Mélisse Named
after the lemon balm
herb indigenous to the Mediterranean, Mélisse has become a Southern California staple for both
locals, and travelers searching for an exemplary dining experience or an ideal place to celebrate a special occasion.
At roughly this time, Wei Zhenxing of the Shandong Institute of Pharmacology and Luo Zeyuan of the Yunnan Institute of Pharmacology,
after hearing about Tu's breakthrough, each independently derived antimalarial chemicals from
local herbs called huang hua hao or yellow - flower wormwood (Artemisia annua).