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| Common Names |
| Spearmint , Spear mint |
| Botanical Name |
| Mentha spicata |
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| LAMIACEAE or LABIATAE Mint Family |
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Mentha piperita , Peppermint |
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Spearmint has much the same properties as peppermint, but is milder and good for use with children's complaints. Spearmint tea will relieve hiccough, flatulence as well as indigestion. Generally, the sweetened herb tea is an excellent remedy, and is also a pleasant to use in case of colds, congestion or just as a pleasant beverage. |
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Prep Methods :teas, essential oil
 Remedies using Spearmint
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 Cooling and soothing oil helps break up congestion while lifting spirits Use spearmint to energize the mind and body. The properties of Spearmint, closely resemble those of Peppermint, but its effects are less powerful, making it better suited for use in children , its taste is pleasanter and less strong. |
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Aphrodisiac *Energizing *fatigue *Mental Clarity *Mood Uplfting * |
 A few drops of spearmint oil in bath water has a refreshing effect while a facial steam helps cleanse and tighten pores. |
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| Facial Hair | | Spearmint tea may help to control excessive hair growth in women, say Turkish researchers.
Drinking the tea twice a day, reduced levels of male sex hormones, which can cause excessive hair growth (hirsutism) on the stomach, breasts and face. 1324
. Tea controls female hair growth. (), BBC News 2008-06-12 |
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Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
 This common garden mint is originally a native of the Mediterranean region, has been so universally used and esteemed that it is to be found wild in nearly all the countries to which civilization has extended, sometimes being considered a troublesome weed by farmers.
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 Many references to mints may be found in the oldest writings, among them, it is listed in all early medieval lists of plants and was certainly cultivated in the convent gardens of the ninth century. The Ancients used mint to scent their bath water and as a restorative. |
 Its generic name, Mentha, is derived from the mythological origin ascribed to it, and was originally applied to the mint by Theophrastus. Menthe was a nymph, who because of the love Pluto bore her, was metamorphosed by Proserpine, from motives of jealousy, into the plant we now call mint. (Grieve, Maude |
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Essential Oils
