Peppermint essential oil

Peppermint essential oil is a light-yellow mobile fluid from the fresh leaves of the Mentha piperita plant. It has a fresh invigorating menthol odor, a strong almost pungent taste followed by a cooling sensation.

Main chemical ingredients are menthol and menthone. The refreshing and cooling properties make the oil ideal for a range of personal, household and industrial uses. It is a popular ingredient for aromatherapy, bath preparations, mouthwashes, toothpastes, and topical preparations

It works as flavoring in foods and beverages for desserts, candies and chocolates. The oil possesses a variety of therapeutic properties. Topical preparations containing peppermint oil help to relieve pruritus and relieve irritation and inflammation as well as to relieve headache, muscle aches, joint pain, and itching.

Peppermint essential oil helps to alleviate a variety of health conditions and is taken orally in dietary supplements, in very limited doses. It helps ease digestive conditions such as IBS, functional dyspepsia, and nausea after surgery.