Pennyroyal

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(Mentha pulegium)
Is high in Pulegone, which is poisonous in high doses. Please only use as advised by a healthcare adviser.

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Pennyroyal
(Mentha pulegium)

Plant Origin: USA
Method: Steam distilled leaf
Cultivation: Grown using organic methods
Chemical Family: Ketone
Aroma: Minty, herbaceous
Note (Evaporation Rate): Middle

Key Constituents Lot# 104
(+)-Pulegone 73.29%
(+)-Isomenthone 11.93%
Pennyroyal is high in Pulegone, which is a deadly poison. In cases where it caused harm, it was used in absurd amounts orally (such as more than 10mL).

Safety Information
Children: Not suitable

Pregnancy/Breastfeeding: Not suitable

Epilepsy: Not safe for oral use, 1.3% topically

Therapeutic Uses
Pennyroyal is high in Pulegone, which is a deadly poison. In cases where it caused harm, it was used in absurd amounts orally (such as more than 10mL).

Pennyroyal essential oil may support, aid, ease, soothe, reduce, calm, relax, promote and/or maintain healthy function of the following:
Antiseptic
Arthritis
Asthma
Bronchitis
Congestion
Digestion indigestion, colic, gas, nausea, vomiting
Fever
Fleas
Gallbladder
Gout
Jaundice
Joints, minor aches and pain
Kidneys
Liver
Menstruation, delayed and other issues associated with
Motion sickness
Mosquitoes
Mucus
Nerve, numbing
Numbing, nerves
Spleen
Toxins, neutralize
Urinary tract
Whooping cough
Wounds

Application Suggestions (See Essential Oil Usage for more information and a Dilution Chart.)
Use as advised by a health care practitioner.
Maximum dermal use level: 1.3% (Tisserand)
Tisserand notes that Pennyroyal should not be used at all by those pregnant or breastfeeding.

Safety
Pennyroyal is an abortifacient and can be harmful if used in massive dose levels, not because it causes uterine contractions but because of potential for hepatoxicity (Tisserand/Young, page 162).

Epilepsy: Not safe for oral use, 1.3% topically.

Pregnancy/Breastfeeding Contraindications: All routes

Oral: Should not be taken orally.

An 18-year-old American girl took about 30 mL of Pennyroyal, thinking she was pregnant. After severe vomiting and vaginal bleeding, she suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest 4 days after ingestion. She died 2 days later following a second cardiopulmonary arrest (Sullivan and Peterson 1979). Price, Len; Price, Shirley (2011-11-11), Aromatherapy for Health Professionals.

Avoid contact with the eyes and other sensitive areas. Essential oils are both lipophilic and hydrophobic. Lipophilic means they are attracted to fat— like the membranes of your eyes and skin. They are also hydrophobic, meaning they do not like water. Applying a carrier oil will create another fat for the essential oil to be attracted to other than the membranes of the eyes or skin. Tisserand suggests: "With essential oils, fatty oil has been suggested as an appropriate first aid treatment, though the advantage of saline [eyewash] is that the eyes can be continually flushed, and this is less easy with fatty oil.” We are not aware of a case where essential oil in the eyes caused permanent injury or long-term discomfort, but if you feel concerned, please call your health care provider.

Reference:
Battaglia, Salvatore, The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy, 2002, page 321.
Tisserand, Robert; Young, Rodney, Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals, Elsevier Health Sciences UK 2nd Edition 2014, pages 152-153, 162, 382-384.
Purchon, Nerys; Cantele, Lora, Complete Aromatherapy and Essential Oils Handbook for Everyday Wellness, 2014, page 18.
Sheppard-Hanger, Sylla, The Aromatherapy Practitioner Reference Manual, Tampa, FL: Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy, 1994, page 291.
Worwood, Valerie Ann, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, New World Library, 2016 page 635.

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