Al-Razi's Lemon Balm Cardiac Tonic — Herbal Remedy for anxiety, palpitations, depression, insomnia, digestive spasms | Living Netism

Al-Razi (Rhazes) and later Avicenna prescribed lemon balm (Melissa officinalis, known as Badranjbuyeh in Persian) as a cardiac tonic and mood elevator. The Canon of Medicine states that it "causes the