Lemon Balm and Reduced Depression Symptoms

• The effects of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) on depression and anxiety in clinical trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2021-08-27
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Phytotherapy research : PTR 35(12)
  • • Javid Ghazizadeh
    • Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad
    • Wolfgang Marx
    • Ali Fakhari
    • Sanaz Hamedeyazdan
    • Mohammadali Torbati
    • Somaiyeh Taheri-Tarighi
    • Mostafa Araj-Khodaei
    • Mojgan Mirghafourvand

  • PubMed: 34449930
  • DOI: 10.1002/ptr.7252

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Depression Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  lemon balm significantly improved mean ... depression scores compared with the placebo ... (SMD: -0.47; 95% CI: -0.73 to -0.21; p = 0.0005)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes