What does mint do for your skin?

I believe everyone has seen mint in life. This substance is a particularly magical substance. It matures in summer. Its leaves are generally used to make tea or lose weight. Mint tea tastes particularly refreshing and makes people feel particularly cool. Because it is cold in nature, some people will apply it on the skin. So what effect does mint have on the skin?

When menthol and camphor preparations are applied to the skin, they can cause the cold receptors of the skin and mucous membranes to produce a cold reflex, causing vasoconstriction of the skin and mucous membranes; external use of peppermint oil can stimulate the cold receptors of nerve endings to produce a cold sensation, and reflexively cause changes in the blood vessels in deep tissues, thereby playing an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipruritic role.

Peppermint oil taken orally can stimulate the central nervous system, dilate skin capillaries, promote sweat gland secretion, increase heat dissipation, and play a role in sweating and relieving fever; peppermint oil can inhibit gastrointestinal smooth muscle contraction, can counteract choline acetate and have an antispasmodic effect; peppermint oil can promote the secretion of respiratory glands and has a therapeutic effect on respiratory inflammation; in vitro tests have shown that peppermint decoction has an inhibitory effect on herpes simplex virus, forest virus, and mumps virus, and has an antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus, Group A Streptococcus, Group B Streptococcus, Catarrhalis, Enterococcus, Shigella flexneri, Bacillus anthracis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, etc.; peppermint oil applied externally can stimulate the cold receptors of nerve endings to produce a cold sensation, and reflexively cause changes in deep tissue blood vessels to play an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipruritic effect.

Benefits of Peppermint on Skin:

1. The medical and health benefits of mint. The stems and leaves of mint are used as medicine. They are pungent, cool, and fragrant. They enter the lung and liver meridians, and have the effects of dispersing wind-heat, clearing away heat and relieving exterior symptoms, dispelling wind and reducing swelling, and relieving sore throat and pain. They are often used for wind-heat colds, wind-heat headaches, red and painful eyes, sore throat, and measles rash.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine uses mint as a diaphoretic and antipyretic agent. Middle-aged and elderly people can eat some mint porridge to refresh their minds, dispel wind and heat, increase appetite and help digestion. In summer, you can make yourself a "cool soup" with mint at home. It can quench your thirst and relieve heat. You may want to give it a try.

3. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Scientists have studied a large number of drugs and found that mint leaves can prevent the growth of blood vessels in cancer lesions, depriving the tumor of blood supply and eventually causing it to die of "starvation".

4. There are more mosquitoes in the summer. Put mint near the window in the bedroom and spray some water on it every evening to let the fragrance of the mint fully release. Mosquitoes that can't stand the fragrance will run away. If you are bitten by mosquitoes, you can use mint juice to relieve the itching, which will make you feel cool and comfortable afterwards.

5. The therapeutic effects of mint. Mint has both medicinal and edible functions. The edible parts are mostly stems and leaves. There are many ways to eat mint. It can be used as a seasoning and spice. It can also be paired with wine, made into tea, or even squeezed into juice. In the hot summer, you might as well give yourself mint herbal tea or mint soup to quench your thirst and relieve heat.