Common Mint Field Mint,Bo he,BOHE,su bo he,Peppermint,Herba Menthae,Field mint,Old Traditions and modern research.
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical and Description of Herba Menthae,Field mint.
- .Botanical Narrative of Herba Menthae,Field mint.
- .Pharmacological Properties of Herba Menthae,Field mint.
- .Phytochemicals and Content.
- .History Traditional Uses of Herba Menthae,Field mint.
- .Indications and Combinations:Herba Menthae,Field mint.
- .How much Field mint should I take?.
- .Herba Menthae,Field mint:Old Traditions.
- .Mentha Barutophor:traces and differance.
- .Research Update:Field mint or Mentha haplocalyx.
Basic Botanical and Description of Herba Menthae,Field mint.
Botanical Source: Mentha haplocalyx Briq. or Mentha haplocalyx Briq.var.piperascens (Malinvaud)C.Y.Wu et H.W.Li.
Plant genus: Mentha genus
Family genus:Labiatae family
Common Chinese name:Bo he,BOHE,su bo he
Common English name:Field mint,Peppermint
note:Common Mint Field Mint. (Mentha arvensis);Peppermint (Mentha piperascens) which is a hybrid of water mint (M. aquatica) and spearmint (M. spicata).
Annual/Perennial: Annual or perennial
Parts used:Aerial parts
Pharmaceutical Name : Herba Menthae;Herba Menthae Haplocalycis
Drug name:Herba Menthae
Latin name:Herba Menthae 1.Mentha haplocalyx Briq.2.Menthahaplocalyx Briq.var.piperascens (Malinvaud)C.Y.Wu et H.W.Li M.arvensis L.var.malinvaudi (Levl.)C.Y.Wu et H.W.Li
Source of Earliest Record : Xinxiu Bencao
Habitat:China
Part Used and Method of Pharmaceutical Preparations: The entire plant, including leaves, is gathered in any season. The leaves can be picked two or three times each year, dried in a shady place and then cut into pieces.
Harvest information Aerial parts harvested multiple time per season
Processing After harvest, the plant material is dried in the sun or shade.
Phytochemicals:Contains menthol and glucosides
Traditional uses in Chinese medicine Mints, whether in herbal formulas, drinks, soups, or other food items, functions to release to the exterior, that is, to direct the body energy upward and outward. Bo he is used to dispel wind-heat, clear the head and eyesight, treat headaches, pharyngolaryngitis, and measles.
Botanical and Common Names of the Mint Family:Mentha spp. (a few include the following):
Mentha aquatica (Wild Mint, Water Mint, Marsh Mint, Hairy Mint)
Mentha x aquatica (Lemon Mint)
Mentha arvensis (Field Mint, Brook Mint; Spanish: Poleo, Poleo Casero; Nahuatl: Chichilticxihoitl, Tlalat chietl)
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens (Family Mint)
Mentha x gentilis (Ginger mint)
Mentha haplocalyx (Field Mint, Chinese Mint, Corn Mint, Bo He)
Mentha longifolia (English Horsemint)
Mentha piperita (Peppermint, Brandy Mint, Lamb Mint; Spanish: Menta, Mentha Montana, Hortela)
Mentha x piperita (Eau de Cologne Mint)
Mentha pulegium (Pennyroyal, Upright Pennyroyal, Creeping Pennyroyal, Pulegium, Run-by-the-Ground, Lurk-in-the-Ditch, Pudding Grass, Piliolerial, Mosquito Plant, Squaw Balm, Squawmint Tickweed; Spanish: Poleo Chino)
Mentha requienii (Corsican mint)
Mentha rotundifolia (Bowles Mint)
Mentha x smithiana (Red Spearmint)
Mentha spicata (Spearmint, Curled Mint, Curly Mint, Garden Mint, Mackerel Mint, Our Lady s Mint, Green Mint, Spire Mint, Sage of Bethlehem, Fish Mint, Lamb Mint, Moroccan Spearmint; Spanish: Yerba Buena)
Mentha suaveolens (Applemint)
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