Cui Qi is a person who often chews mint leaves in Chang 'an TV series The Longest Day. Sometimes I think Cui Qi has a lisp, which smacks of Lickitung. This is because Cui Qi is chewing something.
In fact, what really likes to chew mint leaves in the original work is actually Long Bo. In the original book, Long Bo chewed mint leaves repeatedly in the early stage, and there are more than a dozen descriptions in the original book. Later, it was Cao Gui who carried the banner of chewing mint leaves, and many times.
This can be seen from the gift of Longbaola goods to the owner. The owner said after the goods arrived. Fortunately, this Dalang lived up to his life, with a lot of goods and just the right time. ? Then hand over a bunch of rolled mint leaves for driving and refreshing, only produced in Jianghuai.
It can be seen from here that eating mint leaves is probably refreshing.
Someone really consulted Mr. Ma Boyong personally on this question, and Mr. Ma said? I made it up. ? Teacher Ma said that he originally wanted to write about betel nuts, but betel nuts are not popular in the Central Plains. As a northeast person, I have only known that southerners like to chew betel nuts in recent years.
Because the main ingredient of many chewing gums is mint, many people think that chewing mint leaves is to prevent bad breath.
When it comes to bad breath, you know it. In high school, I was probably angry or had a problem with my mouth. I often had a problem with my breath, but I didn't pay attention at that time. Later, my deskmate (girl) said that I had bad breath, and I never talked to her again. In my high school days, chewing gum became a necessity, so I had to chew it from time to time.
Later, I ate less gum after washing my teeth.
So, how did you avoid bad breath in ancient times when there was no chewing gum, no tooth washing technology or even brushing your teeth? Did mint leaves really prevent bad breath in ancient times?
Actually, in ancient times, in order to prevent bad breath, we chewed cloves instead of mint leaves.
Lilac is a traditional Chinese medicine. Is it also called chicken tongue in ancient poetry? Small cherry is delicate and charming, Su Fan is unusual. Why do you use chicken tongues frequently, like orchids? Blow the sheng spring on the seat. Slowly shed your skin and switch to business. Come to the moon and look at the dresser and whisper? Yes,? Often contains chicken tongue? It means chewing cloves.
Lilacs are produced in the western regions. After Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, cloves were gradually introduced to China. Han Guan Yi in the Eastern Han Dynasty contains: Emperor Huanshi Zhongnai (? Is it? Old bad breath, chicken tongue is fragrant. The chicken's tongue is quite small and pungent, and it is afraid to swallow. If you have, poison it, and if you give up, ask your current friends for help. Do you see it? ) Its medicine tastes salty and sneers. ?
It can be seen that in the Han Dynasty, officials began to use cloves to prevent bad breath.
Since the Han dynasty, clove has become an ancient chewing gum, and there are more and more kinds recorded in ancient Chinese medicine classics? Gum? . As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shennong Herbal Classic recorded it? Susu? It has a miraculous effect on removing bad breath.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao mentioned it in his letter to Zhuge Liang? Today, I offer five pounds of chicken tongue as a token of my gratitude. ? It can be seen that cloves were not cheap at that time.
According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, Song served as a literary attendant in the court and always wanted to get the hidden rules of Wu Zetian. But Wu Zetian always turned a blind eye to him, even avoided it. Later, Song learned from Wu Zetian's trusted minister that Wu Zetian hated Song because Song had bad breath.
When Song learned about this, he went out with cloves to relieve his bad breath.
Sun Simiao has developed the medicinal value of clove in clinic. Sun Simiao suggested that cloves and licorice be made into pills to prevent bad breath.
In addition to cloves, peppers and long peppers (also known as? Long pepper? ), it also has the effects of relieving pain, diminishing inflammation and removing bad breath. There is an ancient custom of chewing sauce leaves in Southeast Asia and Lingnan area of China.
It can be seen that in the Tang Dynasty, there was no habit of eating mint leaves. Even if it is used to prevent bad breath, it contains cloves instead of mint leaves. According to people who dare to eat crabs first, mint leaves have no refreshing effect, and the effect of preventing bad breath is not obvious.