Pudina aka Mint - The Hidden Treasure in your House ?

Incredible Health benefits of Mint/ Pudina: Uses of Mint leaves as Mint tea and enhancing beauty.

 

Pudina / Mint

Mint is an aromatic and almost perennial downy herb that grows wide anywhere at home or in the garden. This small herb having oppositely connected leaves is the magical gift of nature. 

It is also rich in Vitamin A, C antioxidants, calcium, Menthol, and salicylic acid. Our ancestors are using its fresh or dried leaves for many dietary or medical purposes for thousands of years.

This herb has great importance in our daily life, which we can never deny. We are using it in our diet, medicines, and beauty products also.

Reasons why mint should be an essential component for daily purpose?

Mint/Pudina Tea

Mint tea has incredible benefits for all of us. This tea is for flavor but, we cannot deny its medicinal properties. It is made by pouring hot water and infusing mint leaves. Lemon juice also is added for flavor. This tea has a magical effect on us. It improves energy, improves immunity, relieves headache, improves sleep, freshens the breath, fights bacterial infections, and relieves digestive symptoms.

Here some advantages of mint leaves are enlisted based on their medical and nutritional values.

 

• Cure of skin allergy by mint leaves:

Mint is an effective cure for skin diseases particularly, skin allergy, pimple, and heat rashes. It cures that kind of allergy, which causes red spots on the skin. For this purpose boil, some mint leaves in rose water. Drinking this water is the most effective treatment using mint leaves for skin allergy. Leaves paste also reduces the infection caused by insect biting. The paste of mint leaves can absorb the toxin of insect and also relieves pain.

• Mint benefits in oral hygiene

Mint has a particular impact on oral hygiene and the health of teeth and gums because of its anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory characteristics. Generally, mint is used in dental care products as it has antiseptic properties. Chewing the fresh mint leaves whitens the teeth, refreshes the breath, and also kills germs.

• Using mint for treatment of Stomach ulcer and indigestion:

Mint is the main component for many food and medicines. This calming herb has to cure many stomach disorders like indigestion, stomach disorders, bloating, and stomach pain caused by an intestinal infection. Using mint tea or using fresh or dried leaves of mint can help in soothing stomach ulcers. It also treats diarrhea and nausea.

Take some leaves; keep them under shade to dry. Make powder and add two pinches to your daily diet for stomach treatment.

• Treatment of Cold and flue

Mint tea reduces the symptoms of cold and flu. Many treatments used to treat cold and flu contains Menthol, which is the primary component found in peppermint oil. Methanol is present in balm and causes a cooling effect, and its order allows relaxed breathing by opening airways.

Boiling the mint leaves in water with lemon juice, black pepper, and black salt gives immediate relief to cold and cough.

• Use of mint for asthma patients:

Properties of mint contain antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents, which help in reducing the symptoms of Asthma. Mint leaves can relieve the congestion of the chest and can give soothing effects to patients. It cures the inflammation along the respiratory tract, and Menthol in mint helps to breathe easily. The fragrance of mint causes refreshing breath for patients.

• Mint to cure high blood pressure 

It is a proven fact that daily use of mint in our diet can lower the cholesterol level in the human body. Mint tea helps in the relaxation of the mind and also lowers blood pressure. It is effective in reducing blood pressure and is also effective in blood circulation in veins. Sauce containing mint leaves and garlic is an effective remedy for high blood pressure.

• Treatment of Cold and flue

Mint tea reduces the symptoms of cold and flu. Many treatments used to treat cold and flu contains Menthol, which is the primary component found in peppermint oil. Methanol is present in balm and causes a cooling effect, and its order allows relaxed breathing by opening airways.

Boiling the mint leaves in water with lemon juice, black pepper, and black salt gives immediate relief to cold and cough.

• Use of mint to enhance beauty:

~ Mix mint leaves, Multani Matti, yogurt, and honey to make a paste. This paste can tighten the pores and enhances the brightness of the skin.

~ Mint has anti-inflammatory effects, which reduce the irritation from the skin.

~ Antioxidants present in mint help to reduce blemishes from the skin.

~ Mint can fight acne and pimples to give you refreshing skin.

~ It can moisturize, hydrate, and exfoliate the skin with soothing effects.

~ Mint reduces dandruff from hair.

~ Mint oil contains carotene and oxidants, which helps in hair growth.

 

Conclusion:

“Mint is worth enough to add to our daily diet for improving our health and enhancement of beauty. I hope above listed benefits of mint will make you sure to add this small herb for everyday purposes.”

 

Article Written By - 

Sumyya Akram