balm tea

noun

balm tea

noun
1

A tisane or herbal tea made from balm, especially from herbs of the genus Melissa.

  • Balm tea and water-gruel (favourite modern medical slops) would soon destroy a constitution made up of turtle and port […].1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide:
  • Balm tea is particularly effective when stress has affected the stomach and the digestive organs.1993, Barbara Theiss, Peter Theiss, The Family Herbal, page 111:

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