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Peppermint tea after a meal

Fresh or dried peppermint, simply steeped: for a full feeling and wind.

Traditional use

Time
10 minutes
Makes
1 cup
Mint

As a tea after a meal, peppermint is an everyday drink all over Europe. The European Medicines Agency recognises peppermint leaf as a traditional remedy for digestive complaints such as a feeling of fullness and flatulence.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp dried peppermint or a handful of fresh leaves
  • 250 ml boiling water

Step by step

  1. Pour the boiling water over the mint.
  2. Steep for 5–10 minutes and strain, or leave the fresh leaves in.
  3. Drink after a meal, up to 3 cups a day.

Tips

  • Peppermint is easy to grow yourself, in a pot: in the garden it spreads everywhere.

Registry

Herbs in this recipe

Read more about effects and safety on each herb’s page.

  • Caution

    Europe · Herb · № 3

    Mint

    Mentha × piperita

    Peppermint oil has been studied in irritable bowel syndrome and may reduce abdominal pain. The tea is used for a full stomach and nausea. With heartburn peppermint can make complaints worse.

    Greco-Roman medicine+4Folklore

Cultures and traditions

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