Peppermint Essential Oil
Peppermint has a highly penetrating, grassy-mint camphoraceous aroma.
Peppermint acts on the ego, driving away excessive pride, and can help overcome a sense of inferiority. These two are not so contradictory; as excessive pride may mask an inferiority complex. Peppermint is associated with cleanliness. In Ayurvedic aromatherapy it has the property to feel cold on hot diseases, and hot on cold diseases. It will cool fever, and heat cold and contracted muscles. It is a most powerful oil to open and clear the resistor tract. It is a strong analgesic that will calm pain such as wasp stings plus other pains. It can be very useful on bruises, as it will stop the collapse of tissue a few moments after impact. Also, it has good anti-itching characteristics, and can be used in vegetable oils to relieve the itch.
Peppermint blends well with Eucalyptus, Lavender, Lemon, and most spice oils.
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