15 Great Uses for Peppermint Essential Oil

Peppermint essential oil is one of the most well-known essential oils because it has SO many uses in and around your home. Here at Sha-Faun enterprises, we keep a bottle of peppermint oil in the office, in the car, and around our homes for easy access. 
 
Here are a 15 of our favorite ways to utilize the energizing aroma of Young Living Peppermint Essential Oil! 
 

1. Keep Headaches at Bay 

 
A few drops of peppermint essential oil mixed with your favorite carrier oil in an oil roller are excellent for keeping a headache away. When you feel a headache coming on, all you need to do is smell the oil roller, and your headache can fade away. 
 
For more persistent headaches, try rolling a bit of the peppermint oil into your temples with your oil roller. A bit on your chest as well. Those two places will surround your senses with refreshing peppermint, and hopefully, before long, your headache disappears. 
 

1. Restore Your Feet After a Long Day

 
If you work on your feet all day, they are likely tired and sore at the end of the day. Try a few drops of peppermint oil and a 1/4 cup of Epsom salts in a warm tub of water for a soothing foot soak. 
 

1. Use Peppermint Essential Oil To help with Nausea

 
Just as chewing peppermints help you keep nausea away, sniffing a few whiffs of your bottle of peppermint essential oil can help you calm down an upset tummy. 
 
It's as easy as opening your bottle and taking a deep breath. No mixing or carrier oils are needed! 
 

1. Give Yourself a Burst of Energy During your Midday Slump

 
We all get that mid-day tired spell, especially after a large lunch. Here a Sha-Faun Enterprises, if we know that we have important meetings or tasks to get done toward the end of the day, we keep our roller of peppermint essential oil on hand. A few swipes of our peppermint roller to the wrists can give us the boost we need to get through the day.  
 

1. Steam Away Congestion with Peppermint 

 
Having a cold or allergies can leave you feeling stuffed up and congested. Create a soothing peppermint steam by filling a glass or metal bowl with hot water from a tea kettle and adding a few drops of peppermint essential oil. Use a towel draped over your head and the bowl to direct the steam to your sinuses. The peppermint and steam together can help open things up and get your breathing with ease again. 
 

1. Relieve Stress Using Peppermint Essential Oil

 
All of us deal with stress for various reasons in our lives. Sometimes all you need is a few minutes to yourself in a relaxing bath to soothe those concerns and worries into more manageable thoughts. Place several drops of Young Living peppermint essential oil in your favorite carrier oil and into a warm bath and soak for as long as you feel comfortable. 
 

1. Massage Away Muscle Soreness

 
Peppermint essential oil has been shown to have anti-inflammatory benefits. Mixing a few drops of peppermint essential oil into a massage oil such as sweet almond oil can help create an invigorating and soothing massage oil to help soothe away muscle soreness. 
 
 
More of Sha-Faun's Favorite Uses for Peppermint Essential Oil:
 

1. Soothe bug bites in a roller mixed with lavender essential oil
2. Add peppermint oil to unscented shampoo for a soothing anti-itch shampoo.
3. Mix a few drops of peppermint oil into a few drops of carrier oil and then mix with 1/4 cup of refined sugar for a minty sugar scrub. 
4. Leave peppermint-soaked cotton balls around your motor home when you store it for the winter to keep mice away. 
5. Mix 20 drops of Young Living peppermint essential oil with 1 cup of baking soda for an air refreshing carpet sprinkle you can vacuum up later. 
6. Diffuse peppermint and lavender together in an oil diffuser for a clarifying and relaxing aromatherapy experience. 
7. Combine melted beeswax, sweet almond oil, and peppermint essential oil for a soothing chest rub or salve. 
8. Mix distilled water and several drops of peppermint essential oil into a spray bottle for a shoe spray that will keep your gym shoes smelling fresh. 

 
There are many ways peppermint essential oil can help improve your mood and your day. Let Sha-Faun Enterprises show you more amazing benefits of peppermint and the many other spectacular Young Living essential oils. Join Today to start your Young Living Essential Oil Journey.