Peppermint leaf - Latin Name: (Mentha piperita)

Herbal Anecdote: Cultivated widely throughout the world, Peppermint, with its high menthol content is a sterile hybrid mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Peppermint has been used for centuries as a refreshing tea throughout Europe, the East and the Middle East and remains of Peppermint plants have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs.

Traditional Uses: Aside from the traditional uses as a digestive for dyspepsia, carminative for cramping and gas, and fever reducer, Peppermint has been used traditionally in charms to create positive energy in one’s life, in pillows to promote restful sleep and enhance dreams of the future, and burned as incense in sickrooms to cleanse and heal the sick.