![]() So you can smell great while keeping those pests away! Be sure to dilute the oil in water, though, as it is potent.) Boosts Your Energyįeel the need for a boost prior to a good workout at the gym? A drop of two of pure therapeutic grade peppermint essential oil will go a long way! (Here’s a freebee: insects in the Southeast tend to hate the smell of peppermint. I also regularly diffuse it around my house, and its aroma always lifts my mood and refreshes me mentally and physiologically. ![]() Peppermint essential oil has a very refreshing aroma! I sometimes have used mine as a bright and cheerful scent to wear, in lieu of toxic perfume. One possible mechanism of action of peppermint oil in the gastrointestinal system is the inhibition of muscular contractions induced by serotonin and substance P. Peppermint oil is recommended for its antiemetic and antispasmodic effects on the gastric lining and colon. Studies have shown the scientific medicinal properties for peppermint oil in helping improve the symptoms of nausea: Peppermint is considered a carminative herb and carminatives have beneficial effects on the digestive system. My nausea has almost immediately gone away! I’ve also diffused some in the air and inhaled it for a few seconds. I’ve rubbed some directly on my stomach, and I’ve placed a drop in my water or ginger tea. I was so proud of her and so glad she’d discovered the great benefits of peppermint essential oil at such a young age!įrom first-hand experience, I can testify to using peppermint essential oil both topically and internally to help relieve nausea. And she told them how her peppermint oil helped her to focus! She even ended up winning second runner up in the competition! ![]() She amazingly completed her test in about three-and-a-half minutes! Her friends kept asking her why she kept on smelling her hands during the test. On the day of her test, I gave her her own mini bottle of peppermint essential oil to take with her. Immediately following, her timed results dropped down to around six minutes, consistently. I gave her one or two drops of peppermint oil and showed her how to rub them in her hands, smell them, and rub them on the back of her neck and under her nose. Her timed goal was to complete the practice tests in under five minutes, but she was completing hers in about nine minutes. When she had a huge “Math Olympics” coming up that she was participating in, she practiced her ‘drills’ at home everyday. Remember when we were in grade school and had those timed “Mad Math Minutes?” Well, the little girl I nannied for had similar tests in an extracurricular First Grade advanced math class. When referring to essential oils, there are seven top words that come to my mind when I hear the word peppermint. So back to the peppermint question… What word first comes to your mind when you hear that word? I always trusted the ‘system’ I was raised in… Now I am learning to think for myself and to ask the right questions. I didn’t learn to question my food or my beauty or medicinal products. I had no idea that peppermint was derived from a leaf in nature, and this was because I never took the time to question its origins. What comes to your mind when you hear the word, peppermint? For me, up until this past year, my first thoughts would have been candy cane and chewing gum. This article on the 7 benefits of peppermint essential oil was originally written by my wife, Angel Jockers – check out Angel’s facebook page, instagram, YouTube or website where she shares all kinds of family and health information.
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