Peppermint Essential Oil
Back to Essential OilsPeppermint (mentha piperita) invigorates, clears the head, stimulates and is soothing, refreshing and cooling.
Why use this essential oil?
The oil is extracted from the fresh or semi-dried leaves and flowers of the herb.
Traditionally, people drank peppermint as a tea or chewed the leaves to cure 'complaints of the stomach or nerves'.
The essential oil is nearly one-third menthol, which is why it invigorates, clears the head, stimulates and is soothing, refreshing and cooling.
In aromatherapy, it is excellent for headaches, mental fatigue, muscular pain, sunburn, insect bites, nausea, indigestion or menopausal hot flushes.
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