Traditional Chinese medicine experts in Beijing Hongyitang believe that mint is cool and pungent, and it belongs to the lung and liver meridians. It has the effects of dispersing wind and heat, clearing the head, soothing the throat, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and is often used to treat wind-heat colds, stagnation of liver qi, chest tightness and pain. "Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica" says: "Mint smells pungent and non-toxic. The main thief is typhoid fever, sweating, abdominal distension and cholera. You don't need to eat at home, but you can eat it raw if you take it with boiled juice." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Mint, pungent can disperse, cool can clear benefits, and it is specialized in cooling by cool wind. Therefore, headaches, head wind, eyes, throat and mouth teeth are the main drugs. " In addition, this product is fragrant and foul-smelling, and can also be used to treat distension, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by damp and foul air in summer. It is often combined with Pogostemon, Eupatorium herb and Lentilus lablab. In addition to oral administration, mint can also be used for external use, such as summer heat rash, mosquito smoking, furuncle and so on. Need to be reminded that peppermint fragrant powder has a good sweating effect, and it is easy to consume gas, so it is not suitable for those who are weak and sweaty.
In addition to medicinal use, mint is often used in the production of dishes, cakes and drinks, which is a good food therapy in summer. This paper introduces several methods of eating mint.
Peppermint ice:
Boil 4 bowls of clear water until it boils, add mint and boil for 5 minutes. Put mint water into an ice cube and make it into ice particles. When you have a sore throat or dry mouth, take the ice particles and chew them in your mouth. The temperature is high in summer, and people often go in and out of air-conditioned places, so it is easy to catch a cold. Peppermint ice has the effects of preventing and treating colds, relieving sore throat and promoting fluid production.
Mint soup:
Clean mint leaves, chop them up, blanch them with boiling water, and add a little salt and sesame oil, which has the effects of refreshing, detoxifying and reducing fire.
Mint porridge:
Mint15g decoction, add 60g japonica rice to cook porridge, add appropriate amount of rock sugar when the porridge is ready, and then boil it, which can be served warm for breakfast and dinner.
Mint tea:
Making tea with mint, like ordinary tea, can make use of menthol and menthone in mint to dispel wind and clear heat, and the tea has a cool feeling, which is a good medicine for clearing heat and diuresis.
Mint wine:
0/0g of peppermint oil/kloc-,50ml of rice wine and 0.05l of yellow wine. Mix peppermint oil with rice wine and yellow wine and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning and evening. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxicating, invigorating stomach and clearing throat.
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