BREATH EASY WITH PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL

 

Again, as with Lavender, ensure that what you are buying is top quality, 100% essential oil.

Peppermint oil is used a lot in commercial products such as dental products, sweets and more both for it’s flavour and for it’s scent. It’s a flavour that most people are familiar with and many of us are partial to.

Peppermint oil can be taken internally by putting a few drops in a glass of water. Drink it for indigestion, upset stomach or low appetite. It can also be diluted and applied to the forehead to relieve headache.

I think Peppermint essential oil surpasses all others for clearing the nose and congestion when suffering colds, sinus or any time that the nose is congested for whatever reason. It can be used by putting a couple of drops on a tissue or it can be inhaled in steam by adding the oil to hot water and then covering the head and bowl with a towel and inhaling in the vapours.

Used externally it helps to relieve pain and aids circulation.

Inhaling peppermint oil clears the head and makes you more alert. Burn it in the oil burner for it’s lovely minty fragrance and it’s head clearing effect.