Mentha piperita
Description: Purifies the blood, relieves gas & stomach pain, stimulates uterine contractions. Also used as a flavoring & was commonly used in the 19th century medicine to induce perspiration at the beginning of a cold & to promote menstruation. It was taken also with brewer's yeast to induce abortion.
Essential oil of peppermint can be applied to the skin or mouth to relieve pain. The essential oil in peppermint teas relieves the pain associated with colitis and colic.
Typical Preparations:
Tea is the most common and best employed use of this ingredient.
The oil is used as flavoring in toothpaste, dental creams, mouthwash, cough candies, chewing gm, and baked goods.
Medicinal Precautions:
For best results, avoid boiling peppermint tea, instead add simmering water to a cup of the material instead of boiling directly.
Magickal Associations: Masculine, Cold, Mercury, Venus, Fire, Healing, Visionary, Dreams, Mythological association, purification, sleep, love, psychic powers, raises the vibration of an area it is used in, cleansing negativity. This familiar scent is excellent when used for purification. Though slow-growing the results are worth the wait. Rub against furniture and walls and floorboards to cleanse them of evil and negativity. Smelled it compels one towards sleep and placed beneath the pillow it sometimes offers one glimpses of the future in dreams. Burn as Incense for: Exorcism, Health, Lust, Money and Riches, Changes, Psychic Awareness.
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This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
