Struggling With Digestion? Here’s How Peppermint Tea Can Help.

Are you struggling with digestive issues like bloating? Indigestion? Reflux or heartburn?

Making a tea with the leaves of the peppermint plant has been a remedy for digestive issues for centuries and even recorded by ancient Egyptian scribes.

Peppermint tea is also the favourite drink of Moroccan Arabs, who always conclude a rich meal with copious cups of this refreshing brew. They know that organic peppermint tea is a wonderful remedy for poor digestion, heartburn, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting during pregnancy, pains and cramps in the stomach, tension headaches and migraines.

Because it is anti-inflammatory, organic Peppermint tea is also an ideal remedy for ulcerative colitis and peptic ulcers.

The menthol in peppermint tea acts as a mild anaesthetic to the mucous lining of the stomach wall and so reduces nausea, pain and cramping. That’s why it is recommended for pregnant women for morning sickness.

Peppermint tea is especially good for relaxing the gallbladder, which allows bile to flow more freely to help with digestion, especially if you suffer from acid stomach. Peppermint cuts through fatty foods and allows the food to be digested more smoothly because it relaxes to the muscles of the stomach and bowel. It can also reduce flatulence.

The Peppermint plant is full of the natural oil menthol (it has 40% menthol composition) which has antiseptic, calming, anti-spasmodic and mucus inhibiting qualities.

Used as an inhalant, menthol is very soothing to mucus congestion in the nose and that’s why it is a popular ingredient in inhalants. Drinking peppermint tea has the same effect. Drinking Peppermint tea when dealing with colds and flu not only helps with mucus congestion in the respiratory system but can help to reduce fever.

Making an organic peppermint tea and inhaling the aroma can have an uplifting effect on mood without being a stimulant and so help promote a sense of calm. A brew of peppermint tea is also invigorating while reducing anxiety and tensPeppermint tea can also help with bad breath and ease headaches caused by digestive upsets, and even a remedy for hiccups!

Making a caffeine-free peppermint tea is the perfect option for people with digestive issues looking for an alternative to coffee and black tea and/or sugar laden drinks or an after-dinner drink that is therapeutic and satisfying.

Most people enjoy the delicious taste of peppermint tea, drinking it either hot or cold. Its minty aroma that makes it a favourite for adults and children.