Peppermint Oil
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Peppermint Oil
The medicinal herb Peppermint Oil as an alternative herbal remedy - The herb Peppermint is often used to flavor foods, and the leaves can be used fresh or dried in teas.Common Names--peppermint oil
Latin Names--Mentha x piperita
What Peppermint oil Is Used For
- Peppermint oil has been used for a variety of health conditions, including nausea, indigestion, and cold symptoms.
- Peppermint oil is also used for headaches, muscle and nerve pain, and stomach and bowel conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome.
How Peppermint oil Is Used
- Essential oil of peppermint can be taken in very small doses in capsule or liquid forms. The essential oil can also be diluted with another oil and applied to the skin.
What the Science Says about Peppermint oil
- Results from several studies suggest that peppermint oil may improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.
- A few studies have found that peppermint oil, in combination with caraway oil, may help relieve indigestion, but this evidence is preliminary. *Although there are some promising results, there is no clear-cut evidence to support the use of peppermint oil for other health conditions.
Side Effects and Cautions of Peppermint oil
- Peppermint oil appears to be safe for most adults when used in small doses. Possible side effects include allergic reactions and heartburn.
- Capsules containing peppermint oil are often coated to reduce the likelihood of heartburn. If they are taken at the same time as medicines such as antacids, this coating can break down more quickly and increase the risk of heartburn and nausea.
- Tell your health care providers about any complementary and alternative practices you use. Give them a full picture of what you do to manage your health. This will help ensure coordinated and safe care.
News About Peppermint
Peppermint oil and cinnamon could help treat and heal chronic wounds
- (ACS)
"Nanoparticle-Stabilized Capsules for the Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms" -- ACS Nano
Infectious colonies of bacteria called biofilms that develop on chronic wounds and medical devices can cause serious health problems and are tough to treat. But now scientists have found a way to package antimicrobial compounds from peppermint and cinnamon in tiny capsules that can both kill biofilms and actively promote healing. The researchers say the new material, reported in the journal ACS Nano, could be used as a topical antibacterial treatment and disinfectant.
Many bacteria clump together in sticky plaques in a way that makes them difficult to eliminate with traditional antibiotics. Doctors sometimes recommend cutting out infected tissues. This approach is costly, however, and because it’s invasive, many patients opt out of treatment altogether. Essential oils and other natural compounds have emerged recently as alternative substances that can get rid of pathogenic bacteria, but researchers have had a hard time translating their antibacterial activity into treatments. Vincent M. Rotello and colleagues wanted to address this challenge.
The researchers packaged peppermint oil and cinnamaldehyde, the compound in cinnamon responsible for its flavor and aroma, into silica nanoparticles. The microcapsule treatment was effective against four different types of bacteria, including one antibiotic-resistant strain. It also promoted the growth of fibroblasts, a cell type that is important in wound healing.
The authors acknowledge funding from Firmenich, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
What sorghum and peppermint oil have in common
- By Cathy Barrow
Once the weather turns seriously cold, and seasonal DIY pickings are slim, I keep my curiosity fueled by exploring ingredients new to me. In past years, such focused cooking has led to a February of piment d’Espelette, a March of single-source honeys and an entire winter devoted to California olive oils.
This year, it’s sorghum, a thick, sweet syrup sold across the South, and peppermint oil, an alternative to peppermint extract. Although they couldn’t be more different, these two intriguing flavors are made for do-it-yourself Valentine’s Day sweets.
I’ve been getting to know sorghum, and I’m not the only one. Sorghum seems to be having a moment in the sun, but it’s not new by any stretch of the imagination. The sorghum plant grows across Africa and was carried to the United States on slave ships and planted across the southern part of our country. It is particularly productive, offering grain for a fine flour and a sweet syrup made from its stalks.
North Carolinians have been pouring sorghum syrup over biscuits forever. Once I had sorghum in the pantry, I made plenty of biscuits, but I also learned to add a glug to a marinade for grilled chicken. And when I swapped sorghum for molasses in a cookie recipe, I understood why it’s called a gingersnap. Sorghum makes for a snappy cookie. Molasses wishes it had sorghum’s complexity: that dusky tang, rich sweetness and smooth finish.
It wasn’t until I met sorghum that I discovered my perfect caramel. I’ve made caramels with chilies and chocolate, with honey and with brown sugar; in this caramel, particularly when paired with brown butter, sorghum practically sings “Hallelujah!” This is a caramel worthy of your valentine.
As with sorghum, it has taken me time to get to know peppermint oil. A friend recommended that I try baking with peppermint oil instead of peppermint extract, emphatically stating that the flavor was clean and better and would change my mind about minty chocolate baked goods.
Peppermint oil is pressed from peppermint leaves, and it’s sold at baking supply stores, at natural-foods stores and via online purveyors. The more familiar peppermint extract is made by infusing mint leaves in alcohol and is widely available. The flavor of the oil is clear, bright and fresh, suffusing the food with a minty oomph. The flavor of peppermint extract dulls with cooking as the alcohol burns off. Food made with extract doesn’t hold a candle to the same food made with oil.
I tested the two by making brownies, white chocolate bark and ice cream sauce. I am sold; I will forevermore use peppermint oil instead of extract. Because peppermint oil is meted out in drops, a small bottle of it will last a very long time. Be wary, however; it is strong. Too many drops, and the mint flavor can overwhelm everything (and stay with you for hours, like bad takeout). Start small — a drop or two — then add more only after tasting once the first drops have been fully incorporated.
In just a few minutes, melted chocolate and cream with no more than five drops of peppermint oil transforms into a shiny, rich, dark chocolate sauce ready for spooning over ice cream, drizzling on pound cake and enrobing marshmallows. Pour it into the prettiest jar for gift giving.
Beyond delicious sweets in time for Valentine’s Day, I’m sure these wintertime experiments will find their way into my summer jams. A dab of peppermint will sharpen the naturally tart flavor of strawberry. And I can’t stop thinking about sorghum ice cream over a bubbling peach crisp. I bet it will be a match made in heaven.
20 Nifty Reasons to Use Peppermint Oil Around the House
- By Rona Horowitz
Peppermint is one essential oil you probably don't have at home, but should! As one of the oldest European herbs used for medicinal purposes, peppermint is great to have on hand to remedy a variety of aliments, but that's not all! Peppermint oil has tons of unexpected benefits you'll be glad you know about.
- • Clean surfaces: Peppermint oil is full of natural antibacterial and antifungal properties. Just mix some of the oil with water and vinegar to create an all-purpose house cleaner and get scrubbing!
- • Fight hunger: Smelling the scent of peppermint will make you feel fuller faster and help curb your appetite!
- • Odour control: A few drops of peppermint oil at the bottom of your kitchen or bathroom garbage will mask smelly odours.
- • Toothache: Gargling peppermint oil with water will give you toothache relief and a dab of diluted peppermint oil, applied with your finger, is also great for teething babies!
- • Stop the itch: Applying a few drops of peppermint oil will stop the itching from bug bites, hives, or poison ivy.
- • Alertness: A few drops of peppermint oil under your nose will keep you alert throughout the day.
- • Beverages: Give your favourite beverage a peppermint twist by adding a few drops of peppermint oil (to taste).
- • Ticks: Soaking a cotton ball in peppermint oil will free a tick from its tight latch on your skin.
- • Bad breath: A drop of peppermint oil will give you minty-fresh breath, and if you mix a few drops with water, you can make peppermint mouthwash.
- • Indigestion/Constipation: Massaging the oil into your lower abdomen will relieve indigestion pain and get things moving again.
- • Chest cold: Rubbing a few drops of peppermint oil on your chest will help break up mucus and open up your airways.
- • Hiccups: Applying peppermint oil to both sides of the vertebrae on your neck will help you get rid of the hiccups.
- • Motion sickness/Nausea: Massaging a few drops of peppermint oil into your wrists and abdomen will help combat your nausea. Making a cup of peppermint tea will also soothe your sick feeling.
- • Sore feet: A peppermint oil foot bath will give your aching feet some much-needed relief.
- • Headache: Rubbing a few drops of peppermint oil into your temples and the back of your neck will help subdue your headache pressure.
- • Allergies: Mixing peppermint oil with lemon will open the airways that are under attack.
- • Stomach pain/Menstrual cramps: Peppermint oil has anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic qualities. Massaging a few drops into your sore muscles will help relieve pain, reduce boating, and combat spasms that cause cramps.
- • Plant maintenance: Spray peppermint oil mixed with water to kill the aphids on your plants.
- • Keep bugs and rodents away: Mixing 10 to 15 drops of peppermint oil with water creates a homemade bug repellent. Spray any cracks where bugs can get into your home, and it will keep them out. Placing soaked cotton balls also works great to keep pesky mice and raccoons out of your home.
- • Shampoo: Adding peppermint oil to your shampoo will help stimulate your scalp and help get rid of dandruff
News: Peppermint could improve exercise performance
- By Katharine Watts (Associate Web Editor, Best Health)
If you want to give your workout an extra boost, you might want to add a drop of peppermint oil to your daily diet.
A new study, published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, shows that peppermint is an effective way to boost athletic performance.
Study volunteers (12 healthy young males) drank a bottle of mineral water containing 0.05’ml peppermint essential oil for ten days. A treadmill test showed that it had a positive impact on their performance.
"The results of the experiment support the effectiveness of peppermint essential oil on the exercise performance, gas analysis, spirometry parameters, blood pressure, and respiratory rate in the young male students," the study’s authors wrote.
In other words, peppermint oil could make you a better runner, boost your breathing during a workout and improve your blood pressure and heart rate.
Would you use peppermint oil to boost your performance?
Enhance Athletic Performance with Peppermint
- By Dr. Michael Greger
Ever since smoking was prohibited in night clubs, customers have increasingly noticed other unpleasant smells present in the club—like body odors. So, researchers in Europe thought they’d try to cover them up. The researchers measured the effects of peppermint, for example, on dancing activity and asked people to rate their energy level. They found that with peppermint scent, people felt more cheerful and danced more, and so, concluded the researchers, “environmental fragrancing may be expected to have a positive effects on club revenue.” Innovative nightclubs are already inviting “aroma jockeys” to smell the places up.
The business community caught whiff of this and thought maybe peppermint smell would get their secretaries to type faster. And it worked! There was improved performance on clerical tasks associated with the administration of peppermint odor.
In an age where athletic competitions are frequently won or lost by mere hundredths of a second, athletes are continually looking for new ways to excel in their sport. Researchers threw some collegiate athletes onto a treadmill and piped different smell into their nostrils, and those on peppermint reported feeling less fatigued, more vigorous, less frustrated, and felt they performed better. But did they actually perform better?
A different study published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology measured actual performance, and participants were actually able to squeeze out one extra pushup before collapsing and cut almost two seconds off a quarter mile dash with an odorized adhesive strip stuck to their upper lip. Interestingly there was no significant difference in basketball free throws. The researchers think the reason is that free throws actually require some skill, and all the peppermint can do is really improve athlete’s motivation.
Unfortunately follow-up studies were not able to replicate these results, showing no beneficial effect of smelling peppermint on athletic performance, so how about eating peppermint? Researchers measured the effects of peppermint on exercise performance before and after ten days of having subjects drink bottles of water with a single drop of peppermint essential oil in them. And all the subjects’ performance parameters shot up, churning out 50 percent more work, 20 percent more power, and a 25 percent greater time to exhaustion. Improvements were found across the board in all those physiological parameters, indicating increased respiratory efficiency. They attribute these remarkable results to the peppermint opening up their airways, increasing ventilation and oxygen delivery.
Now, you can overdose on the stuff, but a few drops shouldn’t be toxic. Although, it’s ideal to blend fresh mint leaves in water rather than use the oil.
Essential Oil Labs Reveals Peppermint Oil Can Be Natural Mice Deterrent
- (Digital Journal)
A Los Angeles, CA business has released new information on an unexpected use of peppermint oil, particularly with deterring mice the natural way. One of the more unusual and lesser known benefits of the said essential oil is that it can repel mice as demonstrated many people. The company hopes to encourage more people to use this oil as a humane way to keep pests at bay.
Quinton Jeffries of Essential Oil Labs says: "Mice are pests and if you get them in your home, it is very difficult to get rid of them. While people traditionally turn to mouse traps or poison, these are inhumane ways of solving the problem, not to mention that these can pose significant risks to pets and people in the home. Peppermint oil is a natural alternative that is relatively safe and will keep mice away."
Essential Oil Labs prides itself in creating multi-functional essential oils that can be used for home, garden and overall health and beauty. All their products are 100% natural and are made from responsibly sourced ingredients. In so doing, they know that they do not cause any damage to the planet, while at the same time harnessing the powers of Mother Nature herself.
The said essential oil in particular has proven to be very popular. "Essential Peppermint Oil is a wonderful all natural product that has a multitude of uses," says Becca L. "I love the fact that it is so invigorating. The scent is fantastic and very pure. I am blown away by it's powerful aroma. This aroma actually opens my airways and helps me to breathe easier. Also this oil is a great natural pest control product. Bugs don't like the scent of the peppermint. Actually works. Also great for getting rid of lice and using in hair as a repellent to prevent it."
People are also encouraged to follow the Essential Oil Labs Twitter account. This will give them an opportunity to hear of more uses for the oil as they are uncovered. They can also share their own particular uses of the peppermint oil with the company and with the general public as a whole.
Peppermint oil may help those suffering IBS
- (News4Jax)
Study: Peppermint oil helps IBS sufferers
BOCARATON, Fla. - In a national survey conducted in October 2015, U.S. gastroenterologists were asked about their use of peppermint oil in the management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The survey revealed that the majority (83 percent) of these gastrointestinal specialists were recommending peppermint oil for their IBS patients.
"These findings may be somewhat surprising to many people, but there is a growing body of evidence supporting the use of peppermint oil in IBS," said Michael S. Epstein, M.D., a leading gastroenterologist. Dr. Epstein is also the Chief Medical Advisor for IM HealthScience, innovators of IBgard, a novel medical food containing peppermint oil for the dietary management of IBS.
In an article entitled, "Therapy Options in Irritable Bowel Syndrome,"[1] published in December 2010, in theEuropean Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the authors conducted a meta analysis of the options available in the management of IBS. Management options analyzed included various prescription therapies, such as antispasmodics, antidepressants, and non- prescription options, such as peppermint oil, probiotics and fiber. With respect to peppermint oil, the analysis included four studies with a total of 392 patients. Three out of four of those studies had a Jadad score (validated scoring system that measures quality of study on a scale of 0 to 5) of four or higher.
The authors analyzed the outcome of various options for IBS management. Based on their analysis of overall efficacy, they concluded that the "highest efficacy is currently found for peppermint oil, followed by psychotherapeutic and psychopharmaceutical interventions and probiotics. Traditional antispasmodic therapy has moderate efficacy, whereas the list of (partially failed or cancelled) motility-affecting drugs yielded weak clinical results, and therapies of bran and fiber are of no value in IBS."
In an American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) monograph on the management of IBS published in August 2014,[2] the ACG summarized, "In specific formulations, which may not be universally available, peppermint oil is effective in IBS." No strong recommendation was made for any product category, including peppermint oil, for the management of diarrhea predominant (IBS-D), one of the most prevalent types of IBS. This monograph also identified a need for more studies and longer clinical trials with peppermint oil.
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