What is the medical function of peppermint oil?

Its function is mainly to dispel wind and clear heat. Treat exogenous wind-heat, headache, red eyes, sore throat, toothache and itchy skin. The chemical constituents of fresh mint leaves contain 1%- 1. 46%, its main component is L- menthol, the content is 62. 3%-87。 It also contains levomenthone, isomenthone, menthone, decyl acetate, menthyl acetate, methyl benzoate, α-and β-pinene, β-arborvitae, 3- pentanol, 2- hexanol, 3- octanol, d- myrcene, limonene, eucalyptus and α-terpineol.

It also contains flavonoids: isoproterenol, luteolin -7- glucoside, mint isoflavone glucoside and organic acids: rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid; Chlorinated acid components: aspartic acid, glutamic acid, serine, asparagine, valine, leucine and isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine and lysine. Recently, a variety of anti-inflammatory components with dihydroxy-1, 2- dihydronaphthalene dicarboxylic acid as the mother nucleus were obtained from leaves by stages: ①1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6,7-dihydroxy-1, 2- dihydronaphthalene-2,3 dicarboxylic acid and so on.

Administration and dosage: boiled water 1-3 drops. External use: appropriate amount, rub. Various expositions 1. Chongqing Tang Essays: Suffering from wind-heat headache and gum pain, rub the affected area. 2。 China medical dictionary clearing away heat and expelling wind. Treat head wind, red eye and sore throat. Toothache, wind-heat skin. 3。 Pharmacology of ethnic medicine: headache, seasickness, nausea, flatulence, etc. Coated or taken orally. 4。 Treatment of Hernia Pain and Diarrhea with "TCM Morphological Experience Differentiation"