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You may not know all four health benefits of mint, but it's not too late to know.
Mint, people feel deja vu as soon as they hear this name, but what function does mint have? Let's take stock together!

1. Mint has a fragrant smell, which can dispel dampness and neutralize middle energizer. It can be used to treat abdominal distension, vomiting, diarrhea and poor diet caused by damp heat in summer. Therefore, in summer, I often bring my own mint refreshing drink, which has a strong effect of relieving summer heat and eliminating dampness.

2. Treat sore throat, dizziness and headache. Mint is light, clear, ascending, fragrant, enlightening, clearing away heat and dispelling wind and heat. Because of its light weight, mint can treat diseases in higher parts of the human body, and its medicinal properties can reach the top of the head. When the human body suffers from headache, dizziness, unstable standing and top-heavy, it can be combined with mint, Chuanxiong, gypsum and angelica dahurica to dispel wind and relieve pain, and the curative effect is remarkable. It can also clear heat and relieve sore throat. For example, if you talk for a long time or can't drink water, your throat will be dry or even hoarse. Soaking mint in water or taking mint tablets can play the role of promoting fluid production and moistening throat. Jin Zi Hou Bao, a well-known medicine for relieving sore throat in daily life, contains mint.

3. Treat wind-heat cold. Mint is pungent and cool, which is the most effective drug for relieving exterior syndrome. It has a certain sweating effect and is often used to dispel wind and clear heat. Fever, slight aversion to cold, headache and other symptoms. Are very common. It can be used together with honeysuckle, forsythia suspensa, Arctium lappa, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and other drugs for dispelling wind and heat, and has an ideal effect on treating cold.

4. Treat emotional disorders and rashes. For skin rashes with wind-heat stagnation on muscle surface, peppermint and burdock are often used to promote the exposure of toxic pathogens. Such as chicken pox, measles and so on. Therefore, dermatologists often use mint to penetrate the pathogenic factors stagnant in the skin to promote the outward penetration of pathogenic factors and thus promote the rehabilitation of diseases. Because of long-term bad mood, it leads to chest pain and irregular menstruation, and you can often use mint to adjust your mood.