Latin name: Mentha Piperita

Part of the Plant Used: Hierba Floriente

Origin: India

Extraction Method : Vapor Distillation

If you say that essential mint oil, when used in an oil burner, on the ground keeps mosquitoes and other insects away, it is also therapeutic and can help mitigate some effects of illnesses such as asthma, cramps, fever, flatulence, headache, nausea, chest congestion and vertigo. It is assumed that this oil is excellent for mental fatigue and depression, refreshing and stimulating with its menthol content.

Mint is native to the Mediterranean, but is now cultivated in other countries in Europe, America and Asia. Discoveries demonstrate that mint has been used since ancient times in Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and Japan. According to Greek myth, a nymph called Mentha was converted, in a fit of rage, into a mint plant by the wife of his lover Persephone. According to Pliny, mint was used to crown Greeks and Romans during fiestas. It has been used for medicinal purposes in England during the last few years.