This is about health benefits of mentha or mint.

1. Mint
Botanical name : Mentha piperita
Family: Lamiaceae
Chemical composition: active chemical is terpene
alcohol called menthol or peppermint camphor which
is extracted from leaves. Carvone and limonene are
main components of peppermint oil.

2. Mentha acts as natural insecticide. It can kill mosquito larvae. Carvone
and limonene have anti microbial activity against Vibrio strains.
It is used in pharmaceutical and food industry as a natural antibiotics
and seafood preservative against vibrio contamination.

3. It may improve irritable bowel syndrome(IBM) symptoms like stomach
pain, gas, bloating and changes in bowel habits.
Take Mentha along with your meal in form of chutney or you can add
its leaves in curry, salad, buttermilk, lentil(dal) which helps to digest
food easily. Try to use fresh leaves in place of dried.

4. Apply peppermint water after breastfeeding help to prevent nipple and
areola cracks which results in less nipple pain..

5. Aroma of peppermint oil improve brain function. Smelling of oil
decrease level of frustration, anxiety and fatigue.

6. Drinking peppermint tea and chewing fresh leaves may able to mask
bad foul smell and kill bacteria.

7. Mint is able to stimulate digestive enzymes, helps to absorb nutrients
from daily meal and fasten metabolism results lose weight.