Too much mint hurts the stomach and causes insomnia.

Mint relaxes the esophageal sphincter and increases the chances of acidosis. Be careful with anything containing mint, such as peppermint tea, mint candies and mint gum.

Peppermint contains menthol, a substance that freshens breath and has a variety of medicinal properties, relieves abdominal pain, gallbladder problems such as cramps, and has antiseptic and antiseptic, diuretic, phlegmolytic, stomachic and digestive properties. Consumption of peppermint in large quantities can lead to insomnia, but in small doses it helps with sleep.

Peppermint leaves are contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency and blood dryness, hyperactivity of liver yang, and excessive sweating of the exterior. It should be avoided by women during pregnancy. And because of the mint has inhibited milk secretion, so breastfeeding women should not be used;

And because of the mint aromatic pungent dispersal of the reason, so the lung deficiency cough, Yin deficiency fever sweating patients should also be used with caution. In addition, the ingredients of the mint is easy to heat and volatilization failure, so it is appropriate to roll in the water and then put. Since it has the effect of waking up the brain and stimulating the mind, it is not advisable to drink too much of it in the evening to avoid sleep disturbances.

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Peppermint health effects

Peppermint has a special cool and aromatic aroma, which is widely used in modern medicine, food, cosmetics, spices, tobacco and other industries. Fresh mint contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber and a variety of vitamins, has a high nutritional and therapeutic value, can be both flavored, can make incense, but also can be brewed tea, stewed porridge soup, cooking dishes and so on. Specifically, its health effects are as follows:

1, the prevention and treatment of wind-heat colds. Peppermint pungent to dispersal, cool to clear heat, is the treatment of wind-heat colds commonly used materials, especially for no sweat or sweating people.

Medicine Zizhong Senxi Lu recorded, "warm disease sweating with mint." Modern pharmacological research shows that peppermint oil can promote secretion of sweat glands, increase heat dissipation, thus playing the role of sweating, antipyretic, light evidence of available peppermint 3 grams of mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle 5 grams each, boiled water brewing tea, or porridge consumption.

2, the treatment of head and face wind heat. Drugs, recorded in the "Drugs", mint, "flavor pungent can be dispersed, the nature of the cool and clear, through the head of the six yang, to get rid of all the heat of the wind". In other words, mint is good for the head and face, can cure the loss of voice, treatment of articulation, clear throat.

In addition to internal use, can also be used in boiling water, slightly cooled fumigation of the nose, eyes, or contained in the mouth, to help people clear the mind, relieve the wind-heat caused by headache, eye redness and pain, sore throat and gums, nasal burning, etc., but also can be used in gauze to absorb the decoction, compresses in the hot feeling of localization, such as the eyes, the mouth and so on.

3, anti-inflammatory and anti-itch. Peppermint is light and translucent, the main into the lung meridian, the lung main fur, can promote the opening of the pores, so that the accumulation of the pores of the rash of toxicity through the dispersion of its coolness can relieve the itchy feeling of the rash.

Research shows that peppermint oil used externally can stimulate the cold receptors of the nerve endings, produce cold sensation, and reflexively cause changes in the blood vessels of the deep tissues, play the role of anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-itching, can be used alone, can also be used with the thorn mustard, windproof, burdock, cicadas, bitter ginseng and other penetrating rash itching products decoction of water, internal combined with external use.

4, the liver and qi. Peppermint and into the liver meridian, because of its aroma to go away, can promote the liver's excretion, and then regulate the mood, can be the treatment of liver depression and stagnation of qi caused by sullenness. Relieve tension and anxiety, can be placed on the table mint potted plants, its tender green leaves, fragrant odor, pleasing to the eye. You can also use 3 grams of mint, 1 slice of lemon, the right amount of rock sugar, brewed with boiling water instead of tea.

Peppermint can also be used to relieve summer heat and avoid filth, dampness and the middle, with the same aromatic patchouli, Elshotsholtzia, perilla, etc., can be used to treat summer dampness, internal use or to make a bag of incense to carry can be. However, peppermint should not be decocted for a long time, because of local irritation, skin sensitivities should be used with caution; it also has an anti-natal, anti-early pregnancy effect, so pregnant women, pregnant women should be careful.

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People's Daily Online - Most Stomach Hurting Foods Inventory, Mint is the First

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Mint

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People's Daily News - The Health Benefits of a Piece of Mint