What is Le Comptoir Aroma Organic Peppermint Essential Oil 10ml used for?
Up to 80 cm tall, Peppermint is a hybrid of water mint and spearmint. It is a perennial plant with a pungent, generally grayish odor. It is found in ditches, damp roadsides, waste ground and other cool places.
Le Comptoir Aroma's organic Peppermint essential oil is a top-quality product, extracted from the leaves of peppermint (Mentha x piperita) grown according to organic farming standards. Renowned for its many therapeutic properties, this essential oil is a must-have in every aromatherapy kit.
Organic Peppermint essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of the plant's fresh leaves. This process ensures optimum preservation of peppermint's active compounds, notably menthol, menthone and menthofuran, which give this oil its unique therapeutic properties. Organic cultivation guarantees the absence of pesticide residues and other chemicals, ensuring the purity and quality of the essential oil.
Organic Peppermint essential oil has a wide range of pharmacological properties beneficial to health and well-being. The main properties of this essential oil include :
Thanks to its high menthol content, Organic Peppermint essential oil offers a refreshing and stimulating effect when inhaled or applied to the skin. This refreshing sensation helps relieve headaches, improve concentration and stimulate the nervous system.
Organic Peppermint essential oil is renowned for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. It can be used to relieve muscle aches, joint pain and migraines. Its analgesic action also makes it an effective remedy for toothache and menstrual pain.
Peppermint is traditionally used to relieve digestive disorders such as bloating, nausea, indigestion and abdominal cramps. Its antispasmodic action relaxes stomach and intestinal muscles, promoting better digestion and rapid relief of digestive discomforts.
Organic Peppermint essential oil is beneficial for the respiratory tract, thanks to its decongestant and expectorant effect. It can be used to relieve the symptoms of colds, sinusitis, coughs and asthma by easing breathing and clearing the airways.
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How to use this essential oil
Le Comptoir Aroma Organic Peppermint essential oil is used to combat migraines and nausea.
For food use, limited to 1 drop per kilo of preparation.
Precautions for use
- In high doses, menthone is excitostupefying and hypertensive.
- May cause headaches, bradycardia, tremors, ataxia, insomnia, bronchial spasm and spasm of the glottis and larynx.
- Drug interactions with homeopathic remedies
- Possible allergy to menthol
- Do not diffuse or use in the bath
- Not recommended for infants, can be fatal!
- Contraindicated for pregnant (abortive) or breast-feeding women, and for children (risk of bronchospasm).
- For adults only
- Do not associate with cortisone (if monoterpenes exceed 10%)
- Caution in cases of gastroesophageal reflux, gallstones or hepatopancreatic disorders(per os).
- Drug interactions with essential oils containing more than 10% sesquiterpenes
- Risk of neurotoxicity that may induce epileptic seizures at high doses
- Caution for people with autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, asthma, Parkinson's disease or the elderly, as well as for neurosensitive individuals.
- Do not use in people deficient in G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase), involved in its detoxification (risk of toxicity by accumulation) -(menthol)
- Contraindicated for internal use
What is its composition?
Latin name: Mentha piperita
Organ: leaves
Chemotype: menthol, menthone
Ingredient: organic peppermint EO
Presentation
Comptoir Aroma Huile Essentielle Menthe Poivrée Bio is packaged in a 10 ml bottle. Store away from heat and light.