Efficacy and function of mint;
1, mint leaves have dual functions of medicine and food. Mint tastes spicy and cool; Return to lung and liver meridian; The fragrance rises and falls; It has the effects of dispelling wind and cooling, clearing the head, relieving sore throat, penetrating rash and relieving depression; Indications: exterior-interior wind-heat, headache, dizziness, red eyes, sore throat, hoarseness, sinusitis, toothache, measles, occult rash, itching, liver depression, hypochondriac pain, swelling and pain, and tuberculosis.
According to the analysis of modern science, mint can be used as flavoring agent, spice, wine and tea. Use 5 5- 10/0g of mint leaves,
Brew with hot water, and you can drink when the fragrance overflows. If you brew with a covered vessel in summer, you can avoid the volatilization of peppermint oil. Drinking it after it is cold will make people feel refreshed.
Peppermint leaves contain peppermint oil (mainly menthol and menthone), peppermint cream, camphor terpenes, limonene, protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins. Mint has many leaves, green color and strong smell.
Young stems and leaves can be used as cool drinks and cakes. Main ingredients: the whole plant contains volatile oil, and the main ingredients are menthol and menthone. Mint leaves are edible, so what are the methods of mint leaves? How to eat mint leaves:
1, mint and mung bean soup
Ingredients: 5 grams of mint, 30 grams of coix seed, 60 grams of mung bean, 65438+ 0-2 spoonfuls of sugar.
Practice: Wash Coix seed and mung bean and soak in water for 3 hours. Pour 800 ml of water into the pot, add Coicis Semen and mung bean to boil over medium heat, then boil over low heat for half an hour, add mint and white sugar, continue to cook for 5- 10 minutes, and put into a bowl. This soup has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and is especially suitable for people with acne.
2, mint tea
Ingredients: dried mint 4 yuan, a little rock sugar, green tea.
Practice: add 2000 ml of water to the pot and boil, add mint leaves and green tea, turn off the fire and soak until the water is cool, filter out the leaf residue and add sugar to drink. Dried mint leaves can be bought in Chinese medicine shops, and it would be better if there are fresh mint leaves. The brewing ratio is 1 mint leaves plus 500 ml of water.
Efficacy: Cool mint can eliminate internal heat and gastrointestinal depression in summer. If you have a cold in summer, it is a very good drink.
3.mint cake
Ingredients: 500g glutinous rice, 500g mung bean, 0/5g mint/kloc-,25g sugar, and a little osmanthus.
Practice: cook mung beans until they are cooked, then add sugar, osmanthus fragrans and mint leaves to make stuffing for later use. Stew the glutinous rice until it is cooked,
Let it cool in a box, then wrap the bean paste with glutinous rice and break it with a mallet. 4, mint tofu
Ingredients: mint leaves and tofu.
Practice: 2 pieces of tofu, 50 grams of fresh mint and 3 fresh onions, add 2 bowls of water and fry until the water is halved, that is, eat while it is hot.
Efficacy: It can treat cold, stuffy nose, sneezing and runny nose.
5. Mint porridge
Ingredients: fresh mint 30g (dried product15g) is decocted in soup, and japonica rice100g is boiled in porridge.
Practice: add mint soup and appropriate amount of rock sugar to porridge, cook for 1-2 minutes, and eat after cooling.
Efficacy: It has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, dispelling wind and cooling, and clearing throat, and is suitable for wind-heat cold, summer onset, headache, red eyes and sore throat.
6. Fresh mint crucian carp soup
Ingredients: live crucian carp 1 strip, cut into pieces, washed, boiled, added with onion 1 root, ginger 1 slice, 20g fresh mint, boiled, and mixed with seasoning, oil and salt, soup and meat. Take/kloc-0 once a day for 3-5 days.
Efficacy: It can cure children's chronic cough.
7, mint lemon honey
Introduction: Put mint honey in the refrigerator, dig 1-2 teaspoons and soak in warm water every day, which has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on colds, headaches and sore throats.
Ingredients: 2 lemons, rock sugar 100g, honey, mint leaves (dried). Exercise:
1. Wash the lemon, peel off the epidermis (outermost layer), shred or chop, dig the meat and mash it, and mash the mint leaves.
2. Boil 300ML of water with 100G rock sugar, then simmer on low heat, add lemon meat and lemon peel in turn and cook until it becomes sticky (about 30 minutes).
3. Add mint leaves, stir well and cook on low heat for 3-5 minutes.
4. After cooling, add proper amount of honey and stir well.
In addition, mint stems and leaves have special fragrance, which can be used to make chewing gum, toothpaste and so on. , and has the effect of refreshing and purging fire. In addition, mint can make honey, which is dark, dark amber and has a strong mint special smell. Has high medicinal value.
3. Add mint leaves, stir well and cook on low heat for 3-5 minutes.
4. After cooling, add proper amount of honey and stir well.
In addition, mint stems and leaves have special fragrance, which can be used to make chewing gum, toothpaste and so on. , and has the effect of refreshing and purging fire. In addition, mint can make honey, which is dark, dark amber and has a strong mint special smell. Has high medicinal value.