All that mint is good for

Mint tea is familiar and loved by many. Its original taste goes well with many desserts. What is useful tea with mint, not everyone knows, most often it is used as a remedy for colds. In fact, this medicinal plant is universal, the main thing is to properly prepare medicinal tea. For example, men should not abuse such a drink - the potency can be devastating.

What is the use of mint?

There are about twenty-five species of this plant, with special properties for each of them. Well-known lemon balm is also one of the varieties. The ancient healers Hippocrates and Avicenna argued about whether mint is useful. There is also a legend according to which, the jealous wife of Pluto turned his beloved nymph Copa into a plant. So these leaflets with a cool aroma appeared. Now mint extract is widely used both in toothpastes or chewing gums, as well as in cosmetics and cooking. It is difficult to describe all that mint is useful in a few words. This is a painkiller, a vasodilator, and a medicine for digestion, and a choleretic, and a remedy for bronchi, useful for inflammation or asthma. A decoction of dried or fresh mint can rinse your mouth with inflammatory processes of the gums. It also alleviates heartburn and abdominal pain.

If you take a warm bath with mint broth, its aroma will have a calming effect on the nervous system and help cope with sleep disturbances. Peppermint is also used to combat fever and colds. In cooking, the plant is used for alcoholic beverages as a flavoring and seasoning. Among the usefulness of mint, there is also a rather unusual property - women can get rid of unwanted body hair with it. Regular consumption of hot peppermint tea prevents the appearance of vegetation on the skin in places where it should not be.

Negative impact

With what mint is good for, everything is relatively clear. Does it do harm? Peppermint tea has a calming effect, normalizes sleep and relieves nervousness. This effect is manifested in men and calm in bed. Long consumption of such a drink allows the effect to accumulate and seriously reduces the potency. However, such a problem is completely reversible - just refrain from further use of mint in tea - and the body will recover to its previous state.

Folk recipes

To make the most of all the benefits of mint, you should use the classic recipes, proven by folk experience. For example, with insomnia, it is recommended to mix 50 grams of mint and motherwort, 20 grams of hop cones and valerian root. Half a glass of this infusion should be drunk three times a day. To treat the stomach, simply brew a tablespoon of the plant with boiling water and drink it like a regular tea in twenty minutes. Do this procedure half an hour before a meal. In order to defeat heartburn, you need to pour a couple of tablespoons of dry mint with boiling water and drink a glass of the drink several times a day, adding currants to taste.