peppermint - mentha piperita

Calming, cooling, refreshing, opening - these are the properties I think of when someone mentions peppermint.  These properties are also found in Peppermint Essential Oil.  

When your head is foggy and your nose is stuffed up, all you need do is take a few whiffs of this powerful oil to open the sinuses and clear the fogginess.  Between the menthol (a monoterpenol) and the menthone (a Ketone), Peppermint's constituents provide a strong, minty aroma that can wake you up - body, mind, and spirit.

This cool essential oil can do a whole lot more!  It can relieve pain, spasms, and swelling, is antibacterial and antifungal, and can calm the stomach and support the liver.  

Be sure to dilute it to 1 - 2 % (for topical application) with a skin-loving carrier oil to avoid possible skin irritation.  Peppermint can be neurotoxic to children under the age of 5, so keep it away from their faces.  If you have cardiac fibrillation or G6PD Deficiency, you should not use Peppermint Essential Oil.

To learn more about this stimulating essential oil, check out its Materia Aromatica in the Membership Section of this website!