Peppermint oil is extracted from Menthe piperita of the Labiates family and is also known as brandy mint and balm mint. This cooling and refreshing essential oil is used in aromatherapy to stimulate the mind, increase mental agility and to increase focus, while cooling the skin, reducing redness and calming irritation and itchiness. It furthermore helps to ease spastic colon, migraine, headaches, sinus and chest congestion and boosts the digestive system.  Peppermint generally grows best in moist, shaded locations, and expands by underground stolen. Young shoots are taken from old ...