Family Name: Labiatae
Botanical Name(s): Mentha Piperita
Popular Name(s): Mentha Nigricans, Brandy Mint
Parts Used: Herb
Habitat: The plant is found throughout Europe, in moist
conditions, along stream banks and in wastelands.
Description: The leaves of this kind of mint are short but
distinctly stalked, 2 inches or more in length, their margins finely
toothed, their surfaces smooth, both above and beneath, or only very
slightly, hardly visibly, hairy on the principal veins and mid-rib on
the underside. The stems, 2 to 4 feet high, are quadrangular, often
purplish.
Uses: Used to treat morning sickness, nausea, and spastic
complaints of the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, bile ducts,
dyspepsia, flatulence, intestinal colic, flatulence, gastritis and
enteritis. It is furthermore used for indigestion, cramping, stomach
ulcers, spastic colon and irritable bowel syndrome and is also used for
its stimulant properties.
