Cornmint (Wild Mint) Essential Oil (Mentha arvensis)

Overview

Cornmint may also be referred to as corn mint, field mint, or wild mint. It is typically processed using steam distilled as a method for extracting oil from the leaves.

Summary

Steam Distilled Cornmint Essential Oil can contain up to 80% menthol. However, most Cornmint Oil has been fractionated (dementholized) to remove a large percentage of the menthol. The resulting dementholized oil, therefore, is not commonly used within holistic aromatherapy.Peppermint Essential Oilis preferred for aromatherapy applications.

Within fragrancing and soapmaking applications, however, Cornmint can be a practical substitute for Peppermint Essential Oil due to its lower cost.

Cornmint Essential Oil is sometimes passed off as Peppermint Oil, so it is important to be careful of where you procure your oil.

Cornmint (Wild Mint) Essential Oil — By Ivar Leidus - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Essential Facts

Aroma Description:
Cool Fresh Minty Strong
Common Name(s): corn mint, field mint, or wild mint
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Synonyms(s) for Mentha arvensis: Calamintha arvensis, Mentha acutifolia var. nummularia, Mentha agrestis, Mentha agrestis, Mentha agrestis var. subrotunda, Mentha agrestris, Mentha albae-carolinae, Mentha alberti, Mentha allionii, Mentha angustifolia, Mentha anomala, Mentha approximata, Mentha arenaria, Mentha arguta, Mentha argutissima, Mentha argutissima var. recedens, Mentha argutissima var. subpilosa, Mentha arvensihirsuta, Mentha arvensihirsuta f. calcarea, Mentha arvensiplicata, Mentha arvensis f. adrophylloides, Mentha arvensis f. albensis, Mentha arvensis f. albiflora, Mentha arvensis f. alverniensis, Mentha arvensis f. ambleodonta, Mentha arvensis f. angustifolia, Mentha arvensis f. badensis-obtusifolia, Mentha arvensis f. badensis-parietariifolia, Mentha arvensis f. badensis-praecox, Mentha arvensis f. borsodensis, Mentha arvensis f. bracteoligera, Mentha arvensis f. campicola, Mentha arvensis f. campylocormos, Mentha arvensis f. confertidens, Mentha arvensis f. cuneisecta, Mentha arvensis f. deflexa, Mentha arvensis f. diffusa, Mentha arvensis f. divaricata, Mentha arvensis f. divergens, Mentha arvensis f. dolichophylla, Mentha arvensis f. domita, Mentha arvensis f. durolleana, Mentha arvensis f. gallica, Mentha arvensis f. garonnensis, Mentha arvensis f. gentilis, Mentha arvensis f. gracilis, Mentha arvensis f. hirticalyx, Mentha arvensis f. hirtipes, Mentha arvensis f. holubyana, Mentha arvensis f. hymenophylla, Mentha arvensis f. kolozsvariensis, Mentha arvensis f. lanceolata, Mentha arvensis f. licaensis, Mentha arvensis f. losarvensis, Mentha arvensis f. lucorum, Mentha arvensis f. macrodonta, Mentha arvensis f. major, Mentha arvensis f. minor, Mentha arvensis f. mutabilis, Mentha arvensis f. neesiana, Mentha arvensis f. nummularia, Mentha arvensis f. obtusidentata, Mentha arvensis f. obtusifolia-praecox, Mentha arvensis f. obtusifolia-produmbens, Mentha arvensis f. ocymoides, Mentha arvensis f. olynthodos, Mentha arvensis f. pacheri, Mentha arvensis f. pacheriana, Mentha arvensis f. palustris, Mentha arvensis f. parietariifolia-obtusifolia, Mentha arvensis f. parietariifolia-praecox, Mentha arvensis f. pastoritia, Mentha arvensis f. plagensis, Mentha arvensis f. procumbens, Mentha arvensis f. pseudoagrestis, Mentha arvensis f. pulegiformis, Mentha arvensis f. pumila, Mentha arvensis f. ramosissima, Mentha arvensis f. regularis, Mentha arvensis f. salebrosa, Mentha arvensis f. savensis, Mentha arvensis f. serpentina, Mentha arvensis f. setigera, Mentha arvensis f. simplex, Mentha arvensis f. simplex, Mentha arvensis f. sphenophylla, Mentha arvensis f. styriaca, Mentha arvensis f. subarguta, Mentha arvensis f. subrotunda, Mentha arvensis f. suecica, Mentha arvensis f. sylvatica, Mentha arvensis f. tenuifolia, Mentha arvensis f. vicearvensis, Mentha arvensis f. vulgaris, Mentha arvensis subsp. agrestis, Mentha arvensis subsp. austriaca, Mentha arvensis subsp. fontana, Mentha arvensis subsp. lanceolata, Mentha arvensis subsp. lapponica, Mentha arvensis subsp. parietariifolia, Mentha arvensis subsp. praecox, Mentha arvensis subsp. sylvatica, Mentha arvensis var. acuta, Mentha arvensis var. agrestis, Mentha arvensis var. allionii, Mentha arvensis var. angustifolia, Mentha arvensis var. approximata, Mentha arvensis var. aquatica, Mentha arvensis var. araiodonta, Mentha arvensis var. argutissima, Mentha arvensis var. austriaca, Mentha arvensis var. axioprepa, Mentha arvensis var. badensis, Mentha arvensis var. beckeriana, Mentha arvensis var. brevidens, Mentha arvensis var. caespitosa, Mentha arvensis var. campeomischos, Mentha arvensis var. campestris, Mentha arvensis var. crispa, Mentha arvensis var. cryptodonta, Mentha arvensis var. cuneifolia, Mentha arvensis var. cyrtodonta, Mentha arvensis var. decipiens, Mentha arvensis var. deflexa, Mentha arvensis var. diaphana, Mentha arvensis var. diffusa, Mentha arvensis var. distans, Mentha arvensis var. domita, Mentha arvensis var. dubia, Mentha arvensis var. duftschmidii, Mentha arvensis var. exigua, Mentha arvensis var. foliicoma, Mentha arvensis var. fontana, Mentha arvensis var. gentiliformis, Mentha arvensis var. gentilis, Mentha arvensis var. ginsiensis, Mentha arvensis var. glaberrima, Mentha arvensis var. glabrescens, Mentha arvensis var. glabrior, Mentha arvensis var. glabriuscula, Mentha arvensis var. grossidentata, Mentha arvensis var. hillebrandtii, Mentha arvensis var. hirsuta, Mentha arvensis var. hirsutior, Mentha arvensis var. hispidula, Mentha arvensis var. hostii, Mentha arvensis var. illecebrosa, Mentha arvensis var. kitaibeliana, Mentha arvensis var. lamprophyllos, Mentha arvensis var. lanceolata, Mentha arvensis var. lanceolata, Mentha arvensis var. lancifolia, Mentha arvensis var. lapponica, Mentha arvensis var. latifolia, Mentha arvensis var. legitima, Mentha arvensis var. longibracteata, Mentha arvensis var. major, Mentha arvensis var. major, Mentha arvensis var. marrubiastrum, Mentha arvensis var. melanochroa, Mentha arvensis var. minor, Mentha arvensis var. multiflora, Mentha arvensis var. nemoralis, Mentha arvensis var. nemorum, Mentha arvensis var. nobilis, Mentha arvensis var. nummularia, Mentha arvensis var. obornyana, Mentha arvensis var. obtusifolia, Mentha arvensis var. palitzensis, Mentha arvensis var. paludosa, Mentha arvensis var. palustris, Mentha arvensis var. parietariifolia, Mentha arvensis var. parviflora, Mentha arvensis var. parviflora, Mentha arvensis var. parvifolia, Mentha arvensis var. pascuorum, Mentha arvensis var. pegaia, Mentha arvensis var. polymorpha, Mentha arvensis var. praeclara, Mentha arvensis var. praecox, Mentha arvensis var. procumbens, Mentha arvensis var. procumbens, Mentha arvensis var. prostrata, Mentha arvensis var. pulegioides, Mentha arvensis var. pumila, Mentha arvensis var. radicans, Mentha arvensis var. riparia, Mentha arvensis var. riparia, Mentha arvensis var. rotundifolia, Mentha arvensis var. sabranskyi, Mentha arvensis var. salicetorum, Mentha arvensis var. silvicola, Mentha arvensis var. simplex, Mentha arvensis var. slichoviensis, Mentha arvensis var. stenodonta, Mentha arvensis var. subcordata, Mentha arvensis var. subglabra, Mentha arvensis var. subrotunda, Mentha arvensis var. sylvatica, Mentha arvensis var. turfosa, Mentha arvensis var. uliginosa, Mentha arvensis var. varians, Mentha arvensis var. villosa, Mentha arvensis var. villosissima, Mentha arvicola, Mentha atrovirens, Mentha austriaca, Mentha austriaca, Mentha austriaca f. boraei, Mentha austriaca var. caespitosa, Mentha austriaca var. genuina, Mentha austriaca var. grata, Mentha austriaca var. multiflora, Mentha austriaca var. pulchella, Mentha austriaca var. salicetorum, Mentha badensis, Mentha badensis, Mentha baguetiana, Mentha barbata, Mentha brachystachya var. stenodonta, Mentha bracteolata, Mentha campestris, Mentha campicola, Mentha collina, Mentha cuneifolia, Mentha deflexa, Mentha densiflora, Mentha densifoliata, Mentha diffusa, Mentha dissitiflora, Mentha distans, Mentha divaricata, Mentha divergens, Mentha dubia, Mentha duffourii, Mentha duftschmidii, Mentha duftschmidii, Mentha ehrhartiana, Mentha exigua, Mentha exigua, Mentha flagellifera, Mentha flexuosa, Mentha florida, Mentha fochii, Mentha foliicoma, Mentha fontana, Mentha fontana var. brevibracteata, Mentha fontana var. conferta, Mentha fontqueri, Mentha fossicola, Mentha gallica, Mentha gentiliformis, Mentha gintliana, Mentha gracilescens, Mentha graveolens, Mentha hakka, Mentha hillebrandtii, Mentha hispidula, Mentha hostii, Mentha hostii var. arvina, Mentha intermedia, Mentha jahniana, Mentha joffrei, Mentha kitaibeliana, Mentha lamiifolia, Mentha lamprophyllos, Mentha lanceolata, Mentha lanceolata, Mentha lanceolata var. sublanata, Mentha lapponica, Mentha lata, Mentha lata var. agraria, Mentha latifolia, Mentha latissima, Mentha laxa, Mentha longibracteata, Mentha maculata, Mentha marrubiastrum, Mentha melissifolia, Mentha minor, Mentha moenchii, Mentha moldavica, Mentha mosana, Mentha multiflora, Mentha multiflora var. serpentina, Mentha mutabilis, Mentha neesiana, Mentha nemorosa, Mentha nemorum, Mentha nobilis, Mentha nummularia, Mentha obtusata, Mentha obtusodentata, Mentha ocymoides, Mentha odorata, Mentha origanifolia, Mentha ovata, Mentha palitzensis, Mentha paludosa, Mentha palustris, Mentha palustris var. reflexifolia, Mentha parietariifolia, Mentha parietariifolia var. ginsiensis, Mentha parvifolia, Mentha parvula, Mentha pascuorum, Mentha pastoris, Mentha piersiana, Mentha pilosa, Mentha pilosella, Mentha plagensis, Mentha plicata, Mentha polymorpha, Mentha praeclara, Mentha praecox, Mentha praticola, Mentha procumbens, Mentha procumbens var. austriaca, Mentha procumbens var. ehrhartiana, Mentha procumbens var. major, Mentha procumbens var. rigida, Mentha procumbens var. ruralis, Mentha procumbens var. salebrosa, Mentha procumbens var. segetalis, Mentha procumbens var. uliginosa, Mentha prostrata, Mentha pulchella, Mentha pulchella var. approximata, Mentha pulegiformis, Mentha pumila, Mentha rigida, Mentha riparia var. pilosa, Mentha rothii, Mentha rotundata, Mentha ruderalis, Mentha ruralis, Mentha salebrosa, Mentha sativa, Mentha sativa var. flexuosa, Mentha sativa var. gracilis, Mentha sativa var. subrotundifolia, Mentha schreberi, Mentha scrophulariifolia, Mentha segetalis, Mentha silvicola, Mentha simplex, Mentha slichoviensis, Mentha slichoviensis var. campicola, Mentha slichoviensis var. fossicola, Mentha sparsiflora, Mentha sparsiflora var. pascuorum, Mentha subcollina, Mentha subcordata, Mentha subfontanea, Mentha subinodora, Mentha sylvatica, Mentha tenuicaulis, Mentha tenuifolia, Mentha thayana, Mentha uliginosa, Mentha vanhaesendonckii, Mentha varians, Mentha verisimilis, Mentha verticillata f. rothii, Mentha verticillata var. arguta, Mentha verticillata var. moenchiana, Mentha verticillata var. obtusata, Mentha verticillata var. origanifolia, Mentha viridula
Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
Botanical Genus: Mentha
Chemical Family: Monoterpenols
Major Compounds: Menthol, Menthone, Isomenthone, Limonene, Pinene
Perfumery Note: Top
Consistency: Thin
Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong
Color: Clear
Indigenous Country: Nepal
Cultivation: Wild Harvested
Processing Methods: Steam Distilled
Part Typically Used: Leaves
Shelf Life: 5-6 years

Ethically and sustainably sourced
Wild Harvested
Vegan

Essential Details

Benefits & Uses

May be benefitial for addressing the following ailments:

Colds Indigestion

Other Uses for Cornmint:

Beverages Flavor Enhancer

Cautions & Safety

Cautions when using Cornmint:

Tisserand and Young indicate that it is contraindicated in instances of cardiac fibrillation and G6PD deficiency. They precaution against using it topically near the face of children and infants. Cornmint Oil may act as a choloretic. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 261.]

Safety Precautions for Cornmint:

Do not take any oils internally and do not apply undiluted essential oils, absolutes, CO2s or other concentrated essences onto the skin without advanced essential oil knowledge or consultation from a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. If you are pregnant, epileptic, have liver damage, have cancer, or have any other medical problem, use oils only under the proper guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. Use extreme caution when using oils with children and be sure to first read the recommended dilution ratios for children. Consult a qualified aromatherapy practitioner before using oils with children, the elderly, if you have medical issues or are taking medications. For in-depth information on oil safety issues, read Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young.

Energetic, Spiritual, and Emotional Qualities

Energetics and Chakras Qualites of Cornmint:

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