DOSE: 1 teaspoonful of mint, fresh or dried, to 1 cupful of boiling water, steep 3–10 minutes. Children
less, use as needed. Of the tincture, ½–1 fluidram.
EXTERNALLY: The bruised leaves bound on the forehead will relieve most headaches.
HOMEOPATHIC CLINICAL: Tincture of whole plant, dilutions of essence for cough (dry), headache,
hoarseness, influenza, pruritus, throat (sore), voice (weakness of).
RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE: Miatta, mentol, common names for Russian peppermint. Mint does not grow wild
in Russia, but together with the United States, Japan, Italy, and France, Russia is among the largest
producers of peppermint for industrial and medical purposes. Clinically and home medicine: The leaves,
oil, and menthol are used as an anodyne for headaches, for stomach trouble—gas, bloating, wind,
heartburn—toothache, as an antiseptic, for inflammations of lungs, bronchitis, sinus, throat (sore), colds.
Relaxant and antispasmodic to stop vomiting, nausea, indigestion (nastoika with vodka). It is useful for
seasickness, dizziness, diaphoretic, and to promote bile. Used in many compounds as aromatic,
carminative, tonic, relaxant, in the form of teas, tablets, oil, extract (Saratov University, 1965). Industry:
Agro-technology has developed mechanized procedures for mint plantations in many parts of European
Russia and Byelorussia. Cultivation was started in the eighteenth century in the Medical Botanics
Gardens, for medical purposes only. Today, after much experimentation, mint is cultivated through
propagation, as seeds require especially favorable conditions and still only a small percentage will
thrive. For one acre they can collect, on an average, 1,000–2,000 pounds of dry herb, which is cut first in
July and August, the flowering season. In some districts it can be cut once again before the frost comes.