# Peppermint

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Herbal Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Mentha x piperita, Peppermint
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Key Actions: Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, diaphoretic, Relieves gas, Mild.
Parts Used: Leaf, essential oil.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Cautions: Do not give to children under the.

## Symptoms by System

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Peppermint Mentha x piperita A mint hybrid first grown in england in the 17th century , peppermint is known around the world for its cool and flavorful taste.
- Commonly taken after a meal to aid digestion, the infusion is a useful remedy for flatulence and bloating as well as headaches and migraines linked to digestive weakness.
- medicinAl uses Parts used Leaf • essential oil Key actions Antiseptic • Antispasmodic • diaphoretic • Relieves gas • Mild analgesic • Mild sedative • Mild bitter gas, nausea, cramps, irritable bowel Clinical research confirms the usefulness of peppermint essential oil in irritable bowel syndrome.
- The essential oil acts on the colon, relieving spasm and irritability , and reducing the sensitivity of nerve endings in the intestinal wall.
- The milder-acting infusion can be safely taken for symptoms such as bad breath, gas, belching, bloating, and colic.
- colds, flu, headache, migraine Peppermint and elderflower (Sambucus nigra) make an effective combination for fever, colds, catarrh, and gastric infection.
- hot peppermint tea encourages sweating and cools fever.
- drink tea or apply 1–2 drops of peppermint oil to forehead to relieve headache and migraine.
- topical uses Peppermint oil is soothing for itchy skin.
- Apply at 2 percent dilution (2 drops per teaspoonful of carrier oil) to affected areas.
- The infusion can be applied as a lotion to relieve nettle rash and eczema.
- be careful to avoid the eyes.
- Key information sAfety ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ trAditiOnAl use ★ ★ ★ ★ reseArch ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ best tAKen As Infusion ✓✓✓ Tincture ✓✓ Enteric-coated capsules (with prescription only) ✓ dOsAge C (see pages 44–45) Often used with Elderflower (Sambucus nigra).
- cAutiOns Do not give to children under the age of 5.
- Essential oil is best taken internally on the recommendation of an herbal or medical practitioner.
- See also pp.42–51.
- Peppermint leaf makes a good after-dinner drink.
- dried aerial Parts 165MenThA x PIPeRITA infusion