Its leaves can be mixed with chamomile to help with stomach aches.
Peppermint or peppermint, scientifically known as Mentha spicata, is a medicinal plant. It is also usually aromatic, with properties that help the digestive system.
Among other of its properties, it helps heartburn and nausea. And its calming and sedative effects decrease certain levels of anxiety, something that improves mood and quality of sleep.
In addition to that, peppermint helps reduce intestinal gas, being an excellent home remedy for flatulence, as this medicinal plant has antispasmodic properties, reducing bowel movements and preventing the formation of gas and pain.
It can be used to prepare tea or smoothies or juices with other fruits, as a spice in different foods, to flavor soups or desserts.
Also, peppermint can be found in the form of oil, capsules or in cosmetic products.
Peppermint has many health benefits, which are as follows:
relieve digestive symptoms
Mint contains compounds such as carvone, with antispasmodic action and calming effects that help relieve colic in the digestive tract, poor digestion, gas, and can improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, such as pain and bloating.
Also, this herb helps reduce nausea, vomiting, in addition to heartburn, by activating the production of bile.
lessen the pain
It is used in the form of oil, it has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects that inhibit pain receptors, being widely used for headaches, muscle or joint pain, helping in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis.
Balancing hormones in women
Some studies indicate that the consumption of peppermint in the form of tea might help women who suffer from hormonal alterations, as occurs in polycystic ovary syndrome that generates hirsutism, which is the growth of excessive and thick hair similar to men, since it acts by improving the levels of female hormones and decreasing androgen levels.
antibacterial action
Peppermint contains antibacterial properties that act once morest gram-positive bacteria, such as Basillus, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Listeria, Staphylococcus, which can cause different diseases, such as intestinal or respiratory infections, for example.
Improve memory and mood
Peppermint contains high amounts of phenolic compounds that may be beneficial for cognitive and psychological health.
In a study where peppermint extract was administered at a dose of 900 mg per day, it was found that people increased memory and mental capacity, in addition to improving mood.
Increase relaxation
This plant contains menthol with relaxing and sedative properties that help relieve mental stress, anxiety and improve sleep quality, since it interacts with gamma amino butyric acid receptors in the brain, a neurotransmitter that is involved in reducing the activity of the system highly strung.
How to use peppermint
The benefits of this type of mint can be used in the form of an infusion.
The benefits of mint tea are due to the fact that it contains polyphenols and essential oils, providing analgesic, antispasmodic, antiseptic and soothing properties, being a good option to take following meals, improving digestive pain, or to take during the night. to reduce insomnia.
Common mint tea for fever
The mint leaf tea with bitter orange, originates a mixture that can be used in the treatment of fever, since it promotes increased sweating.
In addition to this, it is also good for respiratory problems, such as cough, asthma, flu, hoarseness, coryza, and nasal congestion.
For the preparation you have to have regarding 15 grams of mint leaves and five grams of bitter orange.
Then, in a cup of tea add a tablespoon of the mixture of plants and add 150 ml of boiling water.
Let stand for 10 minutes and strain.
This tea should be taken several times a day and preferably always before going to bed, to promote sweating and reduce fever.
mint tea for stomach ache
Mint tea when combined with licorice root (crushed liquorice) and chamomile flowers, creates a mixture that can be used in the treatment of inflammation in the stomach, such as gastritis or in cases of gastric ulcer.
This is because chamomile has calming properties that help relieve symptoms and promote well-being.
The ingredients needed are one teaspoon of fresh or dried mint leaves, another teaspoon of crushed licorice, and 1/2 teaspoon of chamomile flowers.
You can mix all the plants in a cup of tea and add 150 ml of boiling water. Let stand for five to ten minutes and strain.
This tea should be taken three to four times a day to help calm the stomach.
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