The practice of mint leaves
(a) mint green tea
Ingredients: dry mint 4 money, rock sugar, green tea a little.
Practice: Add 2000 milliliters of water in the pot to boil, put the mint leaves and green tea, turn off the heat and soak until the water cools, filter out the leaf residue can be added sugar to drink. Dried mint leaves can be bought in Chinese medicine stores, if you have fresh mint leaves better. The brewing ratio is 1 money mint leaves with 500 milliliters of water.
Benefits: Cool mint can eliminate summer fire and gastrointestinal depression, and if there is a summer fever and cold, this is a very good drink.
(B) fresh mint crucian carp soup
Ingredients: live crucian carp, scallion white, fresh mint, water, oil, salt, etc.
Practice: live crucian carp 1, dissected and washed clean, boiled with water, plus scallion white 1, ginger 1 slice, 20 grams of fresh mint, water can be boiled to put seasoning and oil and salt, soup and meat to eat together. Eat 1 time a day, even eat 3 to 5 days.
(C) mint green bean soup
Ingredients: 5 grams of mint, 30 grams of barley, 60 grams of green beans, 1-2 spoons of sugar.
Directions: Wash barley and green beans, soak in water for 3 hours and set aside. Pour 800 milliliters of water into the pot, add barley and green beans on medium heat to boil, change to low heat and simmer for half an hour, add mint, sugar, continue to cook for 5-10 minutes, served in a bowl can be.
Functions: clearing heat and detoxification, especially suitable for people with acne to drink.
Effects and functions of mint leaves
1, a small amount of mint can excite the central nervous system, promote blood circulation, sweat gland secretion, so that the surrounding capillaries dilate and dissipate heat, which can be used to relieve summer heat. Therefore, mint has the effect of lowering body temperature.
2, peppermint contains menthol and other factors, which will produce a cooling effect on the human skin, so it can be anti-inflammatory and analgesic, relieving itching and detoxification and evacuating wind-heat.
3, peppermint into the tea, you can stomach, expectorant, expectorant, cholagogic, anti-spasmodic, improve the feeling of fever, throat, swelling and pain, and itching of the skin, abdominal flatulence, diarrhea, dyspepsia, constipation and other symptoms,
4, can ease the headache, to promote the metabolism, for the respiratory tract inflammatory symptoms of the therapeutic effects;
5, to reduce blood pressure, nourish the heart.
6, its cooling aroma, can also calm nervousness, make the body and mind happy, help sleep.
The contraindications of peppermint water
Peppermint is not suitable for patients who are weak and sweaty. Specific enough matters are as follows:
1. Because the mint itself has a very strong aroma, so it is recommended that some of the body yin deficiency caused by the body fever and sweating patients are best not to take. In addition, lung deficiency caused by coughing patients are also best not to take mint, especially the mint bubble water to drink, to avoid aggravation of the situation.
2. Scientists also tell us that the mint itself contains some of the body's beneficial components will be evaporated because of the heat, so it is important to pay special attention to cooking. It is recommended to drink mint water directly with boiling water, cooking vegetables should also wait until the water boils in the put.
3. Because the mint itself has the role of excitation of the nerves and refreshment, so it is best not to take too much at night, to avoid causing difficulty in sleeping, affecting the quality of sleep.
4. It is recommended that pregnant women do not overdose on peppermint, and if it is not unavoidable, it is best not to take peppermint during pregnancy or in preparation for pregnancy.
5. Women who are breastfeeding should not drink peppermint in water, because some substances in peppermint have the effect of inhibiting milk secretion, so women who are breastfeeding should not take peppermint.
Can mint be eaten directly
Mint leaves can be eaten directly raw.
Mint leaves have a dual function of medical and edible, the main edible parts of the stem and leaves, can also be squeezed juice service. Mint directly washed and mixed to eat, its cooling aroma, but also can calm the nervous and angry emotions, can lift the spirit, make the body and mind happy, help sleep.
And mint leaves are a medicinal herb that can be used as both a medicine and an ingredient in cooking. Mint leaves eaten raw is more medicinal, such as mashed juice to drink to get rid of wind-cold disease. But mint leaves are best eaten in boiling water, because there may be bacteria, or parasites.