Mint
The mint is a perennial herb with fragrant and good aroma. It is cultivated in moderate temperate regions of the Asian and European continents. It has many species, Australian, Asian, and tapered. It is used in juices or hot drinks. Characteristics and food useful for the body and health.
Benefits of mint for pregnant
- Treat the problem of morning sickness and gastric cramps, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy, where it is done by drinking hot mints.
- During pregnancy, women are exposed to many problems in their digestive system, especially the many annoying gases or constipation, so drinking a hot cup of mint dissolved in a teaspoon of honey will cure this problem.
- During pregnancy many mood swings, resulting from hormonal changes in the woman’s body, sometimes feel joy and rest, and sometimes suffer from anxiety and depression, so the mint calms the nervous nerves, and balances the mental state of the pregnant.
- One of the most common problems that a woman experiences during her pregnancy is gingivitis, persistent bleeding, and a bitter throat and mouth ache. Mint drinking will cure and alleviate these problems.
- Strengthen immunity in the body, and thus protect it from infection, especially viral, leading to colds or flu.
Benefits of mint
- Mint contains menthol, which will relieve irritation and redness of the skin.
- It exudes the face and makes it brighter and more radiant, because it gets rid of the dead cells on the skin.
- Facial cleansing and acne treatment, especially if the oil extracted from the mint is used.
- Strengthen hair follicles, which will make it longer, and a healthy look, because it works to stimulate blood circulation.
- Moisturizing the scalp, and reducing the fat in it, and therefore it leads to the treatment of the problem of the crust, by massage the head with a little peppermint oil.
- Treatment of head pain and migraines, by wiping the head with a little peppermint oil, or even inhalation.
- Peppermint contains disinfectant substances, leading to the cleansing of the stomach and intestines from harmful worms or parasites.
- Improve cardiovascular health, by stimulating blood circulation in the body.
- Treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, especially diarrhea and dyspepsia, where the stomach softens.
- Treatment of abdominal pain and colic.
- The mint is used in the manufacture of gargling and sterilization medicines, in addition to its use in the manufacture of toothpaste, because it works to treat infections and get rid of bacteria and fungi.
- Get rid of bad breath odors.
- Treatment of respiratory infections and associated diseases, such as asthma.
- Eliminate nervous tension, stress.
- Treatment of sleep disorders, insomnia.