Can pregnant women smell mint?

Whether mint is used as a traditional Chinese medicine or a health food, it has very good effects on the human body. Moreover, the method of consuming mint is also very simple. You can dry the mint leaves and soak them in water to drink, or you can put mint in some dishes to enhance the flavor. However, pregnant women must pay attention to many things for the health of their babies. So can pregnant women smell mint?

Although mint has good health benefits, it is not suitable for pregnant women. This is because mint contains ingredients that affect the normal development of the fetus and can cause fetal malformation, stillbirth or miscarriage, especially in the first three months of pregnancy.

Therefore, pregnant women should not only avoid eating mint, but also avoid anything containing mint ingredients, including mint candy, mint tea, etc. Medicines such as cooling oil, wind oil, and tiger balm are also not suitable for pregnant women because the ingredients in these medicines can be absorbed through the skin and can enter the fetus through the placenta and affect its growth and development. In addition, mint can inhibit milk secretion, so it is not suitable for breastfeeding women to eat it.

Mint

Mint, mint is also known as fish herb, also known as wild mint and night scent. It is a perennial herb that mostly grows in mountain wetlands and beside rivers, with its rhizomes growing horizontally underground. The whole plant has a green fragrance, blooms from July to September, and fruits in October. It grows in wet places near water, at altitudes up to 3,500 meters; it is also distributed in tropical Asia, the Soviet Far East, Korea, Japan and North America (as far south as Mexico).

Nutritional value of mint

Mint has both medicinal and edible functions. The main edible parts are the stems and leaves, and it can also be taken as juice. In terms of food, mint can be used as a seasoning, a spice, and can also be paired with wine, tea, etc. Every 100 grams of dried mint contains 9.6 grams of water, 6.8 grams of protein and 31.1 grams of fiber, and can provide 870.7 kilojoules of calories.

The efficacy and function of mint

"Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that mint is spicy, cool in nature and non-toxic.

Mint products have a unique aroma, spicy taste and a cool feeling. Adding mint to beverages, cakes, mung bean porridge, candies and other foods can give them a unique refreshing and fragrant flavor.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the stems and leaves are used as medicine, which has the effects of inducing sweating, dispersing wind and heat, and relieving itching. Cooking and eating raw or cooked food for a long time can remove evil toxins, eliminate fatigue, relieve sleepiness, and make people have fragrant and clean breath.

It can also treat excessive phlegm and various colds. In addition, the decoction can be used for washing to treat knee sores, the juice can be squeezed and taken to remove wind-heat and oral diseases, the juice can be mashed and taken orally to remove the bitterness of the tongue coating; the leaves can be used to plug the nose to stop bleeding; it can also treat bee stings and snake bites.