Spearmint Tea Could Help Women with Unwanted Hair

A new study suggests that drinking spearment tea may work to help women with excessive hair.

With following studies in process, spearmint could be an alternative to hormonal treatments for conditions such as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, say Suleyman Demirel Univerisity's medical school in Isparta, Turkey.

Mehmet Akdogan and colleagues studied 21 hirsute women seen at their endocrinology clinic.

Twelve of the women had  PCOS, a hormonal condition that often involves  excessive hair also called 'hirsutism.'  

Participants were asked  to drink spearmint tea twice a day for five days. The tea was brewed by pouring boiling water over a heaping teaspoon of dried spearmint leaves.

Blood tests showed that the women's levels of androgens, often responsible for testosterone hormones and hirsutism, levels dropped after drinking the spearmint tea for the five days. Further follow up studies are being conducted.

 SOURCE: WebMD article; Turkish Study Shows Hormonal Shift After Hirsute Women Drank Spearmint Tea: http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20070222/spearmint-may-cut-excess-hair-in-women