The efficacy and function of mint

It can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, dispel wind, reduce swelling, facilitate urination, promote diuresis, clear away dampness, clear away heat and fire, lower blood pressure and relieve pain; it is used for fever and colds, fever, cough, heatstroke, erysipelas, menstrual pain, irregular menstruation, acute nephritis, nephritic edema, cold and damp jaundice, hypertension, acute hepatitis and other symptoms.

People with qi deficiency and stomach heat should use it less.

Usual usage: 18.5-75g for fresh food, 10-35g for dried food.

1. Composition of cold-damp jaundice: 37.5 grams of mint, 37.5 grams of gardenia root, 18.8 grams of mosquito-repellent cigarette, 18.8 grams of white peony, 18.8 grams of fresh white cypress root, 18.8 grams. Usage: decoct 2 bowls of water in 6 bowls, and take it in 2 doses.

2. Composition of swelling and pain caused by falls: 56.3 grams of fresh mint and 37.5 grams of fresh ground ivy. Usage: Wash the two medicinal values ​​with boiling water, mash them, squeeze the juice, take it with hot wine, and apply the mashed two medicines to the injured area.

3. Composition of acute nephritis: 30.0g of money mint, 30.0g of kaipicao, 18.8g of plantain, 30.0g of white cypress root, 18.8g of Zhendongmao. Usage: decoct 3 bowls of water from 8 bowls and take it in 3 times.

4. Composition of irregular menstruation: 30.0g of fresh money mint, 15.0g of chicken blood vine bracelet, 7.5g of Yueyuehong, 18.8g of motherwort granules, 15.0g of perilla, 18.8g of purple salvia miltiorrhiza. Usage: decoct 1 bowl of water from 4 bowls, add a small amount of wine, mix well and take. Remarks: Yueyuehong (also known as Four Seasons Flower) is a green plant of the Rosaceae family, sweet in taste and warm in nature. Enters the liver meridian. Used to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate menstruation and reduce swelling. Mainly used to treat irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. For external use, it is used to treat bruises, swellings, carbuncles, and scrofula. Pregnant women should not take it. The general usage amount is 1.9 to 7.5 grams.

5. Children's exogenous wind-cold cough composition: fresh money mint 15.0 grams, Poria 5.6 grams, mint 3.0 grams, mulberry bark 7.5 grams. Usage: decoct in water and take in 2 doses.

6. Skin itching and skin rash Composition: 18.8 grams of fresh mint. Usage: clean and mash the juice to abrade the affected area.

7. Infantile malnutrition (good for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach) Ingredients: 15.0 grams of fresh money mint, 18.8 grams of milk grass, 18.8 grams of clam shell grass, 18.8 grams of red bone basil, 75.0 grams of beef liver (or 18.8 grams of Kaipi grass) Usage: 3 bowls of water, stew together.

8. Cold, fever and cough Ingredients: 18.8 grams of mint, 9.4 grams of ginger slices, 3 scallion roots. Usage: decoct in water twice and take.

9. The composition of female menstrual pain: 56.3 grams of money mint, 18.8 grams of safflower purple jalapa, 11.3 grams of motherwort granules. Usage: boil 2 bowls of water in 5 bowls and use it as milk tea.

10. Carbuncle, erysipelas Composition: 18.8 grams of fresh money savory and a small amount of rice wine. Usage: Crush the money savory, add rice wine, stir-fry and apply to hot wound.

11. Injury and fracture composition: 18.8 grams of fresh money mint, 18.8 grams of fresh Tianjihuang, 18.8 grams of fresh goose not eating grass, 18.8 grams of fresh Oxalis. Usage: Mash them together and apply to the affected area, or use only 37.5 grams of fresh money mint, add fermented rice wine and stir-fry before applying to the affected area.

12. Menstrual pain and irregular menstruation caused by blood stasis. Composition: 30.0 grams of fresh money mint, 18.8 grams of white motherwort, 11.3 grams of wormwood, 18.8 grams of black horse root, 30.0 grams of shell grass. Usage: decoct 2 bowls of 5 bowls of water and take it in 2 doses.

13. Acute nephritis composition: 30.0 grams each of mint, ground mulberry, sea sand, and amaranth. Usage: decocted in water, 1 dose per day.

14. Composition of jaundice hepatitis: 18.8 grams of money mint, 30.0 grams of artemisia capillaris, 18.8 grams of gardenia root, 30.0 grams of tianjihuang, 30.0 grams of chicken tonguehuang. Usage: decoct 2 bowls of water in 5 bowls, and take it in 2 doses.

15. Head injury, dizziness. Causes: 75.0g fresh mint and pure honey. Appropriate usage: Wash the mint, squeeze the juice, add pure honey to mix, take once a day, 2-3 times a week.