Widely
used to add flavor candy, flavored tea, flavored toothpaste and
mouthwash, it turns out peppermint also has efficacy to help overcome
the problem of indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, cough and
headache. Studies suggest that peppermint is antibacterial and antiviral.Other plants such as mint, peppermint also has leaves with jagged shapes around the edges. Peppermint that we encounter today is the result of a cross between watermint and spearmint.For decades, peppermint is used as a traditional medicine to treat
digestive problems, nausea, cholera, colds, cramps and bloating.In the 19th century, crushed peppermint leaves commonly applied to the patient's chest whooping cough. At the community at that time, this method can alleviate the suffering caused by whooping cough. You can try to take advantage of peppermint for various purposes, such as the following:
1. Helps digestive problemsEnjoy a cup of hot tea or a peppermint flavor peppermint leaves boiled together with your cooking. To make peppermint tea: fill dried peppermint leaves in boiling water, let stand for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.
2. Relieve irritable bowel syndromeConsumption of one or two capsules of peppermint as much as two to three times a day. Or may also drink peppermint tea in the morning and afternoon, each of massing as much as one cup.
3. Relieves headacheRub a few drops of peppermint oil to 10 percent that has been mixed with 90 percent alcohol. A study in 1996 by researchers from the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, to prove, that peppermint can relieve dizziness 15 minutes after the oil applied to the forehead, also keep a headache for one hour (after applying peppermint oil to the forehead).
4. Relieve cough and coldDrinking cough and cold medicines that contain the recommended peppermint and peppermint tea consumption as much as two to three times a day. Peppermint stimulates the nerves in the nose and upper respiratory tract so that it becomes easier.Do not practice therapy to infants and toddlers peppermint or peppermint oil to rub their faces because they feared could lead to difficulty breathing.
5. Relieves stomach acheThe essential oils in peppermint, especially menthol and menthone, has properties 'kinder to the stomach'.Studies conducted by SmithKline Beecham in 1983 and 1991 proved that peppermint can make the smooth muscle lining of your digestive tract becomes relaxed. As a result, abdominal cramps subsided.
6. Coping with irritable bowel syndromePeppermint can help ease the pain of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a 2007 study at the University of Chieti and Pescara in Italy, on 57 volunteers who suffer from IBS.The study found that the consumption of peppermint oil capsules twice a day each of two capsules, for four weeks, can reduce the discomfort caused by IBS by up to 50 percent.
1. Helps digestive problemsEnjoy a cup of hot tea or a peppermint flavor peppermint leaves boiled together with your cooking. To make peppermint tea: fill dried peppermint leaves in boiling water, let stand for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.
2. Relieve irritable bowel syndromeConsumption of one or two capsules of peppermint as much as two to three times a day. Or may also drink peppermint tea in the morning and afternoon, each of massing as much as one cup.
3. Relieves headacheRub a few drops of peppermint oil to 10 percent that has been mixed with 90 percent alcohol. A study in 1996 by researchers from the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, to prove, that peppermint can relieve dizziness 15 minutes after the oil applied to the forehead, also keep a headache for one hour (after applying peppermint oil to the forehead).
4. Relieve cough and coldDrinking cough and cold medicines that contain the recommended peppermint and peppermint tea consumption as much as two to three times a day. Peppermint stimulates the nerves in the nose and upper respiratory tract so that it becomes easier.Do not practice therapy to infants and toddlers peppermint or peppermint oil to rub their faces because they feared could lead to difficulty breathing.
5. Relieves stomach acheThe essential oils in peppermint, especially menthol and menthone, has properties 'kinder to the stomach'.Studies conducted by SmithKline Beecham in 1983 and 1991 proved that peppermint can make the smooth muscle lining of your digestive tract becomes relaxed. As a result, abdominal cramps subsided.
6. Coping with irritable bowel syndromePeppermint can help ease the pain of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a 2007 study at the University of Chieti and Pescara in Italy, on 57 volunteers who suffer from IBS.The study found that the consumption of peppermint oil capsules twice a day each of two capsules, for four weeks, can reduce the discomfort caused by IBS by up to 50 percent.
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