Peppermint: Not Just For Candy Canes
Peppermint: Looking for a natural way to ease some common discomforts? Consider peppermint. The plant’s dried, crushed leaves or extracted oil offer more than a pleasing aroma and flavor, they have medicinal applications as well. Peppermint can be used: As a chest rub to ease breathing with the common cold For relief of indigestion and nausea, also helps when you have that full stomach feeling from eating too much As a treatment for gastrointestinal ailments such as irritable bowel syndrome and diverticular disease Topical treatment for sore or tight muscles including tension headaches Be aware that while largely beneficial for the digestive tract, peppermint tea can worsen the heartburn experienced with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and may also promote the flow of bile from the gallbladder and complicate gallstones – consult your doctor if you have these conditions and stop using peppermint product...