Ethoil's peppermint plants are grown organically free from artificial fertilizers & pesticides to ensure to Quality Peppermint Essential oil. Ethoil's organic Peppermint Essential oil are then distilled to the highest European Standards to ensure the highest Quality pure organic essential oil.
Therapeutic Properties
Pure Peppermint oil (Mentha piperita) is excellent for mental fatigue and depression, refreshing the spirit and stimulating mental agility and improving concentration. Peppermint Essential oil helps for apathy, shock, headache, migraine, nervous stress, vertigo and faintness and in general respiratory disorders, as well as dry coughs, sinus congestion, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis and cholera.
For the digestive system, pure peppermint oil is effective for a range of ailments, as it stimulates the gall bladder and the secretion of bile. It is used for colic, cramps, dyspepsia, spastic colon, flatulence and nausea and can relieve pain in cases of toothache, aching feet, rheumatism, neuralgia, muscular pains and painful periods.
On the skin, peppermint essential oil is used to relieve skin irritation and itchiness and also helps to reduce skin redness, where inflammation is present. Pure peppermint oil is used for dermatitis, acne, ringworm, scabies and pruritus and also relieves itching, sunburn and inflammation of the skin, while at the same time having a cooling action.

Pure peppermint oil can cause irritation to the skin and mucus membranes and should be kept well away from the eyes. It should be avoided during pregnancy and should not be used on children under seven.

Chemical Composition
The chemical components of peppermint essential oil are menthol, menthone, 1,8-cineole, methyl acetate, methofuran, isomenthone, limonene, b-pinene, a-pinene, germacrene-d, trans-sabinene hydrate and pulegone.