Mint scrambled eggs to clear the fire, mint pungent, cool, non-toxic, with sweating, fever, wind, stop oxygen and other functions. Long-term as a dish to eat raw or cooked, can but kidney gas, get rid of evil poisons, in addition to labor gas, relief of fatigue, so that people's breath fragrant and clean. Decoction and washing can cure knee sores. It can also cure phlegm and all kinds of wind and mind wind. In addition, the juice can be taken to remove heart fever and diseases of the mouth and teeth; pounded into a juice gargle to remove the tongue fetus speech astringency; use the leaves to plug the nose, stop epistaxis; can also be applied to treat bee stings and snakebites. The food doctor heart mirror" also wrote that mint decoction of black bean soup, warm wine and drink, tea, eaten raw can be, more beneficial than vegetables.

Scrambled eggs with mint leaves taste fresh and delicious, which contains a variety of vitamins, proteins, trace elements and minerals that the human body needs, have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, but the mint is a cool food, easy to eat cause gastrointestinal discomfort, or even diarrhea, affecting digestion and absorption.

Pharmacological effects of mint

1, local effects: mint water local application of cooling, itching, anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect. Menthol can stimulate the skin nerve endings receptors, first produce a cool feeling, followed by a slight burning sensation. It slowly penetrates into the skin and causes prolonged congestion, and achieves the therapeutic effect.

2, antipyretic: a small amount of peppermint can excite the central nervous system, so that the peripheral capillaries dilate and dissipate heat; and promote sweat gland secretion and sweating. Therefore, it has the effect of lowering body temperature.

3, anti-inflammatory: peppermint contains 8 kinds of catecholic acid is an effective anti-inflammatory agent, can inhibit 3a hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase has anti-inflammatory effect. Peppermint contains blue fragrant oil hydrocarbon on the scalded rabbit ear has anti-inflammatory effect.

4, peppermint can increase the secretion of respiratory mucus: get rid of the mucus attached to the mucous membrane, can reduce the foam phlegm, so that the effective ventilation of the respiratory tract increased.

5, peppermint oil has a stomachic effect: experimental gastric ulcer has a therapeutic effect; a strong choleretic effect, and hepatoprotective effect.