balm tea
English
Noun
balm tea (plural balm teas)
- A tisane or herbal tea made from balm, especially from herbs of the genus Melissa.
- 1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide:
- Balm tea and water-gruel (favourite modern medical slops) would soon destroy a constitution made up of turtle and port […] .
- 1993, Barbara Theiss, Peter Theiss, The Family Herbal, p. 111:
- Balm tea is particularly effective when stress has affected the stomach and the digestive organs.
- 1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide: