Is mint leaves good for health?

Mint leaves have been used to flavor food for many centuries. These natural herbs besides being easy to grow have great nutritional and medicinal benefits. Mint leaves are definitely good for health. Mint leaves when added to your bath water help relive muscle ache and joint pains. A soothing drink of mint leaves can help cure an upset stomach. Try consuming a concoction of mint leaves to help relieve a bad cold congestion. The antifungal property of mint leaves help cure asthma and allergies. A strong diuretic, it helps eliminate toxins from the body. A regular intake of fresh mint in your daily diet ensures that your body is free from fungus and bacteria.

Following are the health benefits of mint:

* Digestion: Mint is a good appetizer and promotes digestion, due to its typical aroma.

* Nausea & Headache: Again, the strong and refreshing aroma of mint is an excellent and quick remedy for nausea. Whenever you feel it, just smell the oil of mint or crushed fresh mint leaves or use any product with mint flavor, whichever is available near you, and it will be gone.

* Respiratory Disorders, Cough etc.: The strong aroma of mint is very effective in opening up congestion of nose, throat, bronchi and lungs, giving relief in respiratory disorders resulting from asthma, cold etc.

* Asthma: Regular use of mint is very beneficial for asthma patients, as it is a good relaxant and gives relief in congestion. But, over dosage may irritate as well.

* Skin Care, pimples etc.: While mint oil is a good anti septic and anti pruritic, mint juice is an excelle,nt skin cleanser. It soothes skin, cures infections, itching etc., and is also good for pimples.

* Female Sterility: Now, there is a mixed opinion about this. Some say that prolonged use of menthol may cause sterility and induce inability to conceive, by interfering with the production of ova and also killing these gametes, because of its germicidal and insecticidal properties.

* Oral Care: This is a well known property of mint. Being a germicidal and breathe freshener, it takes care of oral health by inhibiting harmful bacterial growth inside mouth and by cleaning tongue and teeth.

* Cancer: Current researches show that certain enzymes present in mint may help cure cancer.

Apart from this mint has a lot more benefits.