Peppermint oil is a versatile and potent essential oil that offers numerous benefits for both physical and mental health. Our organic Peppermint oil is of the highest quality, with a clear, sweet, and crisp candy-like aroma. It is organically grown, certified organic distilled, and food grade, ensuring it is safe for use in a variety of applications.
This particular oil is stronger than our other Peppermint oil from India, with a GC-MS analysis showing a higher percentage of Menthol. As a result, only a tiny amount of this oil is required to achieve the desired effects.
One of the most popular uses for Peppermint oil is as a natural insect repellent. Adding a couple of drops to a duster, mop, or sponge can create a lingering fresh scent in any room while helping to repel ants, aphids, beetles, caterpillars, fleas, flies, mosquitoes, and lice. It can also be added to a pillow to aid clear breathing and keep insects at bay, making it a must-have oil for outdoor or camping holidays.
Peppermint oil is also known for its ability to combat migraines, mental fatigue, depression, and motion sickness. You can add a few drops to a tealight candle oil diffuser, diffuser, or bath water to uplift the mind and body, refresh the spirit, stimulate mental agility, and improve concentration.
In addition, Peppermint oil can be helpful with a range of physical ailments, including apathy, shock, nervous stress, and vertigo, as well as colic, cramps, flatulence, and nausea. It is known to help relieve pain in cases of toothache, aching feet, rheumatism, muscular pains, and painful menstruation.
Overall, Peppermint oil is a versatile and potent essential oil that offers numerous benefits for both physical and mental health. Our organic Peppermint oil is of the highest quality, making it a must-have for any natural health enthusiast.
Peppermint essential oil can also help with dry coughs, sinus congestion, asthma, bronchitis, colds, and flu, as many bacterial, fungal, and viral infections are destroyed by it. In determining the
virucidal effects of Peppermint oil against herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2), The Virology Department of The University of Heidelberg, Germany reports that
"after 3 h of incubation of herpes simplex virus with peppermint oil an antiviral activity of about 99% could be demonstrated".
Aromatherapy use: acne, antibacterial, antiseptic, antiviral, asthma, astringent, bronchitis, colds, colic, cough, depression, dermatitis, dyspepsia, fatigue, fever, flatulence, flu, food poisoning, halitosis, headache, herpes, hives, hysteria, inflammation, insecticide, liver problems, migraine, muscle pain, nausea, neuralgia, palpitations, rheumatism, ringworm, sinusitis, stomach cramp, stress, toothache, tuberculosis, vertigo
Contraindications: Non-toxic, non-irritant except in concentration, use in moderation. Do not use while pregnant or on infants. Do not use near eyes. Avoid Peppermint pure essential oil in cardiac fibrillation, epilepsy, and fever. Can be a dermal or mucous membrane irritant in some individuals.