Mentha haplocalyx

1. Flower Language:

    Peppermint is a hopeful plants.Mint although is a insipid flowers, but its flavor refreshing, relaxed from each pore ooze skin, body in every cell connect fully, it is a very happy feeling.It means virtue, represents the person all kinds of beautiful virtue.  

2.Chemical composition

   Stem and leaf containing volatile oil, there is mint aromas.ripe, spicy taste is cool and refreshing, oil containing l - Lord menthol (menthol, l-i-g-h-t menthol) about 77% ~ 87%, l-i-g-h-t mint ketone (l - menthone) about 10%, temperature slightly lower overstress colorless when menthol crystals. Oil also contained isopropyl ketone, hu mint mint pulegone) 0.6%, ketone (d-dimer laurel ene, limonene (limonene), xinchun and trace of eucalyptus leaf glycols, and alpha loose oil alcohol etc.

3.Function

   (1)Stimulate and suppress the role: peppermint products have exciting central nervous efficacy, apply to skin have burning feeling and cold feeling at the same time, it of sensory nerve endings and suppression and paralysis role; Therefore, can be used as a resistance to pair stimulants and skin stimulant. Both to itchy skin with allergy and itching role, and to neuralgia and rheumatism arthritis pain has obvious to alleviate and analgesic effects.

   (2)Diminish inflammation and antibacterial function: peppermint products to the mosquito skin has desensitization, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial function; For upper respiratory tract infection, also have obvious cough, anti-inflammatory and bacteriostasis, To tumors, anal fissure have acetanilide detumescence, antiphlogistic effect of antiseptic.

   (3)Soa and qufeng role: to mouth contains mint taste of herbal products for nerve and olfactory nerve exciting role. It for oral mucosa has gun trigger and stimulating effect, can promote oral salivate, stomachic, increase gastric mucous membrane of blood, digestive function for improvement. Benefit treatment dyspepsia don't turn, remove WeiWan rise sluggish feeling. Also can treat the hiccups and spastic stomachache. In addition, mint in intestinal also have better flooding wind effect, can alleviate bowel inflatable, chi slow intestinal muscle peristalsis, a slow bowel colic role.

   (4)Aroma and flavor role: mainly USES mint peculiar cool and refreshing throat and aromatic pleasant smell to hide and improve some have peculiar smell and difficult to swallow drug unwell feeling