Mint is one of the common medicines used by people in summer, it can relieve fever, internal use in the treatment of influenza, headache, eye redness, body heat, throat, swollen and painful tooth bed and other conditions have some medicinal value, external use, can relieve, treatment of neuralgia, itchy skin, rashes and eczema. Mint can be used medicinally in addition to: internal, external rub; can also be eaten, fresh mint how to eat last.

First, fresh mint tea is the best

Fresh mint leaves are eaten raw, with a refreshing flavor; mint stems and leaves, can be juiced and drunk, but also can be brewed and brewed tea; dried mint can be flavoring agents and spices. With so many ways to consume it, how best to eat fresh mint. Mint is generally used in the summer, in large quantities, it can clear the heat and detoxification, but also prevention, of course: prevention is better than treatment.

The rainy day stage, fresh mint is best made into tea. Fresh mint, leaf juice is fresh enough to make tea after hot water, the flavor and efficacy can be emitted. There are three reasons why fresh mint is best for tea.

First, mint tea taste fragrant, easy to be accepted by most people; Second, fresh mint tea is a day to drink slowly, the body slowly absorbed, if a meal eaten at once, absorption is limited after all, drink tea, mint can be very well absorbed by the stomach and intestines; Third, the fresh mint directly picked off the clean, put into a cup, pouring boiling water can be, edible Convenient and quick.

Second, mint eating

1, mint porridge

Take fresh mint and dry products, than 2:1 add about 1 kg of water, medium heat boil off half of the water; cooling, fishing out the dregs, leaving juice spare. Terrier rice porridge nine mature, add thin soup can be boiled, according to personal taste can be added to the appropriate amount of rock sugar can be. Mint porridge is refreshing, improve appetite, help digestion effect.

2, mint cake

First in the boiled green beans add a little sugar, cinnamon and chopped mint leaves into the filling; and then the glutinous rice stewed and cooled, the glutinous rice flattened, green beans and mint filling put in the middle of the package, in the chopping board flattened, cut into pieces. The mint cake has the effect of dispelling wind and heat, clearing the throat.

3, mint chicken wire

Chicken breast cut into thin shreds, with egg white, starch, salt and mix well. This dish is delicious when made with the stalks of mint. So wash and cut the mint stalks. When the oil in the pan is fifty percent hot, pour the mixed shredded chicken, color change and fish up, it should not be too long; and then the onion, ginger, micro-frying, pouring into the mint stalks and shredded chicken, and finally add salt, monosodium glutamate and cooking wine can be slightly fried. Shredded mint chicken has the effect of reducing fire and relieving summer heat.

4, mint crucian carp soup

The clean fresh crucian carp with oil slightly fried, add water, white onion, ginger and fresh mint slices and fresh mint boiled over high heat, and then modulation of the small fire temperature stew until the soup is white, put the chicken essence and salt can be. Once a day, eat for several days, can treat pediatric prolonged cough.

5, mint soup

mint soup practice is relatively simple, the mint leaves washed and chopped, put into the boiling water, add a little salt, sesame oil can be. Mint candy has the effect of detoxifying and defeating fire, suitable for summer consumption.

6, mint ice

Mint ice is generally consumed in the summer, the practice is even simpler, will be cleaned mint into the water boiled for about 5 minutes, fish out of the mint, to be cooled into the ice after the ice grid, made into ice particles, the summer taste of the dry tongue, sore throat, take out, contained in the mouth, can relieve and treat the symptoms of discomfort.

7, mint herbal tea

Herbal tea are heat detoxification, prevention of heat stroke, mint herbal tea is the same. With the mint to make herbal tea, the fresh mint leaves clean, add boiling water brewing, according to personal taste and then put the right amount of sugar, no sugar can be, spread cool can be, into the refrigerator after chilling, taste better.

8, mint tea

Summer with fresh mint tea to drink, there is a heat diuretic effect. Tea with mint leaves and tea with ordinary tea, if it is fresh mint leaves, washed can be brewed, if it is sun-dried mint, directly into the boiling water can be brewed.

9, mint wine

morning after going to drink warm water on an empty stomach, to a bowl of mint wine has a clear stomach detoxification effect, mint wine belongs to the health care wine, alcohol is not high, young and old. The practice is: the rice wine and mint according to the ratio of 5:1 configuration, add a little bit of yellow wine, mix well.

10, mint tofu

The tofu washed and cut into cubes, fried to a light yellow, add an appropriate amount of fresh mint, fresh onion and water to cook, to be the juice is almost dry when the sheng up to eat. Mint tofu has the effect of treating cold and nasal congestion, sneezing and runny nose.

Third, unsuitable for the consumption of mint crowd

1, outside the strong yin deficiency people, can not consume mint; the other blood heat and blood dryness, chronic hepatitis, table deficiency sweating more than those who avoid taking mint.

2, pregnant and lactating women. Peppermint will reduce the milk secretion of baby moms, and the other mint has the effect of waking up and excitement, so it should not be consumed at night.

Conclusion: There are many ways to consume fresh mint, the best and most simple and convenient is to drink tea. Mint summer drinking is good, but, not suitable for drinking the crowd is best to stay away from. After all, the body is the capital of the revolution.