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Peppermint

 

Botanical Name: Mentha × piperita

Botanical Description: Peppermint is a hybrid perennial herb belonging to the Lamiaceae family, a cross between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata).

Cosmetic Benefits: Peppermint essential oil has cooling, soothing, and invigorating properties that make it beneficial for skincare. It helps refresh and revitalize the skin, reduce inflammation and redness, and promote circulation. Peppermint essential oil also has antimicrobial properties that can help cleanse and purify the skin, making it beneficial for acne-prone or oily skin types.

Scientific Overview: Peppermint produces fragrant leaves with a cooling, minty aroma due to the presence of menthol and menthone. The leaves are steam distilled to extract peppermint essential oil, which is valued for its refreshing scent and therapeutic properties.

Cultivation and Harvest: Peppermint is cultivated in temperate regions worldwide for its essential oil. The leaves are harvested when mature and then steam distilled to extract the oil.

Plant Morphology: Peppermint plants have square stems and lance-shaped leaves with serrated edges. The leaves are dark green with reddish veins and have a strong, minty aroma when crushed.

Peppermint

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