DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Mint oil, essential oil from the flowering herb of field mint after partial removal of the menthol.
Quality is laid down in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).
HMPC: not processed
ESCOP: not processed
Commission E-monograph: internal: meteorism, functional gastric, intestinal and biliary complaints; catarrh of the upper respiratory tract; external: myalgias, neuralgiform complaints, as nasal ointment: catarrh of the upper respiratory tract
Ingredients: 30 to 50% (-)-menthol, 15 to 30% menthone, 1 to 5% menthyl acetate and other terpenes. Quality defined in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).
Dosage and method of useThis section has been translated automatically.
Internal: 1 to 2 times daily 2 drops of mint oil on sugar or in water, daily dose 3 to 6 drops.
External: Inhalation 3 to 4 drops of mint oil on hot water and inhale.
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Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Mint oil is cheaper than peppermint oil, so it is also used to adulterate peppermint oil. The effect hardly different, smell of peppermint oil finer.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/minze.php
- Montag A (2023) Plants and skin. Springer-Verlag GmbH. P. 351 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63014-3_7
