Best Ways to Use Spearmint Essential Oil
Spearmint is a common ingredient in toothpaste, chewing gum, and candies, but the plant offers much greater value than just a nice flavor. The refreshing scent helps to energize the body, natural anti-inflammatory properties alleviate pain, and natural antibacterial power aids in treating infection. Because of many of its versatile uses, spearmint essential oil is often one of the first oils added to a user’s personal collection.
What Can Spearmint Essential Oil Be Used For?
Relieves Gastrointestinal Distress
Gas, bloating, nausea, diarrhea, and indigestion are all no match against the natural power of spearmint essential oil. For diarrhea, the oil helps to ease the muscle spasms and contractions that cause diarrhea within the body. For nausea, spearmint has a natural ability to settle and soothe an upset stomach. If you’re plagued with constipation, the same properties that relieve the muscles spasms associated with diarrhea also help to soothe and relax muscles to make your digestive system work more regularly.
Treats Bacterial Infections
If you’re suffering from some type of bacterial infection, diffusing spearmint essential oil with a nebulizing diffuser and inhaling those vapors into the air can give your immune system a boost. Spearmint essential oil is jam packed with antibacterial properties, which helps the body to treat infections naturally.
Improves Brain Function
The refreshing scent of spearmint doesn’t just smell nice, it actually helps to improve cognitive function. Spearmint essential oil has stimulant capabilities, which triggers brain and nerve function to clear away brain fog and help you to feel alert, alive, and ready for anything.
Cools the Body Down
Spearmint has a cool and refreshing scent, which not only helps to keep you alert, it also helps to cool you down. If you feel particularly warm, stressed, or unable to relax, the cooling nature of spearmint in a diffuser can help to reduce your temperature to a comfortable and balanced level.
Speeds up Healing and Reduces Inflammation
Whether you’re healing from an illness, an infection, or an injury, spearmint essential oil can help your body to rejuvenate itself. Spearmint holds within it natural anti-inflammatory properties, as well as regenerative properties that help your body to heal quickly.
Improves Metabolism
Spearmint essential oil doesn’t just stimulate the brain, it also stimulates the metabolism. For those who have been struggling to keep true to their diet, diffusing spearmint essential oil can effectively curb your appetite and snack cravings, while giving your metabolism a much needed boost. Looking to stop that late-night snack craving? Place a few drops in your diffuser during that time of night you’re most likely to reach for the refrigerator door.
Provides Cold Symptom Relief
Cold symptoms are notoriously miserable, and so many people will try anything they can to find relief at onset of a cold. Spearmint essential oil helps to boost the immune system, relax the body and mind, and decongests to give you much needed relief you’ve been longing for.
Natural Cleaning Solution
Spearmint essential oil isn’t just good for your body when diffused, it’s also good for your home when mixed with white vinegar as a cleaning agent. With more and more families opting for natural home cleaning solutions, spearmint disinfects while leaving behind a fresh and invigorating scent.
Blending Spearmint Essential Oil With Other Oils
Spearmint essential oil doesn’t have to be used on its own. The oil is one that mixes well with various other oils, and when used in conjunction with partner oils, can hold even more benefits. For instance, using spearmint essential oil with lavender essential oil creates a blend that can work wonders when you’re not feeling well and it’s keeping you from getting quality sleep. If you’re looking for a good effective energy boost in the morning, mixing spearmint essential oil with lime essential oil can leave you feeling refreshed from the inside out.
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I sure learned so much from this article. Everything, it seems, but infections I could use this for. I love that Spearmint is natural. What a great product to try!
Very interesting. I like that you can blend this with lavender essential oil.
Never thought of using spearmint oil and vinegar for cleaning! Can’t wait to try it
Wow, I love the smell of spearmint. I didn’t know it had so many uses.
Thanks for great info. I use it for foot soaks in summer. I will try other suggestions
Spearmint always helps me when I’m feeling sick!
I use spearmint for my intestinal issues
I had no idea that spearmint had so many awesome qualities. Thank you for sharing
I am learning something new about essential oils every time I visit. I grow spearmint for the scent, and repelling mosquitoes. My local Asian restaurant uses fresh in their cooking so I drop off for them.
I love the mint family and use them often. Just the other day I was drinking spearmint tea to settle my stomache due to a flu. Thanks for some additional uses for it.
I’ve learned alot regarding spearmint! I never knew that it would help so many different issues.
I’ve never thought to use spearmint for my stomach upset! Definitely going to try this 🙂
I swear by spearmint for it’s healing qualities….it truly is effective if you have a tummy bug
Wow y’all sure taught me alot about the uses of spearmint. I had no clue it could do all that!! I’m gonna have to give it a try
The scent has a sharpness to it that I like. It feels like it makes me breathe easier.
My metabolism could use a boost.
I have used peppermint a lot but i dont know why I never thought to use spearmint!! O.o
Lots of good information. Thanks for sharing.
I like how unique all of these diffusers are compared to the same ones I have seen in local stores. These are lovely 🙂
Looks so relaxing
So refreshing to have this diffuser with Spearmint going all day on a hot summer day.
I like the idea of diffusing so cool/calm down. I don’t have any, but will be adding it soon.
Great article….love my spearmint , has so many benefits. Thanks for this article.
wow i learned a lot today about spearmint
I knew that Spearmint was good for a lot of things, but I had no idea it improved brain functions. I love the smell of Spearmint
Love the smell of Spearmint in the diffuser.
I love the freshness of spearmint diffusing to freshen up my house!
I like peppermint, and spearmint essential oils, helps with focus, and headaches
I just recently found out Spearmint is one of the main ingredients in Root Beer! Glad to know it has lots of other medicinal benefits. Thank you!
Never thought about vleaning solution
..great dcent
it has lots of good benefits
I love how versatile spearment is
I love Spearmint Essential Oil and use it a lot
Great for an upset stomach!
MInt Essential oil can also be used to deter bugs and relieve sinus pressure.
I love to add spearmint to my dish washing. It makes my dishes smell nice and fresh. Makes the dishwashing experience alot more pleasant too.
I really had no idea about all of these benefits from this essential oil. I will be adding it to my list of oils to purchase! Thank you, OA, for great info like this.
I love the smell of Spearmint. I’ve always found it to be cooling have used it as a cooling spray when I’m tired or overheated. It’s great on tired, achy feet. I didn’t know that Spearmint helps curb appetite, which would be great for use in a personal inhaler as well as diffused!