Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.27-09-2008

Balm Mint

Plant names
English Balm Mint, Brandy Mint, Curled Mint, Mint, Peppermint
Latin Mentha piperita Linn., Mentha x piperita Linne, Mentha piperitae, Mentha aquatica x Mentha spicata
Plant partsHerb / Grass, Leaf, Oil, Young shoots
Diseases & Uses
Diseases a sore throat, Abdominal cramp, abdominal discomfort, abdominal disease, abdominal pain, Abdominal trouble, Acid indigestion, Aids digestion, Antibacterial, Anticatarrhal, Anticonvulsant, Antidiarrheic, Antihalitosic, Antineuralgic, AntiRheumatic, Anxiety disorders, backpain, biliary disorders, bilious colic, cardiac, cardiac atony, Carminative, chill on the stomach, cholagogic, Choleretic, Colic, Common cold, Cough, Decongestiant, digestive disorders, digestive disturbance, disorder of the kidneys, diuretic, enteritis, feeling of nausea, Gall sand, gall stone, Gallbladder complaints, gargle, gastric catarrh, good for the stomach, headache, Hemorrhoids, Hypochondriasis, hysteria, Icterus, Influenza, intestinal complaints, intestine relaxing, Lifts the spirit, liver diseases, loss of appetite, melancholy, migraine, mildly anaesthetic, Nausea, Pain, Periodontitis, Pickmeup, poorly healing sores, promoting metabolism, relaxes the nervous system, Respiratory diseases, sciatica, Sleeplessness, slowhealing sores, spasms of the alimentary canal, Stomach relaxant, toothache, tracheitis, vomiting, weak nerves, Weakness of the kidney
Women's diseases climacteric
Foods Aromatic, corrective corrigent, culinary herb
Other uses Anthelmintics
Contents
 acetaldehyde, bitter essence, enzyme, essential oil, flavonoid, jasmone, limonene, menthofuran, Menthol, Menthone, Sesquiterpene, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, valerianic acid

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