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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Herb Profile: Peppermint is cooling

Peppermint tea is useful to reduce gas and that bloated feeling after eating. It effectively treats heartburn, nausea, coughs, poor digestion, cramps and abdominal pains.

It's great for problems due to nerves including headache, migraine and vomiting and it eases anxiety, tension, nervousness and insomnia.

Nausea associated with sudden shock can be dispelled by inhaling a few drops of peppermint essential oil on a tissue.

Externally, a peppermint tea wash relieves itching and inflammations.

Two or three drops of peppermint essential oil blended in one teaspoon olive oil or sweet almond oil makes an effective analgesic (pain reliever)massage oil for sciatica, arthritis, aches and pains and neuralgia from shingles.

A few drops of peppermint essential oil on a tissue can be used to reduce or eliminate nausea, jetlag, travel and motion sickness, and to clear your head at the onset of a cold or flu.

Peppermint essential oil is an effective pest deterrent. Ants, cockroaches, mice, rats and other pests strongly dislike the odor. Here's an effective alternative to conventional traps and poisons: sprinkle a few drops of peppermint essential oil onto crushed dried peppermint leaves and scatter the mixture where pests hide.

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