Perennialplant with a pleasant scent of lemon balm . The aqueous extract of herbs used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and astringent, headaches, heart palpitations, cold, stomach and intestinal disorders . Externally it is used to rinse for toothache . Herbal compresses recommendfor bruises and rheumatic joints, and fresh crushed leaves is applied to suppurating wounds, ulcers . The blank lemon balm leaves conduct before the flowers unfold .