Mint - medicinal properties and contraindications

The most common plant used in unofficial medicine is mint. Many of it is actively used as a food supplement or decorating dishes. However, then some are surprised that a few eaten leaves led to a deterioration of well-being. Peppermint medicinal properties and contraindications to which are described in the article may not be useful to everyone. It is important to know how to properly apply the plant, and in what cases it should be avoided.

Grass mint - use and contraindications

Such popularity was gained thanks to the following properties:

1. The ability to improve blood circulation makes it possible to use mint to slow the rapid heart rate.
2. Mint oil is used to prepare a variety of products intended for the treatment of stomach diseases.
3. Mint in the absence of serious contraindications is recommended to use asthma patients, persons who have inflammatory processes in the lungs and bronchi, and also for the treatment of gynecological problems.
4. The use of mint in food normalizes the process of digestion of food, allowing you to eliminate flatulence and nausea.
5. Particularly useful plant in diseases of the heart and vascular system. Treatment with mint allows you to reduce heart palpitations and to normalize blood flow.

Grass mint has some contraindications that must be studied before proceeding with its application:

1. Avoid plants should people with intolerance mint.
2. Treatment of mint is forbidden to people suffering from excessive nervous excitability and insomnia.
3. You can not take mint with infertility, as this can only complicate the existing problem.
4. Mint should be avoided for people with low blood pressure (hypotension).
5. Men also have to give up mint, since it has the property of reducing libido.
6. It is forbidden to give peppermint to children under the age of three.

Peppermint - contraindications and precautions

Sometimes the body itself indicates an excessive amount of mint used. You need to learn how to listen to it, in order to be able to recognize the signals about exceeding the permissible dose. When an overdose in humans, there are various allergic reactions that occur in:

• bronchospasm, breathing disorder;
• nausea;
• headache;
• redness of the skin;
• rashes and itching.

Since the plant contains menthol, you should avoid getting medication with this plant on the affected skin. It is also important to prevent such drugs from entering the eyes. The main contraindication of mint is its indiscriminate use in its pure form.

Mint tea - contraindications

A great benefit is the tea from this plant. He is appointed as a cholagogue for problems with the liver and gall bladder. Due to antiseptic properties, tea is taken with sore throats, colds and infectious diseases.

Mint tea has a soothing effect. He is advised to drink with nervous tension, stress and chronic fatigue.

But treatment with tea is contraindicated in such cases:

• with varicose veins, as the plant reduces the tone of the vessels;
• people who often experience heartburn, as mint can strengthen it;
• because of the ability of tea to reduce the content of male hormones, it is necessary to avoid its use by men.

Caution in the use of tea should be given to pregnant women. In small amounts, of course, it helps to eliminate nausea and overcome toxicosis. However, since mint has a large amount of estrogen, it helps raise the tone of the uterus , which can lead to miscarriage.