10ml Peppermint Essential Oil

10ml Peppermint Essential Oil Peppermint Essential Oil is promoted for topical use (applied to the skin) for problems like headache, muscle aches, joint pain, and itching. In aromatherapy, Peppermint Essential Oil is known for treating coughs and colds, reducing pain, improving mental function, and reducing stress. - 10ml Peppermint Essential Oil - Botanical Name: Mentha piperita - Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled - Part Typically Used: Leaves and Flowers/Buds - Colour: Clear with a Yellow Tinge - Consistency: Thin - Perfumery Note: Top - Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong - Aromatic Description: Minty, reminiscent of peppermint candies, but more concentrated. More fragrant than spearmint. - Peppermint Oil Uses: Asthma, colic, exhaustion, flu, flatulence, headache, nausea, scabies, sinusitis, vertigo. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 59-67.] May potentially deter rodents. - Major Constituents: Menthol Menthone Menthyl acetate Neomenthol 1,8-Cineole Menthofuran Safety Information: Tisserand and Young confirm that it is low risk as a mucous membrane irritant. Peppermint Oil is choleretic and can pose a risk of neurotoxicity. They recommend a maximum dermal use level of 5.4% and state that it should be avoided in instance of cardiac fibrillation and by those with a G6PD deficiency. Do not apply near the face of infants/children. Essential Oil Safety is recommended reading for more complete information. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 387.]