Nana mint (Mentha spicata) is a variety of Moroccan spearmint long known for its natural rejuvenative and healing properties. These includes benefits for skin, energy, mental acuity and the health and immunity. Spearmint is largely used as flavoring in foods. But Moroccan Nana mint’s cleansing, rejuvenate, anti-age properties make it a superb ingredient in PHYTO5’s anti-age Cleansing Foam.
What is Nana Mint? It’s an anti-age agent when used in skincare.
Anti-inflammatory and soothing Nana mint offers powerful antioxidant action in skincare. It contributes to slowing visible signs of aging.
Nana mint essential oils helps rejuvenate and energize mature skin while minimizing lines. Nana mint also powerfully helps clear acne.
What is Nana Mint? It’s the source of the Moroccan woman’s beauty.
Moroccan women have long been known for their natural beauty. With radiant flawless skin and shiny silken hair, Moroccan women practice unique natural beauty rituals. And Nana mint plays a key role in their beauty rituals.
Moroccan people combine Nana mint with gunpowder (Chinese green) tea and sugar to create a beverage they consume every day several times a day. This Nana mint tea elixir is not only a staple of Moroccan culture, Moroccan women consider it key to their youthful beauty.
Moroccan people enjoy Maghrebi mint tea hot even during Morocco’s ultra warm Summers. They’ve found that the spearmint is superb at cooling down the body. It defends the body against the Summer heat. Chemicals in Nana combine with the body’s cold-sensitive receptors tricking the brain. The brain sends cooling sensation messages into the body.
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What is Nana Mint? It’s a spearmint grown in the Maghreb region of Northwestern Africa.
Nana is Arabic for mint. It’s also called Moroccan or Maghrebi mint. Nana mint is grown in the Maghreb region of north and northwestern Africa where Morocco is located and Arabic is spoken. Nana is also grown in the Mediterranean region.
Nana mint is called by many different names. Its original and real name is crisped mint. Nana mint’s original name is ‘crisped mint.’
What is Nana Mint? It’s a milder form of mint with warm herbal tones.
With no menthol nuances such as with peppermint, Nana mint has an earthier, sweeter flavor.
Nana is one of 210 species of mint cultivated all over the world and is one the oldest of all mints.
Moroccan Nana mint looks very similar to most common mint varieties except that it's more compact in shape. Nana leaves are a bright green color with slightly toothed edges.
The Nana plant itself bears soft stems with leaves that grow closely together. Pale purple flowers bloom in whirls at the tops of taller stems in late Summer and early Fall. Even the flowers of Nana are edible. The leaves tastes intensely spearmint flavor whether you consume them fresh or dry.
What is Nana Mint? It’s an important nutritious food.
Nana mint is very nutritious. One cup of Moroccan Nana mint tea delivers a generous serving of fluoride, calcium, magnesium, copper and selenium. All of these boost immune function.
Nana mint is rich in niacin (vitamin B3). Niacin lowers LDL bad cholesterol and increases HDL good cholesterol.
Folic acid in Nana mint regulates the body’s level of homocysteine, an amino acid that can cause heart disease if too much of it is present.
What is Nana Mint? It’s a cleansing tonic for internal and topical use.
Nana mint contains less menthol than other mints. This makes it a milder yet still efficient cleansing agent. Nana still possesses all the benefits of other mints. It’s very uplifting and energizing.
Nana spearmint contains the amino acid l-Theanine which raises your levels of GABA, a neurotransmitter that promotes feelings of relaxation and calmness.
What is Nana Mint? It’s a potent healing spearmint.
For thousands of years we’ve cultivated spearmint for its medicinal and healing applications.
You can use Nana spearmint for digestive support including upset stomach, heartburn, flatulence and nausea.
Use the essential oil of Nana mint to support oral health just as it’s been used since the Middle Ages. Back then, the people regularly added spearmint to drinking water to purify it.
Nana mint offers many more healing benefits:
provides greater mental performance and focus
offers analgesic soothing for respiratory tract
loosens congestion and cough
abates bad breath as an antimicrobial
kills off bacteria, fungus and viruses
relieves nasal allergies
cleanses blood
relieves headaches when rubbed on the temples
soothes muscle pain as an anti-spasmodic
boosts immunity