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HERB ALLEY
Spearmint
(Mentha spicata)
COMMON NAMES: Spearmint,
lamb mint, mint, Our Lady’s mint, sage of Bethlehem.
MEDICINAL PART: The herb.
DESCRIPTION: Spearmint
is a perennial plant found in wet and moist soils in temperate climates
over most of the world. The leafy, glabrous, square stems are about
2 feet high and bear sessile or short-petioled, oblong or ovate-lanceolate,
unevenly serrate leaves. The stem is topped by slender, interrupted,
leafless spikes of pale purple flowers which appear from July to September.
PROPERTIES AND USES:
Antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, stimulant, stomachic. Spearmint
shares many of the uses described under Peppermint. It is also often
given for common women’s complaints and for suppressed or painful urination.
An infusion of spearmint combined with horehound is sometimes given to
children for fever.
PREPERATION AND DOSAGE:
Infusion: Steep 1 tsp
herb in 1 cup water for 30 minutes. Take frequently, a tablespoon
at a time.
Oil: Take 2 to 4 drops
on a sugar cube.
Tincture: Take 10 to
50 drops, according to age and condition.
The Herb Book by
John Lust
