Igama lesiLatini: Mentha Piperita.
 Inxalenye yeSityalo esiSetyenzisiweyo : Uhlaza lweentyatyambo.
 Umthombo: eIndiya.
 Indlela Yokukhupha : I-Steam Distillation.
 I-Peppermint Essential Oli kuthiwa ilungile kwizigulo ezifana ne-asthma, colic, fever, flatulence, intloko ebuhlungu, isicaphucaphu, ukuxinana kwesifuba kunye ne-vertigo. Le oli kufanele ukuba igqwesile ukudinwa kwengqondo kunye nokudakumba, ukuhlaziya kunye nokuvuselela kunye nomxholo wayo we-menthol. Ilungile kwi-ski kwaye isetyenziswa kwizinto zokuthambisa ukunyanga ukutshiswa lilanga, ukurhawuzelelwa okanye ukudumba kwesikhumba. Inceda ukulwa nomphefumlo onuka kakubi kunye nosulelo lweentsini xa lusetyenziswa kwizinto zokuhlamba umlomo. Xa isetyenziswe kwisitshisi se-oyile ayilonyango kuphela ikwagcina iingcongconi kunye nezinye izinambuzane. 
 I-Peppermint ivela kwiMeditera kodwa ngoku ikhulile kwamanye amazwe eYurophu, eMelika naseAsia. Izinto ezifunyenweyo ziyayingqina loo nto  Ipeppermint ibisetyenziswa ukusukela kumaxesha amandulo eYiputa, eGrisi, eRoma, eTshayina naseJapan. Ngokutsho kwentsomi yamaGrike, i-nymph ebizwa ngokuba nguMentha yaguqulwa, ngokuvutha komsindo, yaba yisityalo se-mint ngumfazi womthandi wakhe uPersephone. Ngokutsho kukaPliny, i-peppermint yayisetyenziselwa ukuthwesa amaGrike namaRoma ngexesha lesidlo. Isetyenziswe ngamayeza eNgilani kwiinkulungwane ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.