Benefits of Using Mint
Mint is called Pudina in Sanskrit. It is famous for its fragrance – the aromatic menthol wakes up the senses and decongests the orifices of the head.
Try a mint and lime tea! Simply add mint leaves and lime to a jar, add a teaspoon or two of jaggery and let sit in the sun for a few hours☀️ Read more about the benefits in our previous article.
It is also calming and relaxing for the digestive system and the mind. There are many varieties, spearmint and peppermint being two of the most common.
It’s Ayurvedic actions are:
Mint and some of its benefits:
1. Aids digestion, and reduces gas, indigestion and irritable bowel.
2. Improves oral health by reducing harmful bacterial growth in the mouth.
3. Decongestant, great to use for steam inhalation.
4. Treatment for cough, cold and throat irritation.
5. Cooling effect for your skin, useful for insect bites anti-inflammatory.
How can you use Mint leaves:
1. Make a mint tea. add the leaves to boiling water and steep for 5-10 minutes. Add a squirt of lime. Read more about limes in our previous article.
2. Add it to your room temperature drinking water (best to leave it overnight).
3. Use mint-infused water as a mist for your skin (fill it in a spray bottle and keep it in the fridge).
4. Use to gargle and rinse your mouth.
At the Lakshmi shop, we have many mint products from mint tea, toothpaste, mouthwash, essential oils and more. Mint is also one of the ingredients in our Pitta Churna for cooking!
The shop is open again from Monday, the 9th of January. We look forward to welcoming you.
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Try a mint and lime tea! Simply add mint leaves and lime to a jar, add a teaspoon or two of jaggery and let sit in the sun for a few hours☀️ Read more about the benefits in our previous article.
It is also calming and relaxing for the digestive system and the mind. There are many varieties, spearmint and peppermint being two of the most common.
It’s Ayurvedic actions are:
- Deepana/ promotes Agni (digestive fire).
- Anulomana / promotes the downward flow of Vata.
- Shiro Virechana / clears the head.
- It has a balancing effect on all the three doshas, it is a cooling herb, with a katu (heating) vipaka (post digestive taste).
Mint and some of its benefits:
1. Aids digestion, and reduces gas, indigestion and irritable bowel.
2. Improves oral health by reducing harmful bacterial growth in the mouth.
3. Decongestant, great to use for steam inhalation.
4. Treatment for cough, cold and throat irritation.
5. Cooling effect for your skin, useful for insect bites anti-inflammatory.
How can you use Mint leaves:
1. Make a mint tea. add the leaves to boiling water and steep for 5-10 minutes. Add a squirt of lime. Read more about limes in our previous article.
2. Add it to your room temperature drinking water (best to leave it overnight).
3. Use mint-infused water as a mist for your skin (fill it in a spray bottle and keep it in the fridge).
4. Use to gargle and rinse your mouth.
At the Lakshmi shop, we have many mint products from mint tea, toothpaste, mouthwash, essential oils and more. Mint is also one of the ingredients in our Pitta Churna for cooking!
The shop is open again from Monday, the 9th of January. We look forward to welcoming you.
#ayurveda #lakshmiayurveda #ayurvedamint #mint #ayurvedicremedy #ayurvedicherb #herb #digestion #improvedigestion #ayurvedaperth #ayurvedablog #howtousemint #minttea
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