Spearmint Water.
This may also be prepared in the same way as the Pennyroyal water.
Both these are useful stomachic waters, and will sometimes relieve vomiting, especially when it proceeds from indigestion, or cold viscid phlegm. They are likewise useful in some colicky complaints, the gout in the stomach, &c. particularly the peppermint water.
An infusion of the fresh plant is frequently found to have the same effects as the distilled water.
William Buchan
Domestic Medicine 2nd edition 1785