spearmint

spearmint

(essential preparation of raw herbs)

[synonym] Mentha haplocalyx and Mentha haplocalyx.

[source] it is the whole plant of Labiatae.

[plant morphology] spearmint

Herbs perennial, ca. 1. 3 m tall, branched. Rhizome spread, stem square, purple or dark green. Leaves opposite; lanceolate to elliptic lanceolate, 1-6 cm long, 3-17 mm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base rounded or cuneate, margin sparsely serrate, glabrous on both sides, glandular dots below; leaves sessile. Cymes dense into terminal spikes; bracts linear, ciliate; calyx campanulate, outside pubescent, 5-toothed, ciliate; corolla purple or white, corolla tube inner surface without hairy ring, 4-lobed, upper lobe large; stamens 4, extending out of corolla tube; style tip 2-lobed, extending out of corolla. Nutlets ovate, black, puberulent. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from August to September.

It is cultivated in Hebei, Jiangsu and Guangdong.

[collection] harvest from May to August.

It contains about 0.6-65% of the volatile components, such as [caryophyllene] and [caryophyllene]. The fresh leaves of Indian spearmint contain 0.2-0.25% volatile oil, 55.8% carapace ketone, 17.5% limonene, 6.74% dihydrocarapace alcohol and 11.55% ester.

Sweet and warm.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": spicy taste, warm nature. "

② "Sweet, slightly warm" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, regulating qi and relieving pain. Treatment of cold, cough, headache, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea.

① "To treat infantile milk cough" is one of the key points in the preparation of raw herbal medicine. "

② "Lingnan caiyao Lu": "it can disperse wind, cold and dampness, regulate menstruation. It is used to treat women's menstrual abdominal pain. "

③ Guangzhou army's "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "treatment of cold cough, cough due to fatigue; gastrointestinal distension. "

④ Guangzhou Air Force "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "treat stomach cold pain, nervous headache; apply Dieda Yutong. "

[usage and dosage] neiyan: decoction, 1-3 yuan (fresh 0.5-1 Liang). External use: tamping.

Chinese PinYin : Xiang Hua Cai