Barcode: CAL0000008691

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Family: LAMIACEAE

Scientific Name: Mentha piperita L.

Collector: N. Gill

Country: India

Uses: The plant is having carminative, stimulant and stomachic properties, and used for relieving nausea and flatulence. In stomach-ache and colicky diarrhoea the hot infusion is given. In cases of rheumatism neuralgia, congestive headache, and tooth-ache it is applied externally.