Botanical Name: Methyl salicylate
Other Names: American Wintergreen, Boxberry, Checkerberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Deerberry, Eastern Spicy-wintergreen, Eastern Teaberry, Eastern Wintergreen, Ground Holly, Ground Tea, Mountain Tea, Mountain-tea, Redberry Wintergreen, Spiceberry, and Spicy Wintergreen.
Derived traditionally from the leaves of the wintergreen plant, Wintergreen oil is an essential oil. The active ingredient in wintergreen oil is methyl salicylate, which can be synthetically produced and is commonly referred to as wintergreen oil in various products.
Medicinal Uses:
- Bacterial infections
- Colds
- Headache
- Colic
- Skin conditions
- Sore throat
- Tooth decay
