Mint oil is used as the additive for flavoring of chocolate products. This is a colorless liquid with mint flavor and bitter coolness taste, obtained from blossoms and leaves of peppermint.
Mint is one of the ancient medical preparations. Even Hippocratic, Paracelius and Avicenna wrote about its medical properties. Peppermint was cultivated in XVIII century by the English.
Dry leaves of the plant contain up to 3 % of oil. The basic effective substance of the oil is menthol, which content is up to 70 % depending on mint quality. The mint oil has vasoactive properties: adjusts arterial — venous tone, promotes blood outflow in external veins. It is an effective preparation for capillaries strengthening.
Mint oil vapor have antimicrobial properties, as well as anti inflammation and antiseptic propeties. Its bile-expelling property is connected with presence of polyphenols in its structure. If its consumption is sufficient the antitoxic function of a liver raises and the metabolism normalizes.
{tab}The large number of complex medical cure and phyto preparations is produced of peppermint, mint oil and menthol. It is one of the most effective preparations at migraine.It is contained in such medicines as «Carvalol» and «Valokardin». Menthol is one of the components of Zelenin`s drops and «Pectusin» mixture.
