A little plant, growing from six to twelve inches high. The stem is very much branched and prostrate or erect, the leaves are petiolate, ovate, and from 6 to 18 millimetres long, the whorls are all separate, and the calyx and pedicels pubescent or hispid. Flowers small, bluish-purple, in loose axillary clusters along the branches; calyx tubular, two-lipped, upper lip three-toothed, lower lip two-cleft; corolla two-lipped, upper lip erect and notched, lower lip three-cleft. Stamens two fertile and two sterile.

Antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, sedative and stimulant (herb).

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(+)-Pulegone, 1-8 cineole, alpha-humulene, alpha-phellandrene, alpha-pinene, alpha-terpinene, alpha-terpineol, beta-phellandrene, beta-pinene, cadinene, carvacrol, caryophyllene, citronellol, dipentene, eugenol, fenchone, gamma-terpinene, hesperidin, isomenthone, limonene, menthol, menthone, myrcene, nerol, p-cymene, pulegone, rosmarinic acid, tannin, terpinolene, thujone, thymol (plant); acetic acid, butyric acid, carvone, formic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, p-cresol, palmitic acid, phenol, salicyclic acid (essential oil); diosmin (leaf)

Increases the secretion of digestive juices and relieves flatulence and colic (plant); in the treatment of fevers, headaches, minor respiratory infections, digestive disorders, menstrual complaints and various minor ailments (tea from leaves); to treat itchiness and formication, inflamed skin disorders such as eczema and rheumatic conditions such as gout (leaves).

Contraindicated for pregnant women.