With its sharply aromatic scent and handsome green leaves, peppermint has a long history of specific stomach-soothing and gas suppressing powers. Sedates irritated digestive tract nerves and blocks the transmission of nausea impulses from the stomach to the brain. Suggested use: massage oil (5 drops peppermint + 5 drops eucalyptus in 10-15ml carrier oil (ie - grape seed oil) - massage in neck and back for 10-15 mins.

 

15ml/0.5oz            Item #3030 
HISTORY

The genus name Mentha is from the Greek Mintha, the name of a mythical nymph who metamorphosed into this plant. Its species name piperita is from the Latin piper, meaning pepper, alluding to its aromatic and pungent taste. Mint leaves have been used in medicine for several thousands of years, according to records from the ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian civilizations. Peppermint was first recognized as a distinct species by botanist John Ray in his Synopsis Stirpium Britannicorum and his Historia Plantarum (1704).