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Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 Oz Essential Oil (Mentha piperita)

100% organic and pure. Penetrating, cool, grassy, mint odor. 1/3 oz.
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How Does This Ayurvedic Herb Supplement Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Peppermint Essential Oil.

Supports the respiratory, immune, nervous and musculoskeletal systems. The cooling effects can assist against hot flashes associated with menopause, the anti-spasmodic properties help with cramps and fatigue associated with PMS.

Scent Characteristics: Penetrating, cool, grassy, mint odor nice in blends.

Warning: Keep out of reach of children. Highly concentrated, dilute properly before use. Keep away from eyes

Metabolic Impact of Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC IMPACT / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Impact / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Pitta pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Vata aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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AGGRAVATES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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Other Health Virtues

Tissue (dhatu):
Nerves

NERVES

Marrow tissue (Majja Dhatu) includes bone marrow and nervous tissue.

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Family:
Lamiaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Digestion:
Carminative

STRONG CARMINATIVE

Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.

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Appetizer

APPETIZER

Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

SEE ALL 'DIGESTIVE' FOODS / HERBS

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Spleen Tonic

SPLEEN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.

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Stomachic

STOMACHIC

An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.

SEE ALL 'STOMACHIC' FOODS / HERBS

Cleanse & Detox:
Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

SEE ALL 'BURNS-TOXINS' FOODS / HERBS

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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.

SEE ALL 'INTERNAL-DETOXICANT' FOODS / HERBS

Mind, Stress & Sleep:
Stimulates Crown

STIMULATES-CROWN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area at the top of the head.

SEE ALL 'STIMULATES-CROWN' FOODS / HERBS

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Stimulates Front Of Brain

STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.

SEE ALL 'STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN' FOODS / HERBS

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

SEE ALL 'WAKES-YOU-UP' FOODS / HERBS

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Analgesic

ANALGESIC

Pain reliever, reduces pain without eliminating sensation. Also known as anodyne.

SEE ALL 'ANALGESIC' FOODS / HERBS

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Antidepressant

ANTIDEPRESSANT

Herbs that lift feelings of depression, benefit the mind and improve mental function.

SEE ALL 'ANTIDEPRESSANT' FOODS / HERBS

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Anxiolytic

ANXIOLYTIC

Herbs that help people suffering from anxiety or panic. They promote a state of calm and often improve sleep. Most anxiolytic herbs are also nervines.

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Dopaminergic

DOPAMINERGIC

Dopamine lifts mood, but also reduces prolactin, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and lutenizing hormone (LH).

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Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

SEE ALL 'NERVINE' FOODS / HERBS

Energy Vitality:
Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

SEE ALL 'REFRESHING' FOODS / HERBS

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

SEE ALL 'STIMULATES-ENERGY' FOODS / HERBS

Skin Care & Beauty:
Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

SEE ALL 'DIAPHORETIC' FOODS / HERBS

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Refreshes Skin

REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

SEE ALL 'REFRESHES-SKIN' FOODS / HERBS

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Antipruritic

ANTIPRURITIC

Antipruritics are herbs that inhibit itching, often associated with skin conditions such as sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites, or contact dermatitis (as in poison ivy rashes).

SEE ALL 'ANTIPRURITIC' FOODS / HERBS

Immune System:
Antifungal

ANTIFUNGAL

Herbs that destroy fungus.

SEE ALL 'ANTIFUNGAL' FOODS / HERBS

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Immune Calming

IMMUNE-CALMING

Herbs that interrupt an allergic reaction or calm the immune system, useful in allergies and autoimmune conditions.

SEE ALL 'IMMUNE-CALMING' FOODS / HERBS

, Mast Cell Stabilizer
Heart & Circulation:
Vasodilator

VASODILATOR

A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.

SEE ALL 'VASODILATOR' FOODS / HERBS

Reproductive Health:
Anti Prolactin

ANTI-PROLACTIN

Reduces prolactin, a female hormone that suppresses the uterus, fertility, menstruation.

SEE ALL 'ANTI-PROLACTIN' FOODS / HERBS

Strength, Muscle Health:
Antispasmodic

ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

SEE ALL 'ANTISPASMODIC' FOODS / HERBS

Other:
Constituents:
Rosmarinic Acid

ROSMARINIC-ACID

Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.

SEE ALL 'ROSMARINIC-ACID' FOODS / HERBS

Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz

  • Mint

    Mint has these Actions in Common

    Antidepressant, Antispasmodic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Refreshes-skin, Stimulates-crown, Stomachic, Analgesic, Antifungal, Anxiolytic, Carminative, Dopaminergic, Mast-cell-stabilizer, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Anti-prolactin, Antipruritic, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Immune-calming, Nervine, Spleen-tonic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up

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  • Allspice

    Allspice has these Actions in Common

    Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Nervine, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Analgesic, Appetizer, Digestive, Spleen-tonic, Stomachic, Antidepressant, Burns-toxins, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Nervine, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Appetizer, Digestive, Refreshing, Stomachic, Analgesic, Burns-toxins, Internal-detoxicant, Spleen-tonic, Vasodilator

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  • Rosemary

    Rosemary has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Antispasmodic, Digestive, Nervine, Stomachic, Antidepressant, Burns-toxins, Immune-calming, Spleen-tonic, Vasodilator, Antifungal, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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  • Basil

    Basil has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Nervine, Anxiolytic, Carminative, Immune-calming, Spleen-tonic, Antidepressant, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Antipruritic, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Spleen-tonic, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Antipruritic, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Spleen-tonic, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Antipruritic, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Spleen-tonic, Vasodilator, Analgesic

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  • Dill

    Dill has these Actions in Common

    Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Nervine, Stomachic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Spleen-tonic

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  • Fennel Seeds

    Fennel Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Digestive, Nervine, Stomachic, Analgesic, Burns-toxins, Immune-calming, Spleen-tonic, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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  • Thyme (fresh)

    Thyme (fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Digestive, Nervine, Vasodilator, Anti-prolactin, Burns-toxins, Immune-calming, Spleen-tonic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Immune-calming, Stomachic, Antidepressant, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator, Antifungal, Mast-cell-stabilizer, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Anxiolytic, Refreshing, Appetizer, Stimulates-crown

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Digestive, Immune-calming, Analgesic, Internal-detoxicant, Antispasmodic, Spleen-tonic, Appetizer, Stimulates-energy, Burns-toxins, Vasodilator, Carminative

    LEARN MORE

  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Analgesic, Refreshing, Antidepressant, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Carminative, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Immune-calming, Mast-cell-stabilizer

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  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Immune-calming, Anti-prolactin, Nervine, Antidepressant, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Anxiolytic, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Dopaminergic

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  • Thyme White Essential Oil - 1/3 oz

    Thyme White Essential Oil - 1/3 oz has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Digestive, Immune-calming, Internal-detoxicant, Anti-prolactin, Nervine, Antispasmodic, Spleen-tonic, Appetizer, Stimulates-energy, Burns-toxins, Vasodilator

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Antidepressant, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Anxiolytic, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Antidepressant, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Anxiolytic, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown

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  • Yarrow

    Yarrow has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Stomachic, Anti-prolactin, Vasodilator, Antifungal, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Immune-calming, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Dong Quai

    Dong Quai has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Digestive, Immune-calming, Internal-detoxicant, Nervine, Analgesic, Stimulates-energy, Anti-prolactin, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Anxiolytic, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Stomachic, Antifungal, Wakes-you-up, Appetizer, Carminative, Digestive

    LEARN MORE


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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Peppermint Essential Oil - 1/3 oz. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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Janet Cox Waite hill, OH
2014-12-18
“Would using a few drops of this essential oil be a good replacement for fresh mint leaves in recipes such as your peppermint cacao shake?"
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Heather Vaughan, CAy, RYT Albuquerque, NM
2014-12-18
“Yes! Delicious! 3-5 drops maximum, it's quite strong. Great idea!"
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