We are all familiar with mint, mainly because of the decoration of food Mint has a very high occurrence rate in many dishes, especially western food. Now mint has become a well-known green health care product. Therefore, in the corner of rural vegetable garden, mint is a kind of herb that can be seen everywhere in rural areas. There are many kinds of plants in our garden. In spring, seeds are sown along the wall without care. In summer, mint grows green and is a perennial herb, which can be used as medicine and edible. It mainly contains peppermint oil, menthol, menthone, isomenthone, rosmarinic acid and other ingredients, and has a cool taste.

Mint can be harvested in summer and autumn. When the dew begins to fall, choose a sunny day, and you can see the medicine farmers cross the sickle and leisurely walk into the field of mint, take out the sickle and start harvesting mint. The medicinal part of mint is the aboveground stem. Mint is a large family of spices, with about 200 kinds. In the kitchen or as a chef, spearmint and mint have refreshing effects. But it tastes different. The unique fragrance of spearmint comes from the left.

Finally, I saw fresh mint leaves in the market one day, and I couldn't wait to buy some back, wash them, put them in a cup with green tea, and rushed into hot dry water, which bloomed a little fragrance between rolling. Cover the pot and simmer for 5-8 minutes until the fragrance is completely emitted. Mint supplement is the most common plant in rural areas, and many people like to plant a little at the root of a wall or in a small garden. Mint can not only cook, but also blindly regard Chinese medicine as both medicine and food.

Mint has many functions. First of all, mint is more suitable for summer use, because it is cooler. Generally, toilet water or cool oil contains mint, which has the function of repelling mosquitoes. Therefore, mint can also be used to boil mint water to drive away mosquitoes. Mint is another name, Rendancao, a perennial herb, and the whole grass has fragrance. Stems erect, square, branched, with inverted pilose. The leaves are opposite, the apex is acute, the base is wedge-shaped, and the edge is serrated. It is advisable to dispel wind and clear heat, and clear the head and penetrate rash. Treat wind-heat cold.