Botanical name : Mentha piperita Linn

Family : Lamiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Pootiha, Pudina, Rochani

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Katu,

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Peppermint

Hindi : Pudina

Malayalam : Puthina

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Aromatic annual herb, grows up to 60 cm. leaves are simple, opposite, and ovate or lanceolate. Flowers lilac colored seen in axillary whorls. Fruits nutlets.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, amennorrhoea, dysmenorrhea, dental caries, jaundice and urinary retention.

Useful part : Leaves