Mint - useful properties: myth or reality?

Mint, the useful properties of which do not know unless the child, entered the life of man many centuries ago. The Assyrians and Egyptians knew her, and the Greeks even laid down the myth about this fragrant plant with the most delicate taste. There are many of its varieties, but a special place is peppermint, which has a bitter taste in taste. It is also called English mint, since in the 17th century it was in England that wild species of this plant were crossed, and as a result, the most common peppermint was used today. In addition to vitamins A and C, the plant is rich in vitamins of group B and PP.

Due to the circumstances of this life, more people are turning to folk medicine. And here the mint (useful properties of it do not cause doubts even among hardened skeptics) takes its rightful place. The simplest use of this plant is to add it when brewing tea, preferably green. Thus, you can easily remove the state of anxiety. If you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, mint will also come to the rescue, the beneficial properties of which will reduce acidity, improve digestion, and soothe the gastric mucosa. And since menthol is an active substance of this plant, add an antispasmodic and analgesic effect.

And who does not know that mint is a wonderful antiseptic? It is this property that has provided her with great popularity in another area of our life, we are talking about household chemicals. Dental powders and pastes, air fresheners and bath foam, various soaps and shampoos, breath-freshening sprays for the oral cavity - without all this it is difficult to imagine our life today, how difficult it is to imagine the production of these products without such a component as mint, the beneficial properties of which Here are maximally used.

Cooking is another area where mint has been appreciated. She is happy to decorate desserts, she is added to various salads, increasing their usefulness, professional chefs add it to sauces, when cooking fish and meat, especially lamb with mutton is combined.

The medicinal properties of peppermint could not be overlooked by pharmacists who perfectly used her ability to stop bouts of nausea. There were mint pills, which were recommended to take before the road to people who do not tolerate pitching. And mint candies in airplanes? This can not be forgotten. For people with an asthmatic component, mint is added to the inhalers, it is added to the nose and throat sprays to facilitate breathing and to reduce the painful condition when coughing. Her infusion will be useful for colds and flu, bronchitis and pneumonia, angina and other respiratory diseases.

Mint oil (the properties of menthol are undeniable) is also widely applicable in our life. It was part of the famous balm "Asterisk", which was in Soviet times in every house. They were shooting a headache and smeared their noses for a cold. If someone in the house was sick with ARD, the box with the balm was left in the patient's bedroom open for the whole night. So bactericidal properties of menthol were used.

Mint oil would be nice to have with you, going to the dacha or into the forest: it will perfectly remove the inflammatory process in the place of the bite of a mosquito or a bee. And it will soothe the itch. It can be used for acne and teen pimples.

But mint, like most plants that have a medicinal effect, can not be used thoughtlessly in unlimited quantities. It is advisable not to add tea to preschool children, categorically it is forbidden to drink pregnant women. It is undesirable to often eat and add mint to drinks to men who have an active sexual life. The soothing effect of mint can over time play a cruel joke with a representative of the stronger sex.