Mint: benefits, harm, application

Everyone great known plant under name mint. It takes their roots from long-standing times, even then her widely used in various areas. On today's day mint applies in various areas, starting with simple tea with mint, ending cosmetology.

Benefit mint

Mint useful how in dried form, yes and in fresh. She has sedative and relaxing action. Her use at depression, stress and insomnia. Also this is plant increases appetite, excellent affects on gastrointestinal—intestinal tract. K that same her use for disinfection, pain relief various wound or frostbite. Dried mint apply in cooking teas, cocktails, sauces, baking, a yet in cooking side dishes and meat dishes. Mint increases mood, helps get rid of from nausea. Also has antiseptic property. Yes how in mint plenty most useful properties, then she great and effectively provides action on nervous system (gives relaxation after heavy day) and digestive tract (improves work liver, intestines). Also known, what plant expands vessels and increases circulation blood. Mint use for treatment different diseases: fungal, gynecological, inflammatory, caries, migraines, illness respiratory organs. A here ethereal oils with mint apply in cosmetology for wraps, cosmetic procedures, masks, baths, a also them use at hiking in baths and saunas. Effectively cleanses skin from pollution, acne rash, fat content, increases elasticity cutaneous cover.

Benefit mint for women

Separately you can talk o volume, what mint leaves extremely beneficial for representatives female gender. B period menopause mint carefully copes with most unpleasant signs. When pregnancy many doctors advise women consume brewed tea with natural mint, a here ethereal oils in period pregnancy extremely dangerous and contraindicated, in avoidance miscarriage. B period feeding baby breasts also you can consume mint, however varieties leaves act on lactation by—differently. For example, peppery mint maybe complete production milk, a here ethereal oil curly mint on the contrary stimulates lactation. How already it was written higher, this is plant great cleanses skin, narrows pores, delivering from fat content, pimples and acne. When some gynecological diseases are considered useful baths with ethereal oil mint, in which necessary stay up to half an hour. Many scientists claim, what at consumption mint tinctures with honey and lemon helps in prevention and treatment female infertility. Nsome women suffer increased hairiness, and if consume mint, then will become go down testosterone, will leave unwanted vegetation.

Harm mint

walks myth o volume, what if men will become consume mint, then them potency will decrease on no. On himself in fact, this is maybe, but at permanent consumption and in large quantities. From that, what young man times in a week will drink tea with mint, no harm not there will be. K that same, at excessive abuse this plant maybe arise insomnia and pain in heart. When hypotension, diseases kidney, liver and varicose veins should strictly limit, a better total in general remove from diet consumption mint, otherwise can form exacerbation and neither to why good this is not will lead.

Species mint

Bushes mint, possessing medicinal properties, pleasant aroma and unpretentiousness in care, grow a little whether not in everyone vegetable garden, a also in natural conditions. This plant perennial and varieties him more 25 species. The most famous – peppery, like this mint maybe be white (used in perfumes) and black (for medicinal funds), the most unpretentious in care and care view. Lemon mint (Melissa, feline mint) – how already understandable from titles has smell lemon, applies in culinary, perfumery, medical sphere. Curly – in her not contained menthol. Taste gentle mint, leaves curly, plant frost-resistant, special medicinal effects in her not contained. Longifolia mint grow for manufacturing ethereal oils, has not strong aroma. Also exists: field, swamp, garden, green, Japanese, ginger, bergamot (used in perfumes). Well and probably, the most original – chocolate mint. U her brown leaves, weak chocolate taste and smell, leaves use in cooking tea, baking and desserts.

Contraindications mint

Consumption mint and ethereal oils contraindicated pregnant women women, for the kids up to 6 years, a also representatives female gender, those suffering problems with conception. To people at which present allergic reaction on menthol or mint in in general also not recommended consume this is plant. When excessive abuse at men is decreasing level potency. Mint excites appetite, therefore her not should use, if you decided throw off extra weight, and not should drink cold mint tea – threatens receiving colds.

Mint — application

Application mint plants quite widely. Their use in medicinal and preventive purposes, for disinfection. B industry cosmetology mint too found yours application – her add at manufacturing various cosmetics (cream, gels, shampoos), with her do baths, massages, wraps, masks and others Spa—procedures. B medicinal cosmetological purposes she too very effective, yes how copes with acne rash, small wrinkles, rejuvenates and pulls up skin. They even make cosmetics out of it. ice for face. B culinary field mint too use very often. She participates at creation first dishes, meat, side dishes, sauces. Also her mix in to baking, desserts, fruity and dairy cocktails, even make jam and ice cream from mint. Foot baths great cope with increased sweating stop at men and women, a tea with adding leaves will deliver from stress, will raise mood, will calm down nervous system.

Mint ethereal oil use in small quantities for massage, baths, compresses and aromatherapy. When hiking in baths or saunas you can use ethereal mint oils, or tinctures and decoction this plants. When high temperature will come out everything harmful toxins, leather will be cleansed, a organism there will be feel yourself fresh and updated.

Tincture mint

For reassurance and elimination migraines very useful mint tincture. She also very effective at nausea or vomiting, for promotion functions gall bubble and how analgesic for mucous membranes.

The most ordinary and simple recipe – leaves mint need finely cut and pour in glass boiling water. Leave on half an hour, strain. For taste you can add a little bit honey. Such infusion apply at head pain, insomnia and spasms. Either pour in plant boiling water, and boil 20 minutes, cool down, strain and squeeze out.

On alcohol – here will be needed 1 part dried mint and 20 parts alcohol (vodka, moonshine). Mix and insist a week. Also you can take 100 g  fresh mint, 5 g powder cinnamon, pour in floor liter vodka and leave on 7 days. After this strain, cook syrup from water and sugar sand, syrup top up in tincture and hold yet a week in dark cool place.

On oil – in which one—someday jar or bottle put dry mint pour in vegetable oil on a couple weeks. like this mint oil tincture apply for dry type skin. Great nourishes and moisturizes. Tincture mint for sale in any pharmacy, a if her mix with others tinctures (peony, motherwort, hawthorn), then you can get double effect from applications.

Jam from mint

Surely many heard, what from mint make jam, however majority not take risks him try or cook. On himself in fact recipes very simple, a taste at such jam – mind-blowing! More often total mint jam roll up in small jars, because what a lot him not eat, a to not gone missing or not got windy better take jars than less, those better. Jam with mint has specific taste, and him use in small quantities for desserts or baking. Here several simple recipes mint jam. What will be needed: 300 ml clean water, 850 g sugar sand, 600 ml vinegar (apple), 75 g liquid pectin, 1,5 glasses fresh leaves mint, and by at will green food dye.

Mint should finely shred, put in stewpan, there same put water, vinegar and sugar sand. On average fire everything this is cook up to boiling. How only mixture started boil, should remove her with slabs, pour pectin and dye. Then, stirring, again bring up to boiling and remove with fire. Strain and rolls up in sterilized jars.

Strawberry—mint jam: one lemon, kilogram strawberries (fresh), half a kilo sugar sand and bunch mint. Strawberry being cleaned, washes himself, falls asleep sugar sand and juice lemon. Leave her on night. Next need strawberries on average fire bring up to boiling, after what right away remove, cool down and leave yet on night. For everything this is time from strawberries will come out juice, a all sugar will be absorbed. Then need berries strain and received syrup boil minutes 10—15, after what berries and mint return in syrup and cook everything minutes 20. Hot jam spread out by glass jars and roll up. Lemon: couple average lemons, 400 g fresh mint leaves, kilo sugar sand, floor liters water. Finely cut leaves mint, lemons cut and pour in everything water. Mixture cook 15 minutes, leave on day in cool place. Strain and squeeze out decoction, fall asleep sugar and cook a couple hours on weak fire after boiling. Jam spill by seaming banks.