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 !