Drinking mint tea is the most admirable way to refresh oneself, and it has recently been recommended as a healthy drink by American fitness magazines. It tastes spicy and cool, and mainly contains volatile oil. The main components of the oil are menthol, menthol, menthone, menthyl ester, terpene, limonene and so on. It has the effects of expelling wind and cold, removing filth and detoxifying. However, mint can reduce the amount of maternal milk, which is irritating to some extent and should not be used by women and children during lactation and pregnancy.

1 rock sugar mint tea

Ingredients: mint leaves 5- 10 tablets of rock sugar or honey and juice.

Preparation method: Wash the mint leaves with cold water, put them into a teacup, add 200ml of hot water, cover them with 15-20min, and add rock sugar, honey or fruit juice according to personal preference after cooling, which can improve the taste of tea.

Efficacy: According to the recent research report, mint 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. Office workers who work in front of the computer 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.

2 cups of rose mint tea

Ingredients: 4-5 dried rose buds and a small amount of mint (2, 3 yuan is enough)

How to make it: Put the dried rose and mint into the cup and cover it with 10- 15 minutes. The refreshing effect will be better when the tea is cold.

Efficacy: In spring, people's mood is prone to fluctuation, and roses are often deeply loved by office women, which has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and relieving emotions. Peppermint can drive away fatigue and make people look brand-new, while the sweet and pure fragrance of roses can dilute the bitter taste of mint, killing two birds with one stone.

3 mint chrysanthemum tea

Ingredients: mint 3 money chrysanthemum 2 money.

Production method: put chrysanthemum and mint together in a teacup, cover and brew for 5- 10 minutes.

Efficacy: Chrysanthemum can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve fatigue, and has better drinking effect with mint.

◆ Chrysanthemum ginseng tea

Materials: 4-5 dried chrysanthemum buds and 2-4 ginseng.

Production method: chop ginseng into small pieces, put them in chrysanthemum buds, cover them with hot water and soak them for about 10- 15 minutes.

Efficacy: Ginseng contains saponins and vitamins, which has a good regulating effect on human nervous system, can improve human immunity and effectively eliminate fatigue. Chrysanthemum has a fragrant smell, which has the function of clearing fire and improving eyesight, and both of them have the function of refreshing the brain. However, patients with hypertension should not use ginseng, and ginseng should not be eaten with tea, coffee and radish.

◆ Lavender lemon tea

Ingredients: 5-6 slices of lemon or lemon juice from dried lavender buds.

Production method: put the dried lavender buds and lemon slices into a teacup, add boiling water and cover it for 5- 10 minutes. If it goes with lemon juice, wait until the tea turns pale green and cool before adding it.

Efficacy: The fragrance of lavender is loved by women. It has nourishing, relieving stress and relieving fatigue since ancient times. Lemon has the functions of diuresis, promoting digestion and blood circulation, and relieving headache. Its faint fragrance can make people feel refreshed, but pregnant women should not drink tea containing lemon.