Mentha piperita oil:-
Common Name | Peppermint Essential Oil |
Botanical Name | Mentha piperita oil |
Family Name | Labiatae |
Parts Use | Whole herb, Leaves |
Color | Colourless, pale yellow or pale greenish yellow liquid |
Other Name | Peppermint, mint, menta, brandy mint, lamb mint, balm mint, curled mint, Paparaminta |
Mentha piperita is one of the most popular tonic herbs known to modern man. It is well known flavoring agent. Peppermint has been a popular home remedy for digestive ailments for two centuries in India. Mentha piperita is currently one of the most economically important aromatic-medicinal herbs produced in India. Scientific studies have not only confirmed the traditional uses of the plant but also encouraging the use of peppermint as a direct or adjunct therapy in modern practice.
Peppermint typically occurs in moist habitats, including stream sides and drainage ditches. Being a hybrid, it is usually sterile, producing no seeds and reproducing only vegetatively, spreading by its rhizomes. If placed, it can grow anywhere, with a few exceptions.
Peppermint Oil that is included in Mouthwashes, Toothpastes, Mentholated Cigarettes, and Decongestant "rubs" or Lozenges, has been associated with multiple adverse effects.
It has been used extensively in Eastern and Western Medicine for a variety of complaints, including Indigestion, Nausea, Sore Throat, Diarrhea, Headaches, Toothaches and Cramps. It is current in the British Herbal Pharmacopocia for intestinal colic, flatulence, common cold, vomiting in pregnancy and dysmenorrhea.
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