Affect fetal development
Mint contains mint. From a medical point of view, pregnant women eat mint, and the aromatic substances in mint can enter the fetus through the placenta, which is irritating and affects its growth and development.
Oral mucosal injury
Mint, also known as hundred parsley and rising sun vegetable, has anti-inflammatory, bacteriostatic and antitussive effects on respiratory diseases. However, chewing mints for a long time will increase the repeated stimulation of oral mucosa, which will easily thicken the keratinized layer of oral mucosa, lead to the invasion of inflammatory bacteria and damage oral mucosa.
Watch out for cannibalism.
diabetic
Eating too many mints can easily lead to high blood sugar. The mint component in mints has the function of removing fire and can be used to relieve sore throat. However, mints are also sugar, with high sugar content, which will lead to an increase in blood sugar and cause physical discomfort to diabetics.
Hyperhidrosis due to exterior deficiency
"New Materia Medica" records that "spicy incense kills the breath, and taking more medicine hurts the lungs, which makes people sad and keeps the weak away." Mint has the functions of dispersing wind and heat, dilating skin capillaries, increasing heat dissipation and relieving fever. If you eat too much, you will sweat a lot, which will lead to insufficient blood and memory loss. Therefore, people with yin deficiency and blood dryness or hyperhidrosis should not eat.
Patients with oral ulcer
Peppermint is very irritating to oral cavity, which will damage oral health. Peppermint can stimulate oral mucosa, and patients with oral ulcer will accelerate the damage of oral mucosa.
deficient cold of spleen and stomach
Mint is pungent and cool, and belongs to lung meridian and liver meridian. It has the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, relieving sore throat and penetrating rash, soothing liver and promoting qi circulation. But people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold will cause diarrhea and loose stool if they eat too much, so it is forbidden to eat too much or eat for a long time.
Matters needing attention
Avoid eating with oysters.
Oysters contain copper, and sucrose in mints will prevent copper from being absorbed by the human body. If eaten with oysters, it will precipitate and lead to indigestion.
Avoid eating with coke.
Caffeine in cola reacts with mint, accelerating the release of carbon dioxide in cola, making gas gush, causing abdominal distension, abdominal hardness and other symptoms. Patients with intestinal ulcers or children should never eat together to avoid serious consequences.