Peppermint oil

Peppermint oil

(Essays of Chongqing Hall)

[source] it is an aromatic oil obtained from the fresh stems and leaves of Mentha haplocalyx or Mentha haplocalyx. For plant morphology, please refer to "MINT".

[herbal medicine] is a colorless to light yellow or greenish yellow oily liquid, with pure fragrance of peppermint, spicy and cool, and strong channeling permeability. A large number of colorless crystals precipitate at low temperature. After storage for a long time, the color is gradually dark and the quality is gradually sticky. It is easy to dissolve in water and can be mixed with alcohol, ether, oxygen, etc. The specific gravity (25 ℃) ranges from 0.899 to 0.909.

[chemical constituents and pharmacological effects] see "Mentha haplocalyx".

[Xing Wei] Chinese Medical Dictionary: "pungent, cool, nontoxic. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and clearing heat. Treatment of exogenous wind heat, headache, red eyes, sore throat, toothache, skin wind itching.

① "Chongqing Tang essays:" suffering from wind heat, headache, gingival pain, rub the affected area. "

② Chinese Medical Dictionary: "clearing away heat and dispersing wind. Treatment of head wind, red eyes, sore throat, toothache, skin wind heat. "

③ Pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine: "headache, seasickness, nausea, gastrointestinal distension, etc., coated or taken orally. "

④ "Traditional Chinese medicine shape and sex experience identification method": "treat colic, diarrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: rinse with boiling water, 1-3 drops. External use: apply on the affected area.