What is peppermint
Prepare the flavored mint (Menthe + Piperita) A variety of herbs that belong to the oral mint, which is a strong aromatic herbs, and it is refreshing, where it has a strong taste and strong smell and fresh leaves are used in cooking, and its flowers are used in sweets, salads and drinks to add flavor. The mint is a hybrid type of mint: Mentha spicata and Mentha citrata. The peppermint mint consists of square roots, smooth dark green leaves with bronzes, consists of a collection rectangular of lavender flowers in pink, referred to this plant is grown in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Types of peppermint
The peppermint plant is grown by underground roots like most other mints, and the natural hybridization of mint has led to the production of many new types of mint. Two types of hybrid mint are known:
- Black Peppermint : Black pepper mint grows widely in the United States, and has purple roots, called the English Mint.
- White Peppermint: The oil of this mint is used, and is more sensitive to the smell and more expensive, although it is less productive and stronger than black pepper.
How to make peppermint
Peppermint mint and peppermint oil are used as a dietary supplement to treat several cases, and can be obtained in the following forms:
- Peppermint leaves are available with tea.
- The peppermint mint is in the form of capsules.
- Available as liquid.
- Mint oil is available as liquid and intestinal capsules.
Benefits of Peppermint
Mint is a traditional and popular treatment methods for its calming effects, which is used for treatment in several cases including:
- Indigestion: The peppermint improves the bile duct, calms the stomach muscles, so it is very suitable for people with dyspepsia, but warns against using it for people with gastroesophageal reflux, according to Miland Medical University.
- Irritable bowel syndrome: In 2008, a study published in the British Medical Journal found that peppermint mint is anticonvulsant and pain reliever at the end of the year. Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Another study published in 2013 reported that mint is beneficial in the treatment of abdominal pain for diabetics due to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. At the Australian University of Adelaide, a team from the University concluded that mint makes the channel Responsible for pain relief in the colon, which leads to reduced inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Colds and flu: One of the essential chemical ingredients in mint is menthol, which is an effective disinfectant for congestion, reduces swelling of the nasopharyngeal membranes, making breathing easier, relieves phlegm and removes it from the lungs, and helps people with cough.
- Treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: Although there is no opposition or even support studies, mint has many benefits during pregnancy, according to several women suffering from gestational nausea tried mint in different forms.
- Relieve vomiting caused by chemotherapy.
- Treatment and healing of chronic wounds.