The MediNatural essential oils are 100% natural, without any added ingredients, strictly tested with gas chromatography, and for physical, chemical and microbiological measures.
Recommendation: Air-freshening, sauna, aroma lamp, dry inhalation, cooling aroma bath, refreshing massage, mouthwash, after shave.
Peppermint essential oil will refresh you with its icy aroma! It is cooling, calming, astringent and anti-inflammatory, with a pleasant, fresh, crisp scent, that makes it perfect as an active ingredient in cosmetic products. Its most important components, menthol and menthone are antibacterial, cooling and refreshing.
Peppermint is cultivated almost everywhere on Earth. It is one of the most grown medicinal herbs, due to its role in culinary and folk medicine. Peppermint oil is steam distilled from the blooming shoots of the plant. The oil is colorless, or slightly greenish-yellow, with characteristic fresh mint scent.
Diffusing: Pour 5-8 drops in the water of the aroma lamp or diffuser! Its refreshing effect will make sleepiness go away.
Dry inhalation: Pour 1 drop of essential oil on a tissue, hold it 2-3 cm from your nose, and inhale.
Refreshing aroma bath: Mix 2-6 drops of essential oil in a tablespoon of milk or honey, then add it to the bath.
Sauna: Add 4-6 drops to the bucket of water and pour it on the hot rocks!
Refreshing massage: Mix 10 drops of essential oil in 0,5 dl carrier oil (sunflower, jojoba, almond oil etc.) to make a massage oil.
Mouthwash: Mix 2-4 drops of essential oils in 1 dl distilled water then gargle with it.
For itching bug bites: Mix 1-3 drops of oil in 1 teaspoon of olive oil, and gently massage it in the skin.
After shave: Mix 10-15 drops of peppermint oil in 70 ml, 96 % alcohol, and let it rest for 48 hours. Then add 30 ml distilled water, and shake it well. Rub a few drops on the skin after shaving.
Great mixed with these oils: lemon, pine, geranium, grapefruit, lavender, tea tree.
Warning:
Peppermint oil is slightly toxic, but not irritant, doesn't cause sensitivity or phototoxicity. It has to be used carefully. One known side effect, is that it can cause apnea for small children, so it shouldn't be used in and around the nose and mouth of children younger than 3-5 years old.
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