🪶Indigenous / Native American
Mint (Wild)
Mentha arvensis
About Mint (Wild)
Mint (Wild) (Mentha arvensis) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Headache, Fever, and Nausea. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Mentha canadensis (syn. M. arvensis var. canadensis) is a species of mint commonly known as American wild mint, native to North America (from Northwest Territories to central Mexico), or known as bakha, East Asian wild mint, or Japanese Mint (M. arvensis var. piperascens) in eastern Asia (Siberia to Java) and the Northern Territory of Australia. The flowers are bluish or a slight violet tint. The plant is upright about 4 inches (10 cm) to 18 inches (46 cm)...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal