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This wonder herb can help ease a tummy ache, fight flakes … even keep you slim. View the slideshow.
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Slideshow: The Slimming Power of Mint
Last Updated: July 15, 2009
Filed Under: Natural Remedies
Also Tagged: health magazine march 2009, natural remedy, skin care, stomachache
Filed Under: Natural Remedies
Also Tagged: health magazine march 2009, natural remedy, skin care, stomachache
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We use peppermint essential oil in our home all the time. The best is we mix a couple drops of pure oil with honey when our kids of an upset stomach and within minutes they are feeling better. We have more info about peppermint essential oil on our blog: http://www.doterrahealth.com/tag/peppermint/
Last summer a wasps nest was behind my wall and the wasps were coming into my kitchen. I didn’t want to use wasps spray and have that insecticide all over my kitchen, then floating around the rest of the house. I put some essential peppermint oil in a spray bottle and became an expert shot at spraying the wasps when they were in mid-flight as well as on the kitchen window. The peppermint instantly slowed them down, and a second spray then killed them. The peppermint oil killed 490 wasps without one sting!
I lurrrve using mint on my scalp, not only does it keep the flakes away, it’s quite refreshing.
Body Toner of course
I love adding mint to water and salads!
I love mint,I will mix a teaspoon mint( grinding few leaves of mint )then I will add each a teaspoon of honey ,fresh ginger juice and lime juice.My mom used to give me early in the morning monthly once to avoid digestive problems.Till this day I will use the same juice as a medicine if I have cramps or stomach upset,heart burn.
Toss a handful of fresh mint with your leafy salad; lightly chop fresh mint and mix in with your chicken rice pilafs; or use it like the VietNamese, in a mix of fresh herb and leafy lettuce wrap for your grilled meat or seafood, chop or tear for the VNmese chicken-cabbage salad.