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Food as Medicine — Day 3: Peppermint, The Cooling Healer

Hello My Beautiful Wildings

Welcome to Day 3 of our Food as Medicine series, our gentle journey with everyday herbs and spices that nourish both body and spirit.

Today’s herb is light, bright, and a little bit magical. Known for its cooling nature and crisp, refreshing scent, Peppermint is like a soft breeze through the nervous system, bringing clarity, ease, and calm.

Herb or Spice of the Day – Peppermint

Peppermint has been used throughout history to soothe digestion, ease tension, and clear the mind. It’s both cooling and energising, a wonderful herb for balancing warmth and calming the nervous system.

Key Benefits:

• Physical: Eases bloating, supports digestion, helps reduce headaches and nausea, naturally cooling.

• Emotional/Mental: Uplifts, clears mental fog, calms stress and tension.

• Energetic: Connected to the throat and heart chakras, opening space for clear communication and gentle self-expression.

  
  

Wild Queen Tip:  Peppermint is a beautiful ally when you’re feeling frazzled or overheated, physically or emotionally. It whispers “breathe… you’re safe here.”

Tea Time for Healing – Minty Calm Tea

Peppermint tea is one of the simplest, most soothing herbal infusions you can make. It’s gentle yet powerful, supporting digestion and nervous system regulation.

Minty Calm Tea 

• 1 tbsp fresh peppermint leaves (or 1 tsp dried)

• Hot (not boiling) water

• Optional: A slice of lemon or a few rose petals for a soft heart-opening touch.

  
  

How to make it:

1. Place the peppermint in your favourite mug or teapot.

2. Pour hot water over the leaves and let it steep for 5–7 minutes.

3. Strain, breathe in the fresh scent, and sip slowly.

   
   

Why it helps: Peppermint relaxes the muscles of the digestive system, eases bloating, and helps calm the mind, perfect after meals or during a busy day.

Kitchen Pharmacy – Everyday Magic in Your Meals

Peppermint isn’t just for tea, it can bring a fresh, cooling brightness to so many dishes and drinks.

Simple ways to use peppermint:

• Add fresh leaves to salads, grain bowls, or fruit.

• Blend into smoothies for a cooling lift.

• Infuse into water with cucumber and lemon for a refreshing tonic.

• Sprinkle over desserts for a light, herbal finish.

  
  

You could make a simple peppermint and cucumber tonic, fresh mint leaves, cucumber slices, lemon, and cool water. It’s crisp, cleansing, and perfect on warmer days.

Ideas on what you could Eat in a Day – Energy & Balance

Here’s how peppermint can flow through your day, a gentle reminder that herbal nourishment can be light, joyful, and flexible.

• Morning: Peppermint and lemon water to start the day clear and fresh.

• Lunch: Quinoa and veggie salad with chopped mint leaves for brightness.

• Afternoon: A soothing cup of Minty Calm Tea while working, provides pure nervous system magic.

• Evening: Peppermint cucumber tonic after dinner to support gentle digestion.

  
  

Peppermint is a perfect herb for when you need clarity without stimulation, it cools and soothes, but still refreshes the mind.

Gut Feelings – Tuning In to Your Second Brain

Peppermint is a well-loved digestive ally, gentle but incredibly effective. It can help ease bloating, gas, cramps, and discomfort, and support the gut-brain connection by calming the digestive tract.

Why it matters:

• When the gut relaxes, the nervous system follows.

• Cooling herbs like peppermint help ease emotional heat, agitation, restlessness and tension.

• A calm gut = clearer mind, softer energy, steadier intuition.

  
  

Mini Practice: Place your hand lightly over your belly. Breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth. Imagine a soft breeze moving through your centre, clearing away tension.

Reflection – Integration & Intuition

As you bring peppermint into your day, take a gentle moment to reflect:

How did this cooling herb shift your energy? Did you notice your body softening, your breath deepening? Where can you invite more calm and clarity into your week?

This is the beauty of peppermint, a small, simple herb with the power to bring lightness and ease.

Final Thoughts

Peppermint reminds us that healing can be simple. A few fresh leaves, a warm cup, a cool sip and the nervous system exhales.

“Breathe deeply. Let the breeze of your breath clear the way for softness and calm.”

Sending Light and Love, 💗🧚‍♀️💜

Cindy Amess | Wild Queen Spiritual