Peppermint oil is therapeutic and has many aromatherapy benefits for your skin, hair, general well being and breathing. Along with these benefits, peppermint oil is also a natural insect and rodent repellent. You can also keep your kitchen, office and entire home clean and fresh because peppermint oil is anti bacterial, anti viral, anti fungal and anti parasitic. This means you can use the peppermint oil as a natural disinfectant.
Here are just a few benefits of peppermint oil:
- To sooth indigestion, flatulence or abdominal pain, massage several drops onto you abdomen, place a couple drops on your wrist or inhale to sooth general nausea.
- To sooth nasal congestion, the common cold and cough. message 2-3 drops along with a carrier oil onto the chest or drop peppermint oil into a humidifier to help clear sinus and lung congestion.
- To sooth a headache, use a small amount of almond or any other carrier oil and a drop of peppermint oil, rub on your temples, forehead, over the sinuses (avoid eye contact) and the back of the neck.
- For stress relief, add peppermint oil, lavender and geranium to a warm bath.
- To improve energy and alertness, rub a drop of oil under the nose to help improve concentration and alertness.
Now onto my personal experience:
I opened this and took a little sniff of it and you can smell the strong menthol. It is actually very strong to the point where it woke me up and cleared my nose. I applied a couple drops to my shampoo for the soothing feeling and the aromatherapy aspect of it. It was wonderful. It had a cooling sensation and made me feel refreshed. There was no burning sensation at all.
Now my mother on the other hand, she has been having some chest congestion and issues with her sinuses. Please do not do this without a carrier oil. We made this mistake. We tried just a SMALL amount onto a cotton swab and applied it to her temples to help relieve her headache. Within seconds, her eyes started to burn and water. She literally had to keep her eyes closed because the menthol was so strong. Within seconds, her nose felt better though. She did apply some to her chest and she mentioned it was rather soothing. After about 15 minutes of watery eyes and burning sensation, the feeling went away. She said she could breathe through her nose again.
About 2-3 hours later I asked if she was feeling better, she mentioned that she still felt sick and refused to apply more of the peppermint oil.
All in all, the oil should be used with a carrier oil in most situations and needs to be applied through out the day. It is not something to use to get rid of it instantly nor is it a medication.
I received this product for free from Tomoson in exchange for my honest opinion.
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