Description
Habak Mint Essential Oil 10 ml
Mentha longifolia (Mentha habak)
Israel
Also Known as Horse Mint, Sacred Mint, Habak Blessed Mint, Wild Cornmint, and Wadi Mint
OW Harvested
A vast variety of natural components such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, cinnamates, ceramides, sesquiterpenes, terpenes, and terpenoids have been suggested to be responsible for the pharmacological action of M. longifolia. The oil has a very strong minty but with soft spearmint-like notes and, a warm, herbaceous aroma presenting a top fragrance note.
Habak Mint is the wild sister of peppermint and all the other species of the mint family. It occurs in several subspecies almost worldwide. Like other mints, you can use the oil against indigestion and colds in their raw plant form.
Middle Eastern world, a sip of an infusion tea from the plant is considered stimulating and increases alertness and sharpness. Traditional medicine also attributes to this plant additional virtues such as antiseptic, stomach pain relief, respitory, cough, nausea, and more.
Benefits: Anesthetic, antimicrobial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cytotoxic, digestive, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic. Used for acne, sunburn, cools skin itching, removing blackheads, sinusitis.
HISTORY OF MINT IN HOLY LAND
The Oil has been in use for centuries. In the Ebers Papyrus from Egypt, which dates to about 1500 BCE, mint is mentioned by name as well as in the Hebrew Bible. Cornmint in Jerusalem, and surrounding areas and as far as in Galilee was cultivated by the ancient Israelites and by the Egyptians in Egypt. Since the two lands border one another it was known as ”Canon Sacred Leaf”. Today it is been named “Blessed Habak Cornmint”.
Dried, powdered mint leaves apparently were assiduously tithed by the Priests. This “bitter herb” was eaten at the Passover (Exod 12:8; Num 9:11). It still is eaten at Passover Seder feasts today and can be found often in Israel as a paste on the seder plate. It grows taller than the usual mint grown in Europe and the USA—often, in fact, three ft. high.
The synagogues in Israel 2000 years ago often at Shavuot had sprigs of various mints sprinkled on the floor, so that the fragrance arose when they were walked on it. Shaw mentions this in Plants in the Missouri Botanical Garden (1884). Some sephardic synagogues still do this today in Israel.
Mint represented wealth and abundance. Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the L-rd of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. It was custom for Israelites would hang mint to fragrance their homes along with lavender nard.
The strong mint aroma of this essential oil is sweet and warm and is often used to release negative energy, provide spiritual openness, and promote a positive overall mood. Jerusalem Habak Mint Essential Oil contains a high percentage of menthol which makes it very effective for reducing pain in the muscles and joints.
Mint species grown in Israel are often used for beekeeping and are known to be an effective deterrent for tracheal mites and other insects. It can work to mask the natural scent of honeybees, and help to keep predatory insects away from colonies. Plus the bees love the flowers when they bloom.
This amazing strong mint offers antimicrobial and antifungal benefits to purify and sanitize surfaces against bacteria, viruses, mold spores, mildew, and fungus. You can also diffuse oil to deodorize and refresh the energy in any space.
