What is LCA Organic Peppermint Essential Oil used for?
A hybrid of water mint and spearmint, peppermint is a perennial plant with a long, creeping rhizome. This herbaceous perennial likes cool, clay soil. Peppermint has a quadrangular stem 30 to 90 cm high, lightly tinted crimson-red and bearing oval, acute, opposite leaves of a beautiful green. Its mauve flowers appear in short, tight spikes on the tops.
LCA Peppermint essential oil can be used for:
- Digestive and pancreatic tonics
- Bloating, flatulence, bad breath, gastric acidity, vomiting, heavy digestion
- migraine pain
- physical and mental fatigue
Peppermint essential oil has numerous virtues, such as:
- Local analgesic (menthol): "cold effect" painkiller for muscular pains, blows, neuralgia and headaches.
- Tonic and stimulant (menthol): hypertensive, it stimulates the heart muscle through its cardiotonic action. It is also neurotonic, improving alertness and concentration.
- Antibacterial (menthol): bactericidal, effective against the following micro-organisms: staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus responsible for lung diseases, colibacillus responsible for digestive and urinary diseases.
- Antiviral (menthol) powerful antiviral. In particular, it destroys the viruses responsible for herpes.
- Antifungal (menthol): effective against fungi responsible for pulmonary infections, skin infections and candidiasis (oro-pharynx, digestive tract, vaginal flora).
- Antiparasitic (menthol): an intestinal antiparasitic that acts primarily against shigellosis, an acute gastroenteritis.
Organic Peppermint essential oil has numerous pharmacological properties that are beneficial to health:
- Stimulating and tonic: Peppermint essential oil is known for its stimulating and invigorating effect on the nervous system, helping to combat mental and physical fatigue.
- Antispasmodic: Thanks to its high menthol content, this essential oil is effective in relieving muscle spasms, abdominal cramps and digestive pain.
- Analgesic: Peppermint essential oil is renowned for its analgesic action, offering rapid relief from headaches, migraines and muscle and joint pain.
- Antibacterial and antifungal: Peppermint has antibacterial and antifungal properties, making it a valuable ally in the fight against skin and respiratory infections.
We also offerRavintsara essential oil from the LCA aromatherapy laboratory, at the best price in our online pharmacy.
How to use this essential oil
It can be used in all ways:
- cutaneous
- oral
- inhalation
- diffusion
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Precautions for use
- Irritant and powerful cooling effect: dilute to 30% maximum for cutaneous application.
- Never use mint essential oil in a bath.
- Do not use on pregnant or breastfeeding women, epileptics, the elderly or children under 6.
- STRICTLY FORBIDDEN FOR CHILDREN under 30 MONTHS OF AGE (toxicity through local contact: laryngeal or nasal reflex that can lead to respiratory arrest).
- Stupefying in high doses.
- Do not use for prolonged periods without the advice of an aromatherapist.
- Avoid contact with eyes, do not apply too close to the eyes.
- For diffusion, use only diluted (max. 15%) in milder essential oils, and for limited periods only.
- Keep out of reach of children.
What is its composition?
Botanical name: mentha piperita
Plant part extracted: aerial part
Production process: Complete steam distillation
Main constituents :
- Menthol (30.00 to 57.00%)
- Menthone (11.00 to 36.00%)
- Isomenthone (1.00 to 10.00%)
- Neomenthol (≤ 8.00%)
- Cineol 1,8 (Eucalyptol) (2.00 to 8.00%)
- Menthyl acetate (2.00 to 8.00%)
100% pure chemotyped essential oil (free from other related essential oils) 100% integral (not discolored, not deterpenated, not rectified...) 100% natural (not denatured with synthetic molecules)
Presentation of LCA Organic Peppermint Essential Oil
10 ml bottle.
Here are some ideas for using LCA Organic Peppermint:
- With ravintsara essential oil to fight viruses.
- With annual tansy essential oil for an antipruritic effect .
- With cinnamon bark essential oil for a general stimulating effect.