Peppermint oil is extracted from the dried aerial parts of the peppermint plant. This product mainly contains volatile oils, with key components including menthol, menthone, isomenthone, menthol, and menthyl esters. The unique characteristic of peppermint essential oil lies in its high menthol content.
1. It can relieve symptoms of wind-heat colds, headaches, and sore throats. It is often used in combination with honeysuckle, forsythia, and schizonepeta. Peppermint oil stimulates the central nervous system, dilates skin capillaries, and promotes sweat gland secretion, thus achieving a diaphoretic and antipyretic effect.
2. It relieves skin conditions and treats itchy rashes; it can be used in combination with antipruritic ingredients.For example, peppermint essential oil and lavender essential oil are good choices.
3. It refreshes and combats fatigue.
4. It relieves muscle aches.
5. It can also be used to prevent motion sickness.
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Testing Items |
Standard Requirements |
Testing Result |
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Appearance |
Colorless or slightly yellowish clear liquid |
Qualified |
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Scent |
special cool and refreshing aroma |
Qualified |
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Density(20/20℃) |
0.758-1.038 |
0.878 |
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Refractive Index(20℃) |
1.346-1.576 |
1.4581 |
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Optical Rotation(20℃) |
-30°-- -11° |
-18.45° |
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Acid Value mg.KOH/g |
≤1.5 |
0.8 |
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Solubility(20℃) |
Add 1 volume sample to 4 volume of ethanol 70%(v/v), obtaining a settled solution. |
Qualified |
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Total Alcohol Content (Ester Content of Acetylation) |
≥50% |
51.58% |
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