Ingredients: 100% Organic Peppermint Leaf, dried.
Botanical Name: Mentha piperita.
Serving Size: 1 scoop (1 tbsp/2 g), twice daily, for every 1,000 lbs of body weight.
Energetics: Cooling & slightly dry.
What is Peppermint?
Peppermint is a flowering perennial in the Lamiaceae family, native to Asia, Europe and North America. It is a natural hybrid of spearmint and watermint. The dried leaves contain a high content of volatile oil called menthol, which has a cooling and calming effect on the body and mind. The aroma is invigorating, refreshing and delightful!
Historical Use of Peppermint
Among the oldest and most reliable herbs for medicinal purposes, peppermint is a favorite remedy for digestive troubles. Documented in ancient herbalism, as well as, Culpeper through to Ellingwood’s materia medica, peppermint leaves are a tried and true remedy with a long list of benefits.
Many Benefits of Peppermint
It minimizes nausea, helps clear diarrhea, relieves gas, can reduce colic and more. In addition to bringing digestive comfort, it can help relieve allergies and asthma, clear skin, ease muscle pain, alleviate headaches, clear head congestion, support the respiratory tract, support joints / minimize arthritis, stimulate circulation, relax the body, reduce stress, stimulate hair growth and more!
Peppermint contains many nutrients including vitamin A, vitamin C, sulfur, manganese, copper, potassium, calcium, and more. It’s rich in antioxidants and contains antispasmodic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and carminative properties, helping to expel and prevent gas from the stomach and intestines.
Benefit Highlights
- Supports Digestion
- Anti-colic / Anti-gas
- Helps clear diarrhea
- Supports formed stools
- Supports a normal inflammatory response
- Provides pain relief
- Arthritis & laminitis support
- Eases general muscle pain
- Eases menstrual cramps
- Stimulates circulation
- Antispasmodic
- Stimulates nervous system
- Calms / Relieves stress
- Minimizes allergies / Anti-histamine properties
- Supports respiratory tract
- Reduces asthma
- Opens airways
- Reduces congestion
- Strengthens the whole immune system
- Supports liver function
- Provides gentle detoxing
- Promotes clean blood supply
- Supports cardiovascular health
- Alkalizing / helps balance pH
- Astringent
- Antimicrobial properties
- Anti-septic properties
- Supports clear skin / stimulates hair growth & more!
Storage: Please store in a cool, dry place.
Warning: Do not offer to horses with active ulcers. While peppermint is generally great for digestion, it can irritate raw, open tissues and increase heartburn / acid reflux in some cases.