by Jethro Kloss was the manual for the herb courses of the 1970's the book was originally written in 1939!
One of my favorite herb authors is James A Duke PhD. He worked for the USDA as a botanist of medicinal plants for 30 years. His book the Green Pharmacy is my favorite but each is a treasure to own. Gratefully he has a web site and link to his herbal data base. He lets you use his site to learn the phytochemical and ethnobotanical information on herbs. He also gives the activity for the chemicals in plants http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
I recommend checking the copyright too when looking for medical herbal help. I insist on three reliable sources before even consider taking some new herb.
Melissa Officinalis is listed as helpful for chronic fatigue syndrome, graves disease, headaches, herpes virus, hypothyroidism, insomnia, shingles, viral infections, mild tranquilizer and is used as a natural Ritalin in natural medicines.
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