Peppermint Oil

🌱 What it is

Peppermint is a common garden herb; both the leaf tea and enteric-coated oil capsules are used for digestive comfort.

📜 Where it comes from

Peppermint has been used since ancient Greco-Roman times for digestive complaints and appears throughout medieval European herbals as a soothing tea. Modern herbalists in the twentieth century developed enteric-coated peppermint oil capsules specifically to deliver the herb's menthol content to the intestines, building on centuries of traditional use of the plain leaf tea for stomach comfort.

✨ Why it's good for you

• May ease digestive cramping and bloating
• Refreshing, easy to prepare as tea
• Widely available and inexpensive

🥄 How to use it

Steep 1 teaspoon dried peppermint in hot water for 5-10 minutes and drink up to 3 times daily between meals, or take enteric-coated peppermint oil capsules as directed on the label.

How much: 1 cup teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea → up to 3 times daily between meals, or 1 enteric-coated capsuleDried, powdered herb packed into a swallowable shell for a measured dose. How to make a capsule → as directed on the label.

Why it works: Menthol has antispasmodic properties that may help relax the smooth muscles of the digestive tract, easing cramping and bloating.

📚 Learn more

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