Both peppermint and spearmint have a long tradition of use as herbal teas widely used to calm digestive upset. For salads, drinks, and soaps. Make your essential oils and rubs. We have peppermint, chocolate mint, and spearmint in the garden.
Part Used:Â Primarily leaves, fresh or dried
Medicinal Preparations:Â Tea, cold infusion, tincture, garnish, potherb, powder, poultice, compress, and essential oil
Actions:Â Aromatic, antispasmodic, carminative, stimulant, diaphoretic, and mild nervine
Medicinal Uses:Â Peppermint and its relatives are among the best herbs for home use as medicine. Peppermint leaf tea is excellent for treating mild indigestion, helping to relieve nausea, and treating colds, headaches, and cramps.
Tea:Â 1 heaping teaspoon of dried herb in 8 ounces of water, steep covered for 15-20 minutes.
Tincture:Â 1-2 mL of a 1:5 tincture (40%) 3 times per day.
Peppermint essential oil should always be diluted before use. Peppermint’s high essential oil content makes it unsafe to use in high amounts during pregnancy or for babies and young children. Peppermint may reduce milk flow in nursing mothers. People with gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) may find that peppermint aggravates their condition.
Dried, 4oz $7.95
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