Oral health

Dr. Han Dong-ha of Oriental Medicine (Director of Han Dong-ha Oriental Medical Clinic)

Sometimes, when you think of the name of a specific object, you can even feel that feeling. Peppermint is like that. When I think of mint, my mouth becomes soothed and refreshed. For this reason, mint is often drunk as a tea. Today, let’s learn about the benefits of peppermint.

Mentha canadensis (Mentha canadensis) is a perennial herb belonging to the genus Mint of the order Lamiaceae and the family Lamiaceae. In Korean, it is called ‘Yeongsaengi’. The name Yeongsaeng is rarely used these days, but it can be easily found in Oriental medicine books written in Korean.

Peppermint is spicy in taste, warm in nature, and non-poisonous. sometimes <본초정화> It is written on his back that he has a ‘cool temperament’, but it is correct to say that he has a ‘warm temperament’. Lee Si-jin said, ‘Peppermint can emit a spicy taste and clear the cool taste, completely eliminating wind and dissipating heat, making it an important medicine for treating headaches, headaches, and various diseases of the eyes, throat, and teeth. He said, ‘I consider it to be.’ If you look at this It can be seen that peppermint mainly treats symptoms of the head area.

In the past, mint was often used as a vegetable. <본초정화>It is said, ‘If you make herbs and eat them for a long time, you will remove dead poison, anger, and your mouth will be fragrant and clean.’ He believed that eating mint as a vegetable would make one’s body healthy.

Peppermint detoxifies by sweating. <동의보감>It is said, ‘You can take various medicines to Yeongwi and sweat them out to expel the poison.’ <본초강목>It is said that ‘it causes sweating due to cold or cold weather.’ In other words, if you consume mint when you have a mild cold or headache, your body will feel lighter as you sweat.

mint Removes heat from the heart. <동의보감>‘Removes heart heat. ‘It is an important medicine that purifies the upper part of the body.’ <본초강목>It is said to ‘clear the upper body, remove phlegm, smooth the throat and chest, and treat wind fever.’ In particular, drinking mint juice (薄荷汁) made by crushing raw mint is effective.

mint Helps digestion. <본초강목>It is said that ‘It treats the symptoms of chest and stomach swelling and fullness due to bad energy, ovarian rash, and indigestion of old food.’ However, mint has a strong effect of dissipating energy, so sometimes heartburn may occur in people with a weak stomach.

mint Treats headaches. <동의보감>‘It cools the head and eyes the most. It is said to cure wind-heat headaches. A wind-heat headache is a headache that occurs when there is a heat sensation in the head. <본초정화>It was said, ‘It can remove headaches and wind-heat from the skin.’ <본초강목>It is said that it ‘treats headaches caused by cold sores’. Peppermint is indicated for cases accompanied by general hot flashes.

mint Eliminates bad breath. <본초강목>It is said, ‘It makes a person’s mouth smell clean.’ also It is said that it ‘removes various diseases of the throat, mouth, and teeth.’ Peppermint itself has a good scent, but at the same time, it has the effect of eliminating the cause of bad breath. also It has an antibacterial effect and helps with stomatitis and gum disease. do.

mint It is also good for glossitis or stomatitis. <동의보감>‘It treats a sore tongue or dry, snow-white tongue that makes speech dull and indistinct. It is best to mix equal amounts of fresh mint juice and honey and apply it. First, soak thickly sliced ​​ginger in honey water, rub your tongue, wash it, and then apply the medicine.’ Referring to various records, it is highly likely that the symptoms are caused by oral candidiasis caused by fungi. Peppermint has antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal effects, so it is also helpful for oral candidiasis.

mint It is also good for itching and hives. <본초강목>It is said to ‘treat lumps in the neck, wounds, scabies, scabies, itching, or hives.’ Peppermint has an anti-allergy effect and is helpful for skin itching, hives, and rhinitis.

mint It is also good for joints. <향약집성방>‘It softens the joints through energy.‘ he said. Peppermint helps with symptoms of high stiffness and stiffness in the joints.

mint Relieve fatigue. <본초강목>It is said, ‘If you take the boiled juice, it will make you sweat and help relieve fatigue.’ <본초정화>It is said that ‘it relieves fatigue and fatigue well.’ Peppermint relieves fatigue and clears your mind when you feel tired and dizzy.

The main component of mint leaves and stems is mainly menthol. In addition, it contains menthone, menthol acetate, camphene, limonene, isomenthon, pinene, menthenone, resin, and small amounts of tannin and rosemary acid. peppermint Pharmacological effects have been confirmed to include antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, stimulation of bile secretion, inhibition of gastrointestinal smooth muscle, increased secretion of mucus in the respiratory tract, stimulation of the central nervous system, and uterine contraction, and it is reported to have antioxidant, anticancer, antiallergic, and antibacterial effects.

Traditionally, menthol extracted from peppermint was collected and used medicinally as menthol. Peppermint is an organic compound obtained by extracting or synthesizing the oil of peppermint or other mints. It is dissolved in alcohol and mixed with water. It is made into a spray formulation and is effective when used for nasal congestion such as itchy skin or rhinitis.am.

mint Do not take it if your body is weak. <본초강목>‘It prevents the cold from stopping. It is said that if a thin and weak person eats it for a long time, it can cause liver disease. <본초강목습유>It was said, ‘It can cool the chest and make you sweat, but people with weak skin should not take it in large quantities.’ <식물본초>It is said, ‘People who have recently suffered from a serious illness should not eat it, as the sweat will not stop and will continue to come out.’ <경악전서>It is said, ‘It is prohibited when the illness has just been cured, but there is a risk of ruining the body due to cold.’ If you continue to sweat without stopping, you may lose energy and collapse.

Taking peppermint for a long period of time can cause dryness and dry mouth. Also, peppermint removes wind heat, so it should not be taken for lung fever. Peppermint has a strong tendency to radiate energy due to dryness, and the energy of the stem is especially drier than the leaves. Also, in mint Considering the risk of miscarriage due to its uterine contraction effect, pregnant women should not consume it.

Mint and cats are opposites of each other. <본초강목>It is said that ‘when a cat eats mint, it gets drunk because they are sensitive to each other.’ For this reason, it is said, ‘When treating a cat bite, apply peppermint juice to treat it.’ This can be seen as an effect of peppermint’s antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Even just calling the name of peppermint makes it light and refreshing. The same goes for the names mint and peppermint. Peppermint’s energy is clear and light and flows out through the stomach, so it is highly effective in treating symptoms of the chest, head, and skin. Peppermint (薄荷). Just thinking about it clears my head and makes my body feel lighter.

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2023-10-01 22:30:00

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