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Field Mint 薄荷

Bò He · Mentha haplocalyx (Herba)

Release Exterior 解表
Nature
Cool 凉
Flavour
Pungent 辛
Channels
Lung, Liver 肺·肝
Part used
Aerial parts
Species
Mentha haplocalyx Briq.
Origin
Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi

Traditional actions

Disperses wind-heat, clears the head and eyes and benefits the throat, vents rashes, soothes the Liver and moves qi.

Traditionally used for

Wind-heat colds, headache, red eyes, sore throat, early-stage measles/rashes, Liver-qi constraint.

How it is prepared

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