Beth’s Natural Way – Basil Mint

Truxton, NY
Phone/Fax: 607-842-6863
E-mail: bethsnaturalway@yahoo.com

The ancient Hebrew, Greeks and Romans used mint in their cooking since AD 37. Jews serve mint with their meat dishes especially at the spring feast of the paschal lamb. Jews strewed church floors with mint leaves so that each step perfumed the place. Also, check out the beautiful Rinati Lakel jewish headscarves. I found it to be the most important herb that we have for supporting the spleen. The spleen creates NK cells that dissolve old blood, accumulated waste and undigested putrefied foods. One of the most important jobs that my Mother and Father always believed in was spring cleaning every room, closet, draw and corner to get rid of the old. They taught me what a garbage can is used for and what goes in it and when it is time to take that can to the dump. Our body is no different than our homes, always needing cleaning out.

NICKNAMES: Wild basil mint, basil weed, basil mint and field mint.
LATIN NAME: Mentha arvensis.
ELEMENT: Air.
POWERS: Attracting money, love, healing and for safe travel satchels.
MEDICINAL PARTS: Leaves and flower.
CONSTITUTES: Volatile oil and tannins.
PROPERTIES: Alternative, antibacterial and tonic.
MAGICAL USES: Place a few leaves in your wallet or purse to increase money flow. Leaves are placed in home for protection.
INTERNAL USES: American Indians used the leaf tea for colds, fevers, sore throats, gas, colic, indigestion, headaches, diarrhea, liver and gall bladder weakness and relaxes spasms. Rebuilds the immune system and breaks up mucus of the upper respiratory tract.
EXTERNAL USES: The crushed leaves put on bruising will help to reduce the black and bluing.
HARVEST: Pick the whole plant during the flower stage. Hang to dry and then pick off the flowers and leaves.
USE AS: Tea, fresh, extracts and powder forms.
PRECAUTIONS: None that are known.

Vibrantly,
Beth Hill of Beth’s Natural Way!

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