Spearmint plants are familiar garden herbs, and they are often used to flavor vegetables, soups, meat and fish sauces, and salads. The spearmint oil, characterized by the high participation of carvone, dihydrocarvone, and their related alcohols and esters, is mainly used in the flavoring of chewing gums, toothpastes, and other oral products , spearmint essential oil has antifungal properties.
Fresh and dried leaves and the essential oil are used medicinally. Spearmint is steeped as tea for :
Treatment of digestive disorders
Stomach ache
Colic
Flatulence
Antispasmodic properties
Motion sickness
Useful in cases of painful or suppressed urination
Applied externally
Applied to skin is said to relieve itching
High vitamin A and vitamin C content has been used to prevent and treat scurvy
Insect bites
Skin irritations
Improve eyesight
Reduce night blindness
Bring a sparkle to dull eyes
Anti-bacterial
Mild hirsutism in women
Anti-androgenic properties reduce the level of free testosterone in the blood
Improve memory
Reduce joint inflammation and pain
Kidney and liver malformations treatment
Decreased testosterone levels
Use in children with vomiting, diarrhea, earache, nasal infection, intestinal worms, and hepatitis
