What are the side effects of peppermint on women?

In daily life, mint is a very common plant, widely used by people, and also has good medicinal value. Mint mainly has the effect of dissipating heat and clearing away heat. Generally speaking, it has certain good effects on women and other people, but pregnant women are prohibited from using it. Mint and inhibits the secretion of milk. So besides this, what other side effects does mint have on women?

Although mint is good, it is not suitable for everyone. According to experts, many people in real life are not suitable for eating mint. If these people accidentally eat mint without paying attention, it may cause very serious consequences.

Experiments have shown that mint has the effect of preventing early pregnancy and preventing the implantation of fertilized eggs. Therefore, women who are planning to become pregnant in the near future should stay away from mint. Mint contains ingredients that affect fetal development and can easily lead to fetal malformation, stillbirth or miscarriage, especially in the first three months of pregnancy.

Mint can inhibit milk secretion and has a certain irritation, so it is not suitable for breastfeeding women. Mint is aromatic and pungent, so it should be used with caution by patients with lung deficiency cough, blood deficiency dizziness, and yin deficiency fever and sweating. It is forbidden to use in patients with spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of the exterior.

Peppermint is pungent in nature to disperse and cool in nature to clear away heat. It has a stronger pungent and dispersing nature and has the effects of cooling and dispersing. It is one of the most effective drugs for dispersing external evil among the heart-cooling and exterior-relieving drugs, is an important drug for sweating, and is a commonly used product for dispersing wind-heat. For wind-heat cold, it has certain effect at the beginning of the disease.

The mint aroma can open the orifices, lift and float lightly, and is good at dispersing wind-heat in the upper part of the body, benefiting the throat, and clearing the head. For those suffering from headache, dizziness, red eyes and excessive tears, combining with corresponding Chinese medicine has a very good therapeutic effect.

Mint is spicy and cool. It has the effects of clearing away rash, dispelling wind and relieving itching, and dispersing wind and heat. It is often combined with different Chinese medicines to treat measles, which does not penetrate the throat, and urticaria itching, which has the effect of clearing the rash from the throat. Mint enters the liver meridian and has the effect of soothing the liver and promoting qi. It is often used in combination with different herbs to relieve liver qi and promote qi circulation, which can treat symptoms such as liver depression and qi stagnation, and chest and flank distension and tightness.

Mint can effectively relieve symptoms of digestive discomfort such as nausea, indigestion, constipation and bloating. Mint has desensitizing, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects on the skin caused by mosquito bites; it also has obvious antitussive, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects on upper respiratory tract infections; it has anti-swollen and analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects on hemorrhoids and anal fissures.