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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Mentha piperita

Common Name
Nane; Peppermint; Menthe; Menta; Mentha Montana

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Stomach) Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Anesthetic Elsewhere *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Antidote Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent UK *
Bronchitis Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Cancer Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Carminative US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Cholagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cold Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Colic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Colic US(Appalachia) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.