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The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy

Lemon Balm: The Happiest Plant on Earth

The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy

Sajah Popham

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Lemon Balm, the "happiest plant on Earth," enchants with its vibrant lemony aroma and taste. Beloved for its calming effects, this aromatic herb brings a sense of peace and serenity, along with an uplifted feeling to the spirit.

 

Loved for its calming and relaxing properties, this aromatic herb soothes tense digestion and eases an anxious mind. Whether sipping it as a delicious cup of tea or taking it in tincture form, there are numerous ways to enjoy this herb. Like a ray of sunshine, Lemon Balm infuses your days with joy and invites you to reconnect with your inner child. Lemon Balm is a radiant herb that spreads joy in all who embrace it. 

 

In today's plant profile, you'll discover:

 

  • Why Lemon Balm is one of the happiest plants in our materia medica

  • Lemon Balm's sour flavor, why it's so unique, and how it supports cardiovascular health

  • Reasons why Lemon Balm is perfect for those with an anxious heart and digestion 

  • How Lemon Balm helps you connect with your inner child 

  • The optimism of Jupiter and how it corresponds with Lemon Balm

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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH

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The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.

 

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ABOUT SAJAH

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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.

His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves.

He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines. 

 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism.

0:21.6

You know, when most people think about what it means to be healthy, you know, we think about our diet and our food and our lifestyle and getting enough sleep at night.

0:33.6

Yeah, but are you really healthy if you're depressed all the time or if you're anxious all the time or if you just feel downhearted and the emotional and mental part of your life isn't really ideal? I would say no. And we have a handful of really special herbal medicines that to me are herbs that are super supportive

0:56.0

for that mental and emotional side of our life in order to help us just feel happy. To me,

1:03.0

I think happiness is one thing that should be a critical factor in determining one's health.

1:09.0

And today I'm going to be sharing with you one of the herbs

1:12.0

that I think is really like one of the happiest herbs in the Western Materia Medica

1:17.1

in the way that it really uplifts people mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. So we're

1:23.3

going to head on down to the garden and talk about what in my opinion is the happiest herb in the

1:28.2

world lemon balm all right everybody so here's our little patch of lemon bomb we got going on here

1:34.6

this is like super prime stage here for harvesting this herb the volatile oils are flowing it's just

1:41.5

getting ready to flower here probably in the next few weeks.

1:45.1

And it's just looking super lush and amazing and fantastic, and it smells absolutely glorious.

1:50.7

So, super excited to be sharing with you this plant.

1:54.6

This is a herb I've been using for a really long time.

1:57.4

It's become one of our favorites, myself, my wife Whitney.

2:00.3

We use this plant a lot,

2:02.4

personally and in our herbal practice. So Melissa Officianalis is the official Latin name of

2:11.3

Lemonbaum here. And of course it's got that common name Lemon Bomb because, oh yeah, it's just,

2:16.8

I mean, it smells like lemons, right?

2:18.4

It's got that really nice citrusy aroma and flavor to it.

2:23.8

This is in the mint family, so we'll see our classic mint family,

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