Herb
Lemon Verbena
A bright, lemon-scented leaf, brewed as tea, traditionally used to calm the nerves and settle digestion.
⤢📊 How it ranks (our editor score) — 85/100Tap to see the breakdown
🌱 What it is
Lemon verbena is a fragrant shrub with narrow, lemon-scented leaves, long grown in gardens for its sunny aroma and gentle traditional uses.
📜 Where it comes from
Lemon verbena was brought to Europe from South America by Spanish and Portuguese explorers in the 1700s and quickly became a favorite garden herb for its bright lemon scent. French and Mediterranean households adopted it as an after-dinner tea, traditionally sipped to calm the nerves and help digestion settle after a meal.
✨ Why it's good for you
- May help support a calm, relaxed evening
- May help support easy, comfortable digestion after meals
- May help support a settled stomach
- May help support a moment of quiet rest
🥗 Nutrition
Per 1 cup brewed tea (240ml) · about 2 calories
- Verbascoside (antioxidant)
- Volatile oils
- Negligible macronutrients
Source: Nutrition estimate (per typical serving)
🥄 How to use it
Steep 1 teaspoon of dried lemon verbena in hot water for 10 minutes and sip after meals or in the evening to unwind.
How much: As teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea →, 1 teaspoon dried leaf per cup, one to three cups daily.
Why it works: Herbalists attribute lemon verbena's calming, digestive effect to its aromatic oils, thought to have a gentle relaxing action on the nerves and stomach.
Show full details & how to prepare it
Lemon verbena is a fragrant garden herbA plant, or part of one, used for flavor, food, or gentle health support. More → whose leaves carry one of the brightest, cleanest lemon scents in the plant world. As a teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea → it gently settles a busy mind and an unsettled stomach, making it a lovely after-dinner or evening cup.
Ways to prepare it
⚠️ Cautions
- Very gentle in tea amounts.
- Avoid large medicinal doses in pregnancy.
- May cause mild stomach upset in large quantities; the leaf and tea are gentlest.
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