How to use mint leaves
food therapy
Mint tastes spicy and cool; Return to lung and liver meridian; The fragrance rises and falls;
It has the effects of dispelling wind and cooling, clearing the head, relieving sore throat, penetrating rash and relieving depression;
Indications: exterior-interior wind-heat syndrome, headache, dizziness, red eyes, sore throat, hoarseness, sinusitis, toothache, measles, itching, liver depression, hypochondriac pain, swelling, scrofula and tuberculosis.
Pharmacological effects of mint leaves
1, local operation
Local application of mint water has the functions of cooling, relieving itching, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain.
Menthol can stimulate the nerve endings of the skin, producing a cold feeling first, and then a slight burning feeling. Slowly penetrate into human skin, causing long-term congestion and achieving therapeutic effect.
2, antipyretic: a small amount of mint can excite the central nervous system, so that the surrounding capillaries expand and dissipate heat; And promote the secretion of sweat glands and sweat. So it has the effect of lowering body temperature.
3. Anti-inflammatory: Eight kinds of catechuic acids contained in mint are effective anti-inflammatory agents, which can inhibit 3a- hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and have weak anti-inflammatory effect. The blue sesame oil hydrocarbon contained in mint has anti-inflammatory effect on scalded rabbit ears.
4, mint can increase the secretion of respiratory mucus. Removing mucus attached to mucous membrane can reduce foam sputum and increase effective ventilation of respiratory tract.
5. Peppermint oil has the function of invigorating stomach and treating experimental gastric ulcer; It has strong cholagogic and hepatoprotective effects.
6. Peppermint oil can prevent sperm implantation and early pregnancy. The reason of termination of pregnancy is that it can obviously reduce the level of chorionic gonadotropin, and it may also be related to promoting uterine contraction and damaging placenta.
Summer healthy mint recipe
mint tea
Ingredients: dried mint 4 yuan, a little rock sugar, green tea.
Practice: add 2000 ml of water to the pot and boil, add mint leaves and green tea, turn off the fire and soak until the water is cool, filter out the leaf residue and add sugar to drink. Dried mint leaves can be bought in Chinese medicine shops, and it would be better if there are fresh mint leaves. The brewing ratio is 1 mint leaves plus 500 ml of water.
Efficacy: Cool mint can eliminate internal heat and gastrointestinal depression in summer. If you have a cold in summer, it is a very good drink.
Mint and mung bean soup
Ingredients: 5 grams of mint, 30 grams of coix seed, 60 grams of mung bean, 65438+ 0-2 spoonfuls of sugar.
Practice: Wash Coix seed and mung bean and soak in water for 3 hours. Pour 800 ml of water into the pot, add coix seed and mung bean to boil over medium heat, then cook over low heat for half an hour, add mint and sugar, and continue to cook for 5? 10 minutes, just put it in the bowl.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials, especially suitable for people with acne.
Mint porridge
Ingredients: 5 grams of mint and 50 grams of japonica rice.
Production: First, cook the japonica rice porridge, cook it, add mint and cook it for a few times to make it fragrant.
Usage: Take it on an empty stomach.
Efficacy: dispelling wind and clearing heat. Treat wind-heat cold, but see fever, wind evil, unclear head, sore throat and thirst.
Take mint 15g and decoct it after the soup is cool. Cook porridge with 60 grams of japonica rice. When the porridge is ready, add some rock sugar and cook for another second. It can be used as a hot food for breakfast and dinner. Mint is a lip-shaped plant, which is used as a sweating and antipyretic agent in traditional Chinese medicine. Li Ming's Compendium of Materia Medica says: Mint, pungent powder, cool and clear, designed to enjoy the cool with the breeze. Therefore, headache, wind, eye, throat, mouth and teeth are the main drugs. ? According to medical afterstar: Mint is over-qualified, beneficial to the throat and fragrant. ? Eating mint porridge in spring for middle-aged and elderly people can clear the heart, dispel wind and dissipate heat, stimulate appetite and help digestion.