What are the functions of mint?

1. Decoction mint to drink instead of tea. Do not boil it for a long time.

2. For those with exogenous wind-heat, evil in the body, fever, mild aversion to wind and cold, no or less sweating, and headache, it can be combined with honeysuckle, forsythia, nepeta, or mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, platycodon, etc. Compatible, it has the effect of pungent and cool to relieve symptoms.

3. For those with wind-heat, headache, dizziness, and depression, it can be combined with chrysanthemum, angelica, gypsum, Chuanxiong, etc. to dissipate wind-heat and clear the head.

4. For those with wind-heat stagnation, internal and external heat, and measles that cannot be penetrated smoothly, it can be combined with gypsum, cicada slough, forsythia, etc. to dispel wind, clear away heat, and penetrate the rash.

5. For those with stagnation of liver qi, bloating and pain in both sides of the body, epigastric discomfort, breast distension and pain, irregular menstruation, it can be combined with Bupleurum, Angelicae, White Peony, etc.

6. Mint has a hair-splitting effect and can help measles spread. It can be used with Nepeta, burdock, cicada, etc.

Cooking purposes: for cooking raw materials and seasonings. Traditionally used to prepare mutton, it can also be used as a flavoring condiment, such as mint soup, mint porridge, etc. The remaining aromatic mint is used as a condiment for candies, cakes, and drinks.