Mint Essential Oil

Latin Name: Mentha PiperitaPart of Plant Used: Flowering HerbOrigin: IndiaExtraction Method: Steam DistillationMint is native to the Mediterranean, but is now cultivated in other countries in Europe, America, and Asia. Discoveries show that mint has been used since ancient times in Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and Japan. According to Greek myth, a nymph named Mentha was turned, in a fit of rage, into a mint plant by her lover's wife Persephone. According to Pliny, mint was used to crown Greeks and Romans during festivals. It has been used medicinally in England for the last few centuries.