Mentha pulegium commonly known as Pennyroyal also called the mosquito plant, squaw mint and pudding grass, it has a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint, the herb originating in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Hedeoma Pulegioides is a low-growing herbaceous annual plant with a strong aromatic mint fragrance often grown in eastern Northern America.
Monardella Odoratissima also referred to as mountain coyote, mountain beebalm, mountain monardella or mountain pennyroyal found growing in mountain forests and sagebrush scrub.
These herbs have a number of medicinal virtues including applications for gout, cleaning foul ulcers and bruises, the oil can be used as a remedy for curbing toothache, also helps with fainting, apparently when boiled in milk and drank it can be effectual for coughs and for ulcers and sores in the mouth, a decoction of these herbs have been known to cure jaundice which is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin and dropsy, which is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, located beneath the skin and in the cavities of the body and some uses in clearing head pains and assisting in eyesight.
As with the use of all remedies in using natural herbs, it is an advantage and recommended to connect with an experienced herbalist for best results.
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