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The information given is informative. In case of doubt, consult the doctor. "Botanical" is not responsible for damages caused by self-medication |
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| Common Noun: mint | ||
| Scientific Noun: Mentha rotundifolia | ||
| Family. Labiate | ||
| Habitat: Near the rivers, ponds and some other humid places. | ||
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| Characteristics: It is a herb from 30 to 100 cm. Oval wrinkled leaves with very short stalks or more frequently stalkless; white and hairy beneath. Flowers gathered into spikes from 2 to 5 cm long. Sometimes lacking in continuity at its base.The corolla is light purple or almost white showing a tubular calyx with five triangular teeth. Stamens go out considerably , which may be a distinctive feature to distinguish this plant from others.(see image ) ,but it is its strong and unpleasant smell what makes it different from other mints.This fact prevents it from being so well considered as those other species with better smell. Moreover this is the reason why the best scented species are specially suitable for cooking or cosmetics, whereas the one studied here is only intended to medicinal use. |
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| Properties: a) medicinal: Stomachic , hepatic, carminative: Take a tisane with the infusion of dry leaves .Just after having boiled the water, leave them rest for a while and take as soon as you can . You can sweeten it with sugar or honey. Sedative: apply a compress soaked with the boiling of leaves and flowers over the part of the body suffering from rheumatic aches.It can also be applied in case of insect stings. Mixed with olive oil into equal parts, it can be used for burns. Febrifuge: An infusion made with the leaves increases perspiration and makes fever go down. Relaxing: To stop palpitations you can drink a glass of hot water with some drops of its essence (It is not very usual, however, to find essence of this variety of mint in chemist's or herbalist' s.) |
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| Picking and storing: We must collect it during the bloom season in summer, keeping it in hermetic containers in dry and dark places.
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Carminative: It expels flatulence out of the body.
