Peppermint essential oil
Botanical name: Mentha piperita
Distilled part: Flowering plant
Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
Origin: France
Chemical composition:
- Ketones: Menthone (20 to 30% and up to 65%): Piperitone, Pulegone
- Sulfur Compounds
- Coumarins
- Esters: Menthyl Acetate
- Monoterpenes: Alpha and Beta Pinene, Limonene
- Monoterpenols: Menthol (38 to 48%), Piperitol
- Oxides: 1.8 Cineole
- Sesquiterpenes: Beta Caryophyllene
Legend: * powerful,** very powerful;*** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS:
- Aerophagia*, Hepatopancreatic stimulant*, indigestion*, nausea*
- Anesthetic*, local anesthetic*
- Asthenia*, Fatigue*, general stimulant*
- Headache*, Migraine*
- Dyspepsia*
- Eczema*, Urticaria*, Shingles*
- Viral hepatitis*
- Neuralgia*
- Viral neuritis (optic nerve and others)*
- Sciatica*
- Virucidal*
- Vasoconstrictor*
EMOTIONAL, PSYCHIC PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS:
- Soothing for explosive and irritable characters (hysteria), excess emotionality, relaxing, promotes concentration (memory), helps in cases of exhaustion (psychic and cerebral stimulant)
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) “In-depth treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy”, Ed. Grancher. p. 584.
INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENT !