The evidence strongly supports the hordes of women on the internet using
spearmint tea for acne, PCOS and hormonal woes.
Then I had complete success with
spearmint tea for one year.
Not exact matches
Also look
for local - signature soup mixes like Wine Country Fagioli, and Temecula Chile; grinder - blends like Sicilian Sea Salt, and Gourmet Grinder Blend; and signature -
teas like Old Town Thin Mint, Spiced Mint, and
Spearmint Sunset.
Ditch the acidic office coffee
for Earth Mama's Heartburn
Tea; not only does it extinguish the fire, it tastes pretty good, too, with a cooling blend of marshmallow root, lemon balm, chamomile,
spearmint and red raspberry leaf.
They also grow aloe vera
for their Soothing Sun Therapy body treatment, as well as lemongrass mint and hierba buena (better known as yerba buena, a type of
spearmint)
for tea.
Also contains a bunch of natural ingredients like coconut oil
for intense moisturization,
tea tree oil
for antibacterial goodness,
spearmint oil and peppermint oil to refresh and cool your scalp.
Finally, natural androgen blockers like saw palmetto and
spearmint tea are very effective
for many women.
Spearmint tea,
for example, has been shown to have anti-androgen effects in PCOS and can reduce hirsutism.
For the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), only peppermint and
spearmint herbals
teas are allowed.
Here's a post about beverages
for PCOS and benefits of
spearmint tea http://www.pcosnutrition.com/beverages/
Comparing
spearmint to other popular anti-androgens
for acne, green
tea and saw palmetto both target DHT specifically, inhibiting the enzyme 5 - alpha reductase which converts testosterone to DHT via their epigallocatechin gallate and stigmasterol compounds.
However, they made a few speculations: 1) that
spearmint tea increases the enzyme CYP3A4, a detoxification enzyme (
for example, also responsible
for metabolising caffeine) which breaks down testosterone.
For example, what if
spearmint tea works by increasing the aromatase enzyme, the enzyme which creates estrogen via conversion from testosterone, and thus increases overall estrogen levels too?
Taken from the best - selling Lavender Mint shampoo
for humans, John Paul Pet's Lavender Mint Shampoo combines lavender with
tea tree and
spearmint for a refreshing, soothing conditioning treatment that's pH balanced
for pets.
Avoid invasion
Spearmint and peppermint are the classic mints that are great
for cooking and using in
teas but they can take over the garden.