Pepper mint
Latin name: Mentha piperita
Botanical family: Lamiaceae
Origin: Mediterranean Orbital, Essonne, Maine et Loire, England, Hungary, ...
Distilled part: air part
Aromatic molecules: Menthol, menthone
Perennials temperate countries, mints are a very large family. Peppermint, after a natural hybridization is known by its purplish stems square, its dark green leaves and a pungent odor. It likes cool soils, clay and limestone. Distillation takes place in June just before flowering.
Properties:
- powerful painkiller
- Infection
- antispasmodic
- Stimulating digestive and pancreatic
- Regulatory and liver protective
- Anti-inflammatory
- General stimulant
- Anti-nauseous
- Invigorating the nervous system
Application areas :
- skin benefits: Shock, instant hit (without open wound), insect sting,
- digestive benefits: acute diarrhea, halitosis, motion sickness, nausea or vomiting, digestive disorders (bloating, flatulence, indigestion ...)
- ENT and respiratory benefits: Stuffy nose,
- cardiovascular benefits, circulatory and lymphatic: Swollen legs, heavy legs, low voltage,
- genital and urinary benefits: Prostatitis, painful menstruation,
- Other benefits: Headaches, migraines,
- Benefits on the psycho-emotionally: emotional shock or intense fear, concentration (lack), latent depression, mental stress, physical fatigue or mental overwork (to set the right priorities), stage fright, anxiety