Mint is pungent and cool, and enters the lung and liver meridians. Xin can disperse, cool can clear away heat, clear away astigmatism and dispel cold. Therefore, mint is the most pungent and cool medicine that can disperse exterior evils and has a certain sweating effect. It is a commonly used medicine to disperse wind-heat and can be used for both wind-heat and cold.

1, cooling and relieving pain

Peppermint leaf extract has the effects of cooling, relieving itching, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain for external use. Menthol in mint leaves can stimulate the receptors of skin nerve endings, make people feel cool and slowly penetrate into the skin, thus achieving therapeutic effects.

2, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial

Peppermint contains eight kinds of theanine, which has a very good anti-inflammatory effect. If there is inflammation in the body, especially inflammation caused by burns, using mint can quickly restore health. Taking mint water can also have obvious antitussive, anti-inflammatory and bacteriostatic effects on upper respiratory tract infection.

3, stomach and wind

Menthol oil, menthol, menthone, isomenthone, rosmarinic acid and other components in mint leaves can stimulate oral mucosa, promote saliva secretion, increase blood supply to gastric mucosa, promote digestive function, and help alleviate problems such as epigastric stagnation caused by indigestion.

4. Relieve your emotions

The cool fragrance of mint leaves can refresh the mind and relieve headache, nausea and tension.

5. Fight cancer

Peppermint leaves can prevent the vascular growth of cancer lesions, so that cancer tumors can not get blood supply, thus fighting cancer.

Mint porridge

Practice: fry 30 grams of fresh mint or 15 grams of dry mint and 1 liter of clean water to about 0.8 liter, cool, take out mint and leave juice. Cook porridge with 150g japonica rice. When the porridge is ready, add mint soup and a little rock sugar and bring to a boil.

Efficacy: mint is a medicine for dispelling wind and clearing heat. Adding japonica rice and rock sugar to cook porridge can promote sweating and protect the stomach. It is most suitable for people who have known stomach problems and have recently been affected by wind and heat.

Mint tofu

Practice: 2 pieces of tofu, 50 grams of fresh mint leaves, 3 fresh onions, stir-fried in 2 bowls of water, and eat while the water is half.

Efficacy: It can treat cold, stuffy nose, sneezing, runny nose and other diseases.

Mint cake

Practice: take 500 grams of glutinous rice mung beans, 0/5 grams of mint/kloc-,25 grams of sugar, and a little osmanthus. Boil mung beans until cooked, then add sugar, osmanthus fragrans and mint leaves to make stuffing for later use. Stew the glutinous rice, put it in a box to cool, then wrap the bean paste with glutinous rice and crush it with a mallet.

Efficacy: cool, dispel wind and dissipate heat, clear throat and benefit throat.