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Lemon Verbena
Important safety information: Concentrated products may irritate the stomach or kidneys. Pregnancy, breastfeeding and long-term medicinal safety are insufficiently established; do not swallow essential oil.
Herbal actions
- Aromatic carminative traditionally
- mild sedative traditionally
- antioxidant
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Culinary herbal tea
- Traditional mild digestive support
- Traditional relaxation support
Main constituents
Citral, verbascoside, flavonoids and other phenylpropanoids
Preparation overview
Tea: Covered infusion. Use food-grade leaf; evidence for therapeutic effects is limited.
Liquid extract reference: No evidence-based universal dose
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
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