Mint leaves‘s Growth
Mint leaves‘s function
Mint leaves’s cultural
Chinese medicine
Wind-dispelling：
Mint leaves are cool in nature and pungent in taste; they dispel wind-heat in the upper energizer, relieve headache, sore throat, fever with mild aversion to wind caused by wind-heat cold, and help expel pathogenic factors from the exterior.
Eye-clearing：
Its pungent and cool qi reaches the head and eyes, clears stagnant heat there, improves red, swollen and painful eyes as well as dizziness caused by wind-heat attacking upward, and refreshes the head and eyes.
Liver-soothing：
It enters the Liver Meridian, relieves liver qi stagnation, eases hypochondriac distension and pain, belching and poor appetite caused by liver stagnation, helps liver qi flow smoothly, and improves emotional depression.
Damp-clearing：
It clears damp-heat in the lower energizer, relieves yellow and reddish urine, stranguating and painful urination caused by damp-heat downward flow, as well as nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by summer dampness.
Life scenes
Relieving Summer Heat
Enhancing Freshness
Relieving Itching
Deodorizing
Soothing Fatigue
Refreshing Mind
Adding Flavor
Relieving Hangover
Culture
Five elements
In TCM, mint leaves are cool in nature (belonging to Yin), pungent in taste, enter the Lung Meridian and belong to Lung Metal; they clear and moisten Lung Metal, dispel lung Qi, balance Lung Metal imbalance, and help harmonize Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
I Ching
Mint leaves are cool in nature and pungent in taste, with effects such as dispersing wind – heat. Their growth characteristics match those of the Zhen Gua. In the Zhen Gua, one yang moves beneath two yins, similar to the initial emergence of mint’s vitality in nature, symbolizing new life and vitality.
Geomancy
In feng shui, mint symbolizes good luck and vitality. Placing it in the right location, such as the wealth corner of the living room or the balcony, can attract wealth and protect the house. However, it is not suitable to be placed in the bedroom, kitchen, etc.
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