Mint - Medicinal

Mint

Mentha

Mint oil may cause an allergic reaction. Avoid prolonged intake of inhalants from the oil, which must never be used by babies. Do not take pennyroyal in large doses when pregnant or suffering from kidney problems. Use pennyroyal only under medical supervision. A mint leaf infusion can be used internally for indigestion, colds, flu, hiccups, flatulence, or insomnia, and externally

for chapped skin, rinse for oily hair, facial tonic, or in a refreshing bath. Peppermint is aromatic, calmative, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, and is also a stimulant. Peppermint can be used in multiple ways for a variety of complaints, including gastro-intestinal disorders where anti-spasmodic, anti-flatulent, and appetite-promoting stimulation is required. It is particularly useful for nervous headaches and as a way to increase concentration. Peppermint oil can be used extrenally in a massage to relieve muscular pain. Peppermints can be infused as a tea to help digestion, colds and flu. Cold peppermint tea can be sipped to treat hiccups and flatulence. Spearmints can relieve heavy colds when drops of essential oil are inhaled or sprinkled on a handkerchief. Both spearmint and peppermint can be used in massages of migraine affected areas, facial neuralgia and rheumatic and muscular aches, especially in winter. The leaves should be macerated in oil before use in the above massages.

Mint is an amazing herb. It not only has mulitple culinary uses, but it extremely useful medicinally. I chose it because it is one of the best known and most widely used medicinal herbs in the world.

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	Mint oil may cause an allergic reaction. Avoid prolonged intake of inhalants from the oil, which must never be used by babies. Do not take pennyroyal in large doses when pregnant or suffering from kidney problems. Use pennyroyal only under medical supervision. A mint leaf infusion can be used internally for indigestion, colds, flu, hiccups, flatulence, or insomnia, and externally
for chapped skin, rinse for oily hair, facial tonic, or in a refreshing bath. Peppermint is aromatic, calmative, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, and is also a stimulant. Peppermint can be used in multiple ways for a variety of complaints, including gastro-intestinal disorders where anti-spasmodic, anti-flatulent, and appetite-promoting stimulation is required. It is particularly useful for nervous headaches and as a way to increase concentration. Peppermint oil can be used extrenally in a massage to relieve muscular pain. Peppermints can be infused as a tea to help digestion, colds and flu. Cold peppermint tea can be sipped to treat hiccups and flatulence. Spearmints can relieve heavy colds when drops of essential oil are inhaled or sprinkled on a handkerchief. Both spearmint and peppermint can be used in massages of migraine affected areas, facial neuralgia and rheumatic and muscular aches, especially in winter. The leaves should be macerated in oil before use in the above massages.
Mint is an amazing herb. It not only has mulitple culinary uses, but it extremely useful medicinally. I chose it because it is one of the best known and most widely used medicinal herbs in the world.