Peppermint

Peppermint (Mentha × Piperita) is an aromatic perennial herb, producing creeping stolons and belongs to family Lamiaceae. Peppermint has a strong sweetish odour and a warm pungent taste with a cooling aftertaste. The leaves are typically used fresh as a culinary herb, and the flowers are dried and used to flavour candy, desserts, beverages, salads, and other foods. Its essential oil is also widely used as a flavouring. The plant is a hybrid between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (M. spicata) and is cultivated in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Health Benefits

While Peppermint tea is often drunk for its flavor, it may also have several health benefits. The tea itself has rarely been studied scientifically, but Peppermint extracts have.

Health benefits of Peppermint include:

• Improve digestion
• Freshen your breath
• Kill Mouth Germs
• Ease Stuffy Sinuses
• Relieve Menstrual Cramps