balm tea

English

Noun

balm tea (plural balm teas)

1. 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, page 111:

     Balm tea is particularly effective when stress has affected the stomach and the digestive organs.