The Remembered Remedy™
A living archive of essential oil science, ancestral plant intelligence, and earned wisdom—written in rhythm, shaped by land, carried by experience by Anita Felice.
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Melissa & Cold Sores. What Do We Actually Know? (opens the original)
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These are the Bulgarian fields from which our Melissa essential oil comes from. You may recognize this field as Lemon Balm, but many aromatherapists know it as Melissa officinalis, or just “Melissa”. A lot gets repeated about Melissa and cold sores. Here is what we can actually say: Melissa essential oil has shown activity against herpes simplex virus in laboratory studies. That is not the same as proving a clinical treatment.This distinction matters.There is laboratory research specifically on
The Sounds of Where Our Lavender Grows (opens the original)
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Listen to it......Mmmmm. Ineffable. Birdsong. Insects. Wind moving through the plants. A working field. This is one of the Bulgarian fields in the Varna region where we visited. These are the plants that sit behind the Lavender essential oil in our Summer Cabinet at the apothecary. This particular cabinet features several botanical expressions from Bulgaria. For years, we have talked about essential oils as agricultural materials first. Soil, climate, plant variety, harvest timing and distillati
There Is A Field.... Let Us Take You There (opens the original)
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There is a difference between selling lavender and knowing where your lavender came from.This is one of the Bulgarian fields behind the Lavender essential oil in our Summer Cabinet. For years, we have talked about essential oils as agricultural materials first. Soil, climate, plant variety, harvest timing and distillation all leave their mark on what eventually reaches the bottle. Here is Alex, the grower and distiller we work with in Bulgaria. We learned so much from him. Here’s just a snippet.
Stopping Cold Sores Fast With Melissa Essential Oil (opens the original)
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Part III of III:Eric* was the one who told me to dab it on. Years ago, back when I was still learning about essential oils and learning to trust him on this kind of stuff, he told me to put a drop of Melissa straight on a cold sore the second I felt it coming through. You know, that irritating tingle before anything even shows up. He said it so matter-of-factly, like it wasn’t even up for debate. I looked back at him like, did I hear that right?He just tilted his head down, peered at me over his
The Orange Berry That Supposedly Went To Space (opens the original)
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There’s a story that follows Sea Buckthorn around in formulator circles: Soviet cosmonauts carried this oil into space and used it on skin affected by radiation exposure. I want this story to be true, so badly. Subscribe nowEd. note: I couldn’t find any validation of the story. What is well supported is that sea buckthorn oil has been studied for radiation skin injury<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/393
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