Peppermint (mentha piperita) EO – pain relief, breathing & digestion

Description

Peppermint (mentha piperita) Organic Essential Oil

Peppermint essential oil is a very useful oil to have in your human & animal first aid kit – extremely versatile, it may be selected (inhaled, ingested or applied topically) for:

• pain relief
• anti-inflammatory action – especially for strains
• damaged nerves (causing areas  of numbness) [NB for nerve pain, St John’s Wort is the substance usually chosen]
• for many kinds of breathing issues & upper respiratory infections (it is anti-bacterial as well as being a smooth muscle relaxant & can help to relax restricted airways, eg COPD, asthma); it is a handy first aid to offer to a horse suffering from colic whilst waiting for vet
• for digestion
• for mental stimulation as well as circulation (eg horses on box rest)

Offering peppermint essential oil instead of giving a horse ‘polo mints’ (which they could enjoy for any of the above reasons) is much healthier & far more beneficial to the horse.

Available as an aromatic water

Allow an animal to choose or refuse!

Why Organic (or Wild Grown)?

Using chemicals in therapeutic plant farming goes against the very purpose of committing oneself to nature and health. However organic quality has been hard to obtain for two main reasons:

• Producing pure organic essential oils requires more time and involves greater risks, so it is usually only practised by relatively few small family enterprises
• Furthermore, in the organic process, slow distillation at lower temperatures ensures the maximum retention of active components in the essential oil which contribute to its special aromatic and therapeutic effect. If an essential oil is distilled too quickly (high pressure, high temperature), many of these precious elements are lost.

There are some countries where it is simply not possible to obtain certified organic essential oils because appropriate monitoring organisations do not exist. In these cases we offer the wild grown and traditional essential oils which may be considered to be on a level with organic quality.