1 stimulates and inhibits nerves. Mint can stimulate the central nervous system, burn and chill the skin, and inhibit and paralyze sensory nerve endings. Therefore, it can be used as an anti-irritant and a skin irritant. It not only has anti-allergic and antipruritic effects on skin itching, but also has obvious relieving and analgesic effects on neuralgia and rheumatic joint pain.

2, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. Mint has desensitization, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects on mosquito bites; It also has obvious antitussive, anti-inflammatory and bacteriostatic effects on upper respiratory tract infection; It has repercussive, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects on hemorrhoids and anal fissure.

3. Stomach and hurricane. Prescriptions containing mint products in the mouth have exciting effects on taste nerves and olfactory nerves. It can stimulate oral mucosa, promote oral saliva secretion, stimulate appetite, increase blood supply to gastric mucosa and improve digestive function. Conducive to the treatment of indigestion, relieve abdominal distension and stagnation. It can also be used to treat hiccups and spasmodic stomachaches. In addition, mint also has a good effect of expelling intestinal wind, which can reduce intestinal swelling, relax intestinal muscle peristalsis and relieve intestinal hernia pain.

4, soothing the liver and regulating qi. Mint enters the liver meridian again, because its fragrance can promote the release of the liver, and then regulate the mood, which can treat depression caused by liver depression and qi stagnation. To relieve tension and anxiety, you can put mint potted plants on the table. Its light green leaflets and fragrant smell are pleasing to the eye. You can also use 3 grams of mint, lemon 1 tablet and appropriate amount of rock sugar, and make tea with boiling water instead.

5. The fragrance of mint can also relieve summer heat, avoid filth, eliminate dampness and neutralize. Has the same fragrance as Herba Agastaches, Herba Elsholtzia, and Perillae, and can be used for treating damp-heat syndrome in summer. It can be taken orally or made into small bags to carry around. However, mint should not be decocted for a long time, because it has local irritation, so skin sensitive person should be used with caution; It also has anti-implantation and anti-early pregnancy effects, and is used with caution by pregnant women and pregnant women.

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