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Skin test to peppermint: Saline is labeled S to the far left and is negative; histamine is in the middle and raised a 5-mm wheal and 2-cm flare. Mint is to the right and raised a 5-mm wheal and 2-cm flare.
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F1
Laboratory evaluation including pulmonary function tests and assessment for specific IgE to peppermint is shown in Tables 1-3 and Fig. 1.
Peppermint. (Borrowed with permission courtesy of White Flower Farm, Litchfield, CT.)
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Skin tests with inhalants in a group of patients in one study were positive to grasses and with plants of the Labiatae family, which comprises other plants such as mint (Mentha piperita) as shown in Fig. 2.