Peppermint
Mentha piperita
Tested in the dish and then in sheep, peppermint blocked up to ninety percent of worm eggs from hatching.
What the evidence shows
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Menthol relaxes the smooth muscle of the bowel wall, so spasm, bloating and the urgent gripe of a restless bowel ease into quiet digestion.
Across randomized trials in irritable bowel syndrome, peppermint oil eased overall symptoms and abdominal pain more than placebo.
In a randomized, double-blind crossover trial of 24 adults, peppermint oil sharpened accuracy on demanding attention and mental-arithmetic tasks and eased mental fatigue.
Mentha piperita cuts every kind of chromosome break radiation makes in mouse marrow — breaks, rings, fusions, fragments — at every time point, and clears the damage faster.
Where it appears
5 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.
- ALZ (Memory Preservation)
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Spice (Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenol Powerhouse)
- Paraslayer (Intestinal Parasite Clearance)
- Purge (Intestinal Clearance)