Mint's herbal textual criticism

Mint as commonly used herbs, from Labiatae Mint full grass or leaf. With dispelling, clearing chieftain, pharynx, eruption, relieving the depressed liver function, used for attacking a cold, headache mesh red, measles, liver disease, such as static efficacy. In this article, the name of the Mint, varieties of origin, the effectiveness of application and processing processing, and other items Herbalism to ancient as the present, as the drug's modern research and development to provide reference

1 botanical name Khao

Mint began in the name of? materials have the following two versions: one said to the effect of processing on the law, said to the Tang Materia. In the book earlier to the effect of processing on ", I did not find any record of the Mint. In the Tang herbal clearly documented: "the smell of peppermint, hard temperature, non-toxic, the master thief wind typhoid fever, sweating, evil scourge rose up, cholera, Brig, quenches thirst. "In other ancient herbal, Mint also-Dutch dishes (like eating a certain cure), Wu smilax caustic (edible herbal), southern Mint (herbal Yan yi), Sun Microsystems dishes (Southern Yunnan Materia Medica), menthol (herbal products meeting Essentials), Dutch (Materia 200), alias, the alias of cause, or for code rumour circulating around town, or to their effectiveness, characteristics and naming. Mint in many localities, such as alias, see swelling Xiao (Jiangsu) night at flowers (Shandong) water motherwort (Yunnan) fish vanilla (Sichuan), we may distinguish between them.

2 origin of the varieties of mint as the source of the Labiatae mint leaves of grass or wide. The introduction of class Materia of the figure by Materia records: "Peppermint old wood with the Prefecture, now everywhere. "It can be seen in the song is in mint throughout the country has a broad distribution. Information from the surveys now we know: in the Northeast, North to Mint, peppermint gmelini; in Xinjiang, ash Mint, mint (Sichuan, Tibet are produced); in the southern province, southern Mint. There are numerous varieties. In the Mint, the best quality as Jiangsu Suzhou Su Mint, ancient herbal records of most certainly Su Mint Mint in mint varieties. The qianjin square contains the saying: "Francisco, dialect of charge falsely also, traditionally more to Suzhou-sheng, Chen shiliang that don't smilax NG to caustic Hu Mint also. "Compendium of Materia Medica said: when the Suzhou, stem small gas-Fang, Jiangxi, slightly rough, Chuan Shu is thicker. Traditionally used to defeat the Soviet production, of types of phase. "In the herbal products meeting Essentials" also records the Nanjing Yuezhou also Mint's Road Estate, this argument has not been authorized by later generations of medicinal herbs. Exactly what happened later led to this situation, it is worth our future to explore.

3 textual functional applications

In the history of herbal records the main role in the Mint in SIM, cool to see that kangganqingre and Qi and blood stasis disease. The Tang herbal "said:" master thieves wind typhoid fever, sweating, evil scourge rose up, cholera, Brig, quenches thirst. "The day huazi Materia:" (Mint) main stroke aphonia spitting and head wind, "the pictures of the Materia:" go to anger the gas toxicity Khan broken blood only theoretical joint "Ya pass; the herbal preparation to" cloud, "Mint, Xin, cool to Qing dynasty. L found floating to sweat, and inhibition of liver, lung, dampness and wind-dispersed and leaders. -Headache head wind, stroke, rinse your mouth sputum aphonia, language astringent tongue. Eyes and ears of throat, to speaking than cake. Skin sores implicit in the desert, was hot. scab Bone steaming. Broken blood Zhili. "But their usage is different. Tang and Ming dynasties, Mint for dispelling the Li Qi and blood, but its application in the ear as one of their characteristics, are recorded as "particularly to drugs in children-evil," "Materia" said Xin chuan, slightly bitter, clumps. Start taiyin, zujuyin through air separation. Free wind, clear head, throat dental nasal called disease. "The herbal truth of the saying:" exclusively to the liver, and in the kidney. Smell pungent, designed to cool the liver and kidney, so the book contains a SIM can diverge, but in the eyes of ear, throat kouchi, scabies, hidden surprise steamed hot, bone, blood is wonderful. ”

4 investigation of adverse reactions

Mint of adverse reactions, in ancient times when there is recorded in the Materia Medica, addresses the Mint is saying: "due to dryness, partial liver Yang kang, table virtual Hyperhidrosis are cream suits. "The figure by Materia:" the new disease sent not food Mint to be sweating, fear of the virtual human ear. "The Materia Sheng" said: "the new disease of the poor ' bogey, fear-induced xuhan surviving Yang"; "the cloud" by every original: "(Mint), so the second one, however, with its fragrant cutting gas, many serving long clothing, virtual cold. "In the gold party" is a result of taking the mint which led to more children. The reason is most likely due to the strong Mint divergence, easy while weak, it is not a lot of Mint.

5 oil processing textual processing

Compendium of Materia Medica original cited "Chi" cloud "where your Mint to be next to fecal water poured in, is that after the rain, the sexual maturity of cool, not cold or not. "This is an ancient method of harvesting to be highly effective ingredients; today is the annual harvesting twice, first as early as great heat and slight heat. The second time in cold dew and frost descent, harvesting all grass, dried. Then the following method of processing: sorting out impurities, remove residue with a first place ye shaking ordered the captives, and will shoot through the spray of water, damp, cut into segments, and then dried and leaf and all.