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Peppermint extract can be substituted in recipes with peppermint oil (a stronger ingredient primarily used in candy-making), crème de menthe, or peppermint schnapps. If the food is not heated, the alcoholic properties of liqueurs may remain present in the finished product. [5] Peppermint extract may also be added to hot water to create ...
A dog with skin irritation and hair loss on its leg caused by demodectic mange. Infectious skin diseases of dogs include contagious and non-contagious infections or infestations. Contagious infections include parasitic, bacterial, fungal and viral skin diseases. One of the most common contagious parasitic skin diseases is Sarcoptic mange (scabies).
It was given the name Mentha piperita in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum Volume 2. [14] Linnaeus treated peppermint as a species, but it is now universally agreed to be a hybrid between Mentha viridis and Mentha aquatica with Mentha viridis itself also being a hybrid between Mentha sylvestris and Mentha rotundifolis. [15] [16]
Mentha viridis (L.) L. Mentha walteriana Opiz Spearmint ( Mentha spicata ), also known as garden mint , common mint , lamb mint and mackerel mint , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia , extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east. [ 7 ]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California doctors were bribed to prescribe a pain-relief concoction as part of a $25 million workers' compensation scam that inadvertently caused a baby's death ...
Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear.
Mentha canadensis is a species of mint native to North America (from the Northwest Territories to central Mexico) and the eastern part of Asia (from Siberia to Java). In North America, it is commonly known as Canada mint , [ 4 ] American wild mint , [ 5 ] and in Asia as Chinese mint , Sakhalin mint , [ 6 ] Japanese mint , [ 7 ] and East Asian ...
Mentha aquatica (water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds. [ 3 ] ) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae . It grows in moist places and is native to much of Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia .