Peppermint (menthe piperita)
Collect aerial (above-ground) parts just before flowers open.
Contains up to 2% volatile oil including menthol, menthone, and jasmone.
Carminative (stops formation of gas in lower GI, and induces expulsion of gas), anti-spasmodic, aromatic, diaphoretic (increases perspiration), anti-emetic (effective against vomiting and nausea), aromatic, nervine, antiseptic, analgesic (pain stopper).
Excellent carminative, relaxes visceral (smooth, involuntary) muscles, stimulates bile and digestive juices. Thus excellent in treating intestinal colic and flatulent dyspepsia. Nervine tonic, good for use in treating painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea). Use with boneset, elder flowers, and yarrow to treat colds and flu. (The New Holistic Herbal, David Hoffman)
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