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[Effects of Mint] Mint, also known as fish herb, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family. As a wild vegetable with both medicinal and food uses, mint has increasingly become a well-known green food and nutritious health food in people's daily lives. Let’s introduce the functions and functions of peppermint. Evacuate wind-heat: Treat symptoms such as fever, nasal congestion, headache, sore throat and other symptoms of colds and upper respiratory tract infections. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: The 8 types of catechin naphtolic acids contained in mint are effective anti-inflammatory agents, which can inhibit 3a-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and have weak anti-inflammatory effects. The blue aromatic hydrocarbons contained in peppermint have anti-inflammatory effects on scalded rabbit ears. Strengthens the spleen and stomach: It has a therapeutic effect on experimental gastric ulcers; it has a strong choleretic effect, and it also has a hepatoprotective effect. Resolving phlegm and relieving asthma: Peppermint can increase the secretion of respiratory mucus. Removing the mucus attached to the mucous membrane can reduce foamy sputum and increase the effective ventilation of the respiratory tract.
