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How to eat mint? What's the use? How to use it?
There is an English proverb in the mini mint health book: "If you want to live a long life, you must eat mint." The easiest way to eat is to pick fresh mint leaves, wash them and brew them directly with hot water. It has a good effect on clearing and moistening throat and eliminating bad breath. Lavender mint, known as the queen of fragrance, has a unique effect of soothing the body and mind. Boiling leaves with flowers is good for insomnia and headache. Mint, the most commonly eaten, has a calming effect, which can calm the fidgety mood and relieve symptoms such as indigestion and nausea. Boiling dried mint leaves with milk will help you fall asleep quickly. Mini-mint beauty fumigates the skin with mint fragrance. Pour hot water into the washbasin, drop 3-5 drops of mint essential oil, put your face close to the washbasin and absorb the steam containing mint essence. Keep the washbasin at a distance of 20-30CM from the face, and hold for15-20min. Foot bath decompression method Put 6-8 drops of mint essential oil into about 100ml emulsifier (mixed solution of honey, salt, milk and alcohol). Then pour it all into the basin and soak your feet with warm water, which can help you relax. Wet compress method for relieving pain Drop 5- 10 drops of peppermint essential oil into a pot of hot water, soak the towel in water, wring it out and apply it to sore muscles or injured parts, which can effectively relieve muscle pain. Mint tea can eliminate physical and mental fatigue, and arrange a time to drink mint tea every busy working day. The refreshing taste helps you clear your mind and put on a happy expression for tired skin. Mentally refreshing mint tea 1. Wash fresh mint, remove water and cut into filaments. 2. Boil 30 grams of dried mint in a pot. 3. Cook for about 10 minutes and pour into the cup. 4. Add lemon juice, honey, ginger, orange juice, etc. And the taste will be more unique. Lemon mint relaxes the body and mind. Make tea with 1/2 spoonfuls of mint and 1/2 spoonfuls of lemon grass. 2. Mix the tea with 100% orange juice 100 ml. The ratio of tea to juice is 2: 1. Mentha lotion for restoring skin vitality Mentha refreshing can not only stimulate metabolism, but also quickly restore skin vitality when used in lotion. 1. Put the white wine and mint leaves in a container and cook for about 2 minutes on low heat. 2. After cooling, filter with barbed wire. 3. Inject it into a sterilized bottle and put it in a cool place for later use. Peppermint oil dispels body tension. When you are sleepy in spring, massage your body with cool peppermint oil, and the pressure on muscles and nerves disappears quickly in the cool stimulation. 1. Put100g of dried mint (or 300g of raw mint) and 500ml of olive oil into a pot and cook. 2. Boil and pour into a bowl (if it is dried mint, stir for about 20 minutes; Raw mint should be stirred for about 10 minute). 3. After cooling, pour the filtered peppermint oil into a glass bottle and place it in a cool place. 4. Dry your body after bathing and apply it all over your body. In close contact with peppermint oil, you only need to massage your body with peppermint oil the size of soybeans. Under the gentle force of your fingers, the bad mood of skin fatigue and tension will be swept away. Full body massage to eliminate fatigue 1. Apply peppermint oil to the neck and massage down from the chin with both palms. 2. Take the shoulder joint as the center and massage in circles. 3. Massage from the shoulder to the elbow, and then massage in circles with the palm of your hand at the elbow. 4. Massage in circles from elbow to wrist. 5. Massage the chest and abdomen horizontally from left to right with two palms. 6. Gently massage the lower abdomen with two palms in a clockwise circle. 7. Apply oil to your thighs, and then massage with your palm from the back of your thighs from top to bottom. 8. Massage your knees in circles, and then massage from your knees down to your ankles. 9. Finally, gently massage from calf to instep and sole. Face-lifting massage 10. Take off all headdresses and drop a small amount of peppermint oil on your palm. 1 1. Rub your palms gently until they get hot. 12. Gently massage your cheeks with both palms. 13. Massage the knuckles slowly from the cheek to the back of the ear to eliminate facial tension.