Hey, guys, Dr. Axe here, Doctor of Functional Medicine and Founder of draxe.com.
Today, I'm going to talk to you about one of my favorite essential oils, and that's
peppermint essential oil.
Peppermint oil benefits are incredible.
The uses of peppermint essential oil have been proven for thousands of years.
I want to start with this, and this is going to surprise you I bet.
When I started looking into essential oils and their health benefits, I knew they were
used throughout history for over 5,000 years.
I knew they were beneficial, but I didn't know how many medical studies there would
be on them.
When I went into PubMed and started looking at the medical literature, I was shocked to
find out on peppermint oil alone there are over 1,200 medical studies.
So over a 1,000 medical studies on this essential oil in proving that it helps heal your digestive
tract, that it improves your breath, that it fights cancer.
Some incredible benefits there of this essential oil.
What makes peppermint oil so powerful is it contains a compound called [mentho] or menthol.
This compound has been shown to act as an analgesic on the body, reduce inflammation,
and act as an antioxidant.
I want to share with you some of the best ways to use peppermint oil.
By the way, peppermint oil is one of the top two used essential oils in the United States
today along with lavender essential oil.
But peppermint oil, one of the most common ways I use it is as a natural breath freshener
in my natural toothpaste recipe.
What I do for my natural toothpaste is I mix coconut oil with baking soda in equal parts,
let's say a tablespoon of each, along with about 20 drops of peppermint oil.
Mix that together.
That's what I use for my natural toothpaste at home using peppermint essential oil.
The other way I'll use peppermint essential oil is just as kind of a natural mouthwash
or breath freshener is I put one drop in water and drink it down.
It freshens the breath.
Another way peppermint oil has been shown to benefit your health is by naturally boosting
your energy levels.
In fact, there was a recent medical study that found by just smelling peppermint oil
it naturally increases your energy levels.
My wife carries this around in her purse with her.
Before we go into a workout, sometimes we'll smell it.
I know a professor, and this is incredible as well, who works with his students and he
actually diffuses cedar wood oil and peppermint oil during his class, because cedar wood oil
has been shown to help ADHD symptoms and improve focus.
Peppermint oil improves his energy and concentration.
So he actually diffuses this oil in his classroom to help his children focus while they're test
taking.
So, this is great for that reason as well.
Peppermint oil has also been shown in medical studies to help soothe irritable bowel syndrome
and leaky gut like issues.
If you struggle with digestive issues, peppermint oil can really help soothe and cool your digestive
tract.
Just one to two drops in water taken daily is greatly beneficial.
Or, you can actually just put it right on your skin as well.
Another great thing to use peppermint oil for is to open your airways for bronchitis,
allergies, or asthma.
You can mix peppermint oil with eucalyptus oil and use it as a natural vapor rub.
So again, a tablespoon of coconut oil, five drops peppermint, five drops eucalyptus, rubbing
that on the chest is a natural vapor rub, helps open up the lungs and airways.
It's also great during allergy season whether you just put a drop under your tongue, or
do it in water, or rub it again on your neck.
It really helps open the sinus airways and lung airways helping you breathe better.
Also, it can help eliminate headaches.
If you've got headaches, mixing three drops of lavender oil, three drops of peppermint
oil on your hand, and rubbing them on your neck area actually has been shown to naturally
help relieve headaches.
It also can be used if you're making your own at home muscle, sort of a muscle rub.
In your at home muscle rub, peppermint oil is one of the best along with frankincense.
You can mix that with some coconut oil.
If you've got sore muscles or sore joints after a workout or even arthritis, you can
rub peppermint oil mixed with coconut oil right on the area and it can naturally relive
pain.
I could go on and on.
With over 1,000 medical studies done on peppermint oil, we know it's greatly beneficial.
I wanted to offer you guys a gift for a limited time only.
On my website right now, I'm giving away a free ebook on essential oils.
It's typically a $25 value.
Right now, it's free.
If you want to check out the ebook, just go to draxe.com and search essential oils.
Any of my essential oil articles, we have that ebook attached there.
Even if you go to Google right now and do a search for "Dr. Axe peppermint oil," in
that article you'll find my free ebook.
It's called 'The King's Medicine Cabinet,' and I go through the best ways to use these
essential oils for healing, including peppermint oil.
Hey, guys, this has been Dr. Axe.
I hope you start using peppermint oil to take your health to the next level.