Introductions: Herba Menthae is pungent in flavor, cool in nature and acts on the lung and liver channels. Dispersing wind-heat, easing sore throat, promoting eruption, soothing the liver and alleviating mental depression. It is used to treat headache, conjunctival congestion, sore throat and can be used in combination with other herbs to treat acne. Improves eyesight, relieves sore throat, resolves skin eruption and relieves itching.
Indication:
1.To treat wind-heat affected by exopathogens, fever and headache, or initial stage of epidemic febrile disease at Wei phase, peppermint is often used in combination with honeysuckle flower, forsythia fruit and other herbs, such as Yin Qiao Powder.
2. To treat headache, conjunctival congestion, sore throat and other symptoms due to upward attack by wind-heat, peppermint can be used in combination with mulberry leaf, chrysanthemum flower, schizonepeta and other herbs.
3. To treat infantile measles without smooth eruption or itching from Germen measles, it is often used in combination with schizonepeta, ledebouriella root, arnebia or lithosperm root and other herbs.
In addition, peppermint can also be used to treat syndromes caused by stagnation of the liver-qi. However, because its potency is relatively weak, it is mainly used as an auxiliary herb.
Herba Menthae Powder