Igama lesiLatini: Mentha Piperita.
 Ingxenye Yesitshalo Esisetshenziswa: Ikhambi Eliqhakaza.
 Umthombo: India.
 Indlela yokukhipha: I-Steam Distillation.
 I-Peppermint Essential Oil kuthiwa ilungele izifo ezifana ne-asthma, colic, fever, flatulence, ikhanda elibuhlungu, isicanucanu, ukuminyana kwesifuba kanye ne-vertigo. Lawa mafutha kufanele abe muhle kakhulu ekukhathaleni kwengqondo nasekucindezelekeni, aqabule futhi akhuthaze ngokuqukethwe kwawo kwe-menthol. Ilungele ukushushuluza futhi isetshenziselwa ukugcoba ukwelapha ukushiswa yilanga, ukulunywa noma isikhumba esivuvukele. Isiza ukulwa nephunga elibi kanye nezifo zezinsini uma isetshenziswa ezindaweni zokugeza umlomo. Uma isetshenziswa kumshini wokushisisa uwoyela ayigcini nje ngokwelapha kodwa iphinde ivimbe omiyane nezinye izinambuzane. 
 I-Peppermint itholakala eMedithera kodwa manje isikhulile kwamanye amazwe eYurophu, eMelika nase-Asia. Okutholakele kufakazela lokho  i-peppermint ibisetshenziswa kusukela kudala eGibhithe, eGrisi, eRoma, eChina naseJapan. Ngokusho kwenganekwane yamaGreki, i-nymph ebizwa ngokuthi i-Mentha yaguqulwa, ngokuthukuthela, yaba isitshalo se-mint ngumkasithandi wakhe u-Persephone. NgokukaPliny, i-peppermint yayisetshenziselwa ukuhlobisa amaGreki namaRoma ngesikhathi semikhosi. Isetshenziswe njengezokwelapha eNgilandi emakhulwini ambalwa eminyaka adlule.