Ingesting peppermint oil safely?
 

I may have asked this before but is ingesting peppermint oil safe?? I feel like it is, i mean a few drops in water isn't bad right?? or do u hafta mix it with other oils to be safe??

as long
 

as you dilute it safely, it doesn't matter what you dilute it with.

If you like peppermint and find it useful, there is a very nice
tea made by Bigelow:

http://www.bigelowtea.com/peppermint...-p-1-01039.htm

I've used this tea for YEARS/decades!

wow yeah, ive heard of that tea, i should get some of that. but not from that site, uhh $17.75??!! i think i can get it from a grocery store for like 4 bucks or something.

I wasn't suggesting
 

you buy it online. Only to show you what it looks like.

The online price is for 6 boxes. (probably for small business owners, or restaurants or people who live in remote areas with few stores).

They sell that tea in Canada for under $3, so I'm sure you can find it at a very inexpensive cost. :)

I'd personally be very wary about ingesting Peppermint Essential Oil without talking to someone qualified first. I have read warnings about dangers of ingesting peppermint oil in certain instances.

NOTE: I'm going to have to sent my site with that information on it to a Mod. to make sure that I can post it. It is a commercial site so I'm not sure yet. I'll come back with the info. if I can.

The tea is beautiful. I'd stick with the tea or better still grow some and make tea with it that way.

yah i agree actually, it does kind of not taste well on the way down, minty but still.

Hopefully I can show you the info. soon.

I use a lot of different essential oils myself, but don't ingest them so I'm not too familiar with that method. I do know though that when I first started using them I used them pretty willy-nilly - here there and everywhere. I soon learned I was doing the wrong thing.

I live not too far from where a lot of tea-tree oil is made. One time I dropped some essential oil on a base of a plastic lamp and you wouldn't believe it, but it melted a little hole in the plastic. :eek: true story.

I've been away too long. I'm sure this site will be ok to post. I wrote to Mods but I figure I'll post it and if not ok I can then remove it.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoilspz/peppermint.asp

[quote]Safety Information: Avoid in cardiac fibrillation, epilepsy, fever. Mucous membrane irritant and neurotoxic (toxic to the nerves). Some of this information applies to oral use, but is provided for informational purposes (no essential oil should be taken internally without the guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner). [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 160.]

May cause sensitization. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 175.][/endquote]

suggestions..
 

Here is a site with other suggestions:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...eppermint.html

alot depends on exactly what you buy, and how concentrated it is.

I personally would do the tea. I think a commercial tea is the safest. (and easiest)

[QUOTE=Lara;429579]I've been away too long. I'm sure this site will be ok to post. I wrote to Mods but I figure I'll post it and if not ok I can then remove it.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoilspz/peppermint.asp

what is sensitization?

I didn't use it that much orally, but I do actually have symptoms of tingling sensations in my arms around my face area etc. I talked to a doctor about it and am already getting an MRI for it. but I am wondering if this ingestion of peppermint oil has anything to do with it, or maybe it's the gabapentin I've been taking. it gets worse under stress as well.

Hi again.

as far as I know sensitization is when a person develops an allergy or allergic response to the oil (or a chemical). mrsD might have a better explanation though.

bruegger, were you taking the oil to help with some sort of stomach problem? If so I wondered if you ever tried ginger. Not oil, just regular ginger.

Hopefully the doctor can shed some light on those symptoms you're getting.

P.S. Thanks for that site, mrsD. That's more like what I was looking for ...

[QUOTE=Lara;429579]I've been away too long. I'm sure this site will be ok to post. I wrote to Mods but I figure I'll post it and if not ok I can then remove it.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoilspz/peppermint.asp

yah i just had some spasming, heartburn problems from the SSRI i was taking, so I am currently taking some DGL to settle that, and yes i do drink ginger ale or teas containing ginger of some sort once in a while.