Latin names : Mentha x piperita Extracted from : grass
Mint is often a miracle against headaches : one drop on the temples and one on your neck, smell it from the bottle and let your well-being come back.
Feeling too hot during summer nights ? Spray some peppermint on your chest and legs.
One drop on any little acute aching to soothe and gain comfort.
When your head can't think any more and you feel you should freeze your boiling neurones : one drop of peppermint oil on the temples.
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The plant, its legens and its botany
Mint is a lamiaceae: that is to say it is part of the largest botanical family represented in aromatherapy. One common misconception is that mint originates in Europe, even in England. The
Western world has certainly noticed the cross-bred species known as Peppermint
for the first time in this beautiful island, but the plant itself is
native of the East and some species are of the New World.
According to Greek mythology, mint has a strange origin. Hades, god of the underground, loved Minthe but married Persephone. Who crushed Minthe once her marriage was celebrated. Hades, seeing her lifeless body, cried as much as he could and from his tears streaming down her body, grew mint.
The whole plant is made of green, bright green leaves. Like any lamiaceae: leaves like crosses, square rod with little lip-like flowers at the end.
Mint is highly invasive when it conquers a garden. It has to be contained in a pot otherwise roots go everywhere and spread over.
It is the same process as for strawberries which expand the same way, this
will help us understand how it works for mint: there are stems that
creep along on the ground. They bear no leaves or flowers, but root into the ground every few centimetres and breed a new plant there. It is an asexual reproduction.
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Energetic properties
Refreshes mind, ideas, moods. Drastically calms down anger and irritated people. De-stresses the mind. Boosts and allows to think again. Stimulates cartesian, analytical and mental thinking. Gives the nerve to leave the everyday routine. Helps to think about death less.
Never for children under 3 years old (possible glottal spasm). Limitedly neurotoxic, epileptogen. Keep children out of reach. Children and pregnant women: to be used by a professional practitioner only (never use on children under 3 years old).
