8 Benefits and Uses for Peppermint Essential Oil

At Mexico Bariatric Center, we have helped so many people to overcome a lifelong struggle with obesity. Through the use of valuable weight loss tools such as gastric sleeve (VSG) and gastric bypass, patients have been able to lose weight and keep it off for good. And while we do love to provide this service to best aid in long term weight loss, there are so many great resources and lifestyle options out there that can be done along with surgery. One great natural remedy to health issues and low energy is the introduction of essential oils into your daily life.

Essential oils such as peppermint oil can help strengthen your immune system, balance out blood sugar, fight off aches and pains, help you breathe more easily, and so much more.

Let’s go ahead and get started on our list of the benefits and uses for peppermint essential oil that you can incorporate into your daily life:

1. Reduce Hunger Cravings

Peppermint oil has proven to help you feel full faster, which helps to reduce food consumption and lower overall calorie intake. By simply adding a couple of drops to your chest, taking a couple of deep sniffs from a bottler, or adding some to a diffuse around mealtime, eating less may be easier than you thought.

2. Boost Your Energy and Focus

Many who we help at struggle with low energy levels before and even after surgery at times. So to be able to naturally get that energy up and with no calorie consumption can be an excellent option due to the dietary requirements after bariatric surgery. By taking a few sniffs of peppermint oil, you can perk yourself up, improve focus, and increase concentration.

3. Improve Hair Growth

Hair loss is a common issue that patients who undergo surgery such as gastric sleeve face. Because of the thickening and damage repair that it can provide to your hair, peppermint essential oil is added to much high-quality hair cares products. One great way to improve hair growth and quality is to apply a mix of peppermint oil with your shampoo.

Want to put a stop to thinning and loss of hair with a good mix of oils?

Try this recipe (Makes 10 to 15 servings)

• 6 oz of aloe vera gel
• 3 tbsp of olive oil
• 10 tbsp of baking soda
• 20 drops of rosemary oil
• 10 drops of peppermint oil

Simply mix all ingredients together and store them in an 8 oz glass or plastic bottle and you have a great new way to support ahead of good thick hair!

4. Improve Skin Health

By adding peppermint oil to lip balm and body lotion, you can create a nice cooling sensation and calm inflammation in the skin. Another oil that can be great to add to your peppermint oil and lip balm mix can serve as a great lip nourishment duo. And by mixing lavender oil with peppermint oil, you can improve eczema and psoriasis through topical application. There are many other essential oils that benefit your skin as well!

5. Potentially Relieve PCOS Symptoms

Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) can potentially be helped through the use of peppermint oil as well. The reason for this is that peppermint oil has hormone-balancing properties which can help your body’s hormonal balance adjust and better deal with PCOS. Some of our patients do in fact have PCOS and have utilized gastric sleeve surgery in Tijuana with our surgical center to also provide health benefits.

6. Pain Relief for Sore Muscles

Have some sore muscles and want to alleviate that pain? Peppermint essential oil can serve as a highly effective solution! Use it to help with soothing aching back, sore muscles, and melt away tension headaches. Applying peppermint oil topically can even help relieve pain related to Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome. Menthol, capsaicin, eucalyptus, and other herbal options can serve as great natural options for muscle pain as well when used in herbal preparations.

7. Cure Headaches and Migraines

Have a stubborn headache or migraine that is leaving you feeling tensed up and frustrated? Peppermint oil as well as other oils such as lavender, eucalyptus, and rosemary are great for reducing headaches when applied to the forehead and temples.

8. Sinus and Fever Reduction

Alongside relaxing the muscles in your body that are having pain, peppermint oil can relax the muscles in your nasal passages. This helps to clear out pollen and other irritants that can cause sinus issues. The cooling effects can also bring down fever for adults and particularly children. tMix peppermint and coconut oil, rub it on the neck and bottom of the feet in place of aspirin and other drugs for a natural remedy that helps with benefits beyond clearing your sinuses.