Spearmint Leaf, Cut & Sifted Bulk
1/4 LB (4oz) Price: $ 2.50
Can be combined with other teas for a refreshing summer iced drink.
Description
A native of the a native of Central Europe and the Mediterranean, spearmint was revered by the Romans for its ability to 'stir up the mind.' It was used in ancient times to stop milk from curdling. It continues to be savored for its refreshingly light aroma, as well as its natural, caffeine-free taste. It has a very pleasant and refreshing taste and leaves the mouth and digestive system feeling clean.
Spearmint may become an alternative to hormonal
treatments for
hirsutism*(more below). Recently, researchers have found that drinking two cups
of spearmint tea a day could help women to get rid of excess body hair.
Spearmint tea is great for children.
It is mild in flavor and helps easy gassy
stomachs.
Spearmint has been use throughout history in herbal baths. This is great for
skin conditions like breakouts, scrapes and rashes. Perfect addition to the kids
bath water. It comforts and strengthens the nerves.
More medicinal uses
An infusion of Spearmint leaves is great for a mouth gargle, especially to heal
gums or any mouth sores. This also can be used for hiccups, indigestion, nausea,
fevers and inflammatory diseases.
Did you know that?
Mice hate the smell of mint, so scatter it or grow it in an area that is plagued
by mice. It also detours ants and fleas. Great to use in an herbal flea color
for
your pet.
There is no other aromatic better to use to overcome the smell of tobacco.
Hirsutism
*Hirsutism is a condition that results in women growing unsightly hair on their
breasts, faces and stomachs. In some women the condition causes them so much
distress that it leads to depression. This type of embarrassing problem has
affected women since the beginning of time with very few ways of eliminating it
that aren't almost considered torture treatment.
Researchers at the Suleyman Demirel University in Turkey conducted experiments
on women with the hirsutism by giving them each two to five cups of spearmint
tea per day. The tea could reduce the level of androgens or masculine hormones
in the women's bodies such as testosterone that can make women grow hair on
their faces and chests similar to that of their male counterparts.
Current therapies for women with hirsutism include oral contraceptives to
suppress androgen production or medications such as spironolactone that prevent
the body from responding to androgen. Spearmint tea is an alternative to harsh
drugs that can cause side affects in women, and drinking spearmint tea is
beneficial in numerous other ways from treating heartburn to indigestion, and
nausea in pregnant women who otherwise can not take medication while carrying an
unborn child.
Various studies indicate that just two hot and steamy cups of spearmint tea
consumed over a five day period can result in a significant reduction in the
level of free testosterone in women. Blood tests performed on the women
participating in the study concluded that the women's levels of androgens
dropped considerably after the fifth day. The scientists performing the tests
stated that further testing needs to be done before any real proof of
permanently eliminating unwanted facial and body hair can be proven simply by
drinking spearmint tea on a regular basis.
Statistics on women who develop hirsutism implicates a higher circulating level
of insulin. Obese and insulin resistant women are at a higher risk of having
problematic symptoms derived from higher levels of androgens that cause unwanted
body hair. It is speculated that insulin, at high enough concentration,
stimulates the ovarian cells to produce androgens which can lead to hirsutism.
Common methods of removing unwanted hair can be painful and expensive. Surveys
conducted over the last two decades indicate that 80% of women and over 50% of
men have unwanted hair in various body areas. Temporary hair removers include
tweezing, shaving, mechanical epilators, and chemical depilatories.
Unfortunately these methods can be painful and some people have allergic
reactions to harsh chemicals that are used to remove hair.
Waxing can be painful and irritating to the skin, but the hair grows back slower
and eventually less hair is noticed in the waxed areas. Electrolysis and laser
hair removal are permanent, but these types of processes are expensive, time
consuming, and can leave scars in some people.
Drinking spearmint tea for hair removal is probably the safest method and the
least painful. Tea is relatively inexpensive and spearmint tea has many other
uses for the body. It was a favorite of the Greeks as a restorative and they
commonly used it in their bath water due to its calming and refreshing scent.
Herbalists traditionally use spearmint to calm a nervous stomach, to induce
sweating and reduce fevers, and to treat flu and colds.