Recently, the American Fitness magazine specially published an article by Dr. Dan Nader from the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition of Exeter Hospital, recommending mint tea as a healthy drink.
According to Dr. Dan Nader, people have studied the benefits of mint for a long time, thinking that it can prevent spasms, relax muscles and reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Mint tea can stimulate the movement of food in the digestive tract and help digestion, especially suitable for gastrointestinal discomfort or eating too greasy food.
Dr. Dan Nader said that mint contains volatile oil, peppermint essence, tannin and other substances. It tastes bitter and bitter, and it is cool, which helps to calm anger, hysteria and fear, and has excellent curative effect on tired heart and depressed mood. He suggested that office workers who work in front of the computer for a long time should drink a cup of cool mint tea when they are depressed, which is conducive to refreshing their minds and relieving stress. In addition, because mint has a unique fragrance, gargling or drinking with mint tea can not only maintain the fragrance of teeth and cheeks, but also eliminate the swelling and pain of gums.
In the United States, there are two kinds of common mint tea: hot drink and cold drink. When it is hot, cook it with black tea and season it with appropriate amount of milk and sugar or honey. Drinking a cup in the cold winter can relieve the symptoms such as colds, colds and headaches that often appear this season. When drinking cold, cooking with green tea and seasoning with sugar, honey or fruit juice can help people relieve fatigue and recover their physical strength. (Source: China Sports News)
Mint, also known as Su Mint, is a commonly used Chinese medicine, and its extractant menthol is the main component of cool oil. Folks can also use mint leaves for external application, or boil them into paste for external use to treat some diseases. Poisoning is often caused by overdose.
Toxicity: peppermint contains 1 ~ 3% of volatile oil, menthol (menthol) accounts for about 80% of the oil, followed by menthone, isomenthol and pinene. It can stimulate digestive tract and inhibit medulla oblongata center and heart. Taking 20 ml of menthol can cause serious poisoning.
Poisoning symptoms: usually after eating 10 minutes to several hours. It is characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, numbness of hands and feet, unsteady gait, lethargy and coma. Some patients may have laryngeal spasm, slow breathing, increased respiratory secretions and decreased blood pressure. Allergic skin changes may occur.
Emergency treatment: immediately induce vomiting by manipulation or medicine, and give the patient 50 grams of activated carbon orally after inducing vomiting. Fasting milk and greasy food within 24 hours after poisoning. People with poisoning symptoms should go to the hospital as soon as possible.
Prevention of poisoning: avoid children eating mint. Don't listen to folk prescription, eat more mint. Treatment should be carried out under the guidance of Chinese medicine doctors.
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