What are the benefits of boiling mint and Houttuynia cordata together?

The taste of mint is very good. Many candies, chewing gums and even toothpastes have mint flavor, which shows how much people like mint. In fact, mint is a plant and also a Chinese medicinal material. Sometimes people often confuse mint with Houttuynia cordata, which is understandable. After all, not everyone is a professional. So the question is, what are the effects of boiling mint and houttuynia together and drinking it?

Houttuynia cordata is a heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine, and its functions are clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting diuresis, relieving stranguria, eliminating carbuncle and draining pus; peppermint is a wind-heat dispersing medicine, and its functions are dispersing wind-heat, clearing the liver, improving eyesight, relieving sore throat and clearing rashes. Therefore, both medicines can clear away heat and can be used together to treat internal heat, etc.

How to eat Houttuynia cordata

Houttuynia cordata is a common Chinese medicine in our daily life. Its medicinal value is very high, especially eating some Houttuynia cordata in summer can be very good.

Houttuynia cordata is rich in nutrients and is a popular wild vegetable. Fresh Houttuynia cordata contains 2.2% protein, 6% carbohydrates, 0.4% fat, as well as vitamin C and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and copper.

It can be eaten raw or cooked, and can be used in salad dressing, stewing meat, making porridge, boiling soup, stir-frying, and making tea. Houttuynia mixed with lettuce, bean sprouts, celery, etc. is fragrant and delicious, and can cure bronchitis; stewing meat with Houttuynia can make the broth more delicious and can cure cough; cooking noodles with Houttuynia has the effect of clearing heat; cooking porridge with Houttuynia can cure heat toxins; drying Houttuynia and drinking it with tea in summer can not only quench thirst but also have medicinal effects. Ethnic minorities in Guizhou like to eat Houttuynia cordata, and use it to make meat slices, meat shreds, and fried bacon. Houttuynia cordata mixed with wild onions is a famous dish. Houttuynia cordata can be used as raw material to make houttuynia cordata pickles, houttuynia cordata tea, houttuynia cordata wine, houttuynia cordata beverages, granules, injections, etc. Regular consumption of Houttuynia cordata food can cure diseases and prevent diseases.