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