Summer mint leaves in water to drink favorable pharyngeal, liver and qi, through the rash, evacuation of wind-heat, clear head and eyes, etc., but the role of Chinese medicine in water is limited, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.
Mentha piperita is cool, pungent, and belongs to the lung and liver meridians. It is used for wind-heat colds, the first signs of wind-warmth, headache, eye redness, paralysis of the throat (pharynx red, swollen and painful, or dry, foreign body sensation, or itchy throat, swallowing difficulties), mouth sores, rubella, measles, chest and ribs (chest and ribs part of the collective term), distension and stuffiness, and so on.
Mentha piperita is used in the treatment of wind-heat cold or the beginning of warm disease, evil in the Wei division, fever, slight aversion to wind-cold, headache, etc. It is used with honeysuckle, forsythia, burdock and other medicines; if the beginning of warm disease, pain in the bones and joints of the peripheral body, skin with strong heat and no sweating, headache, slight aversion to cold in the back (fear of cold), and a floating and slippery pulse, it may be combined with raw gypsum, cicadas, licorice, and other medicines.
Drugs should be taken under the guidance of a physician, individuals should not self-medication, to avoid causing adverse consequences.