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Peppermints main constituent, menthol, thins mucous, making the expectoration easier. Peppermint also contains antiseptic, antibacterial, antiviral, and antimicrobial compounds making it effective in the treatment of gingivitis, colds and flu, and respiratory infections.
Spasmolytic, carminative, cholagogic, anti-bacterial, secretomotor, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, astringent, menorrhagia, expectorant, hepatic, nerve tonic, protects the gastric mucus of the stomach, sudorific, vasoconstrictor, vermifuge [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 175.]
