menthol oil

It is also great topically to cool inflamed skin or muscles.

For nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and motion sickness I prefer to use Zingiber, however, some people respond better to the mint, or if you put a little of the mint into the ginger syrup. I think that it is the gastric anesthetic action of  the mint that makes it useful, in those cases.

 I often will use spearmint in place of peppermint because it is less cold than peppermint, and many prefer its taste. There are also a number of wild mints that one can use, as well, that are less chilling.

Mentha oil is a wonderful antinausea medicine. It is anesthetic to the gastric tissue and decreases spasm, gas and bloating. It is also useful for fever due to its cooling nature.

Mentha oil is the volatile oil distilled with steam from various species of Mentha (Fam Labiatae) and it can be further rectifie