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Typical Places Found: Cultivated widely, particularly in Europe and America.<\/p>\n
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How to Collect This Herb<\/strong>: \u00a0The aerial parts are collected just before the flowers open.<\/p>\n Part Used<\/strong>: Aerial parts.<\/p>\n Carminative, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, aromatic, diaphoretic, anti-emetic, nervine, anti-microbial, analgesic.<\/p>\n Peppermint is an excellent carminative, having a relaxing effect on the muscles of the digestive system, combats flatulence and stimulates bile and digestive juice flow. It is used to relieve intestinal colic, flatulent dyspepsia and associated conditions.\u00a0 The volatile oil acts as a mild anesthetic to the stomach wall, which allays feelings of nausea and the desire to vomit.\u00a0 It helps to relieve the nausea & vomiting of pregnancy and travel sickness.\u00a0 Peppermint can play a role in the treatment of ulcerative conditions of the bowels. It is a traditional treatment of fevers, colds and influenza.\u00a0 As an inhalant it is used as temporary relief for nasal catarrh.\u00a0 Where headaches are associated with digestion, Peppermint may help.\u00a0 As a nervine it eases anxiety and tension. In painful periods, it relieves the pain and eases associated tension.\u00a0 Externally it is used to relieve itching and inflammations.<\/p>\n Combinations<\/strong>: For colds and influenza it may be used with Boneset, Elder Flowers and Yarrow.<\/p>\n Preparations & Dosage:<\/strong><\/p>\n Infusion: pour a cup of boiling water onto a heaped teaspoonful of the dried herb and leave to infuse for l0 minutes. This may be drunk as often as desired.<\/p>\n Tincture: l-2ml three times a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uses for Peppermint Typical Places Found: Cultivated widely, particularly in Europe and America. How to Collect This Herb: \u00a0The aerial parts are collected just before the flowers open. Part Used: Aerial parts. Carminative, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, aromatic, diaphoretic, anti-emetic, nervine, anti-microbial, analgesic. Peppermint is an excellent carminative, having a relaxing effect on the muscles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,49,14],"tags":[69,71,77,108,230],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/333connect.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}