Mint herb Description :

 

Japanese Mint (Mentha Arvensis) is a perennial herb with creeping root stalk and an erect stem, 1-2 quadrangulate branched with short dense hair. Leaves are 2.5 - 5cm long, oblong-ovate. Flowers are in auxiliary whorls, none at the top. Mint herb rises to a height of 0.4-0.8 mtr. Branching freely, flowers appearing in May-June and again in September-November under cultivation. Pepper Mint (Mentha piperita), Bergamot Mint (Mentha citrata) and Spear Mint (Mentha Spicata) are also commercially cultivated though on a lesser scale. These species are morphologically variant to that of Japanese Mint.

 

Mint herb Uses :

 

Mint herb is used for flavouring meat, fish, sauces, soups, stews, vinegar, tea, tobacco and cordials. The mint herb oil is used for the production of natural menthol, dementhalised oil is for flavouring mouth washes, tooth paste and pharmaceutical preparations.

In medicine,mint herb is used for stomach disorders,rheumatism,ointments for headaches,cough drops, inhalationsc. The mint herb oil and driedmint herb plants are antiseptic, carminative, refrigerant, stimulant and diuretic.