Peppermint Essential Oil
Description: Known for its cool and invigorating scent, Peppermint essential oil is commonly used for respiratory support, mental focus, and easing muscle tension.
There are many different types of mint: there are up to 600 different types. Peppermint is a hybrid of watermint and spearmint. Cultivated in Europe, the United States and India, it is traditionally used as an infusion. This herbaceous plant with a strong character likes humid spaces, roots in the cool and leaves in the sun! Its essential oil offers fresh, minty, lively and penetrating scents.
Content: 10 ml
Monograph:
- Botanical Name: Mentha piperita
- Properties: Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, decongestant
- Uses: Effective in diffusers for focus, relief of headaches, or diluted for sore muscles.
- Aroma: Strong, minty, and refreshing
€ 7,40
* The information on this page is a summary and is not intended to cover all available information about this medication. It does not cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects and is not a substitute for the expertise and judgement of your healthcare professional.
Quality
Botanical family: Lamiaceae
Latin name: Mentha X piperita
Origin: Hungary, India
Cultivation: Controlled organic agriculture – Certisys-BE1 control
Part used: Aerial part
Production process: Steam distillation
Quality: 100% pure, natural, integral and chemotyped – Food grade
Olfactory notes: minty, lively, penetrating, heady
Main constituents
Monoterpenols: menthol (48%)
Ketones: menthone (14%)
Monoterpenes: pinene, limonene
Oxides: 1.8 cineole (4%)
Esters: menthyl acetate
Precautions for use
- Food supplement. Not a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. Do not exceed the recommended dose (1 drop twice a day, maximum 80mg).
- Contraindicated in pregnant and breast-feeding women, in children under 6 years of age, in epileptics or those with a history of convulsions, in asthmatics and in the elderly.
- Strictly contraindicated in children under 30 months of age, by simple contact or inhalation (risk of laryngeal spasms which can lead to respiratory arrest).
- Not recommended for hypertensive patients, not recommended for hormone-dependent disorders.
- Oral: caution in cases of inflammation or obstruction of the bile ducts, liver failure, ulcerative stomach disorders. Possible drug interactions, do not use without the advice of a health professional.
- By skin: powerful cooling effect, always use diluted on the skin, on very limited surfaces. Never use in a bath. Do not apply to irritated or damaged skin.
- To be avoided in air diffusion, otherwise dilute to a maximum of 10% in a mixture with other milder essential oils.
- Do not use for prolonged periods without the advice of a practitioner. Risk of allergy (limonene): take care not to overdose in mixtures. An elbow test is recommended prior to any skin application (min 48 hours before use).
- Avoid contact with the eyes.
- Keep out of reach of young children.
- Store away from heat and light.
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