Monday, March 14, 2016

15 ways to use mint

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1. Withdrawal stomach cramps

Mint helps to relax digestive tract muscles and relieve spasms. So if you suddenly nervous twisted stomach, drink hot tea with mint or just warm water with mint and lemon.

2. Prevention of infectious diseases

Mint has a fairly strong antibacterial properties. Its regular inclusion in your diet will allow your body easier to move or even to reflect the infectious and fungal diseases.

3. The fight against mice

If in the country or in the yard of his private house you plant a little mint, you can be sure that mice and rats will bypass your site side!

4. Soothing foot scrub

Refreshing properties of mint related to the content of menthol in it, which very well will soothe tired feet for a day. Mix the finely chopped mint leaves sea salt and olive oil and RUB this mixture into the feet and rinse with water.

5. Relief headache

Headache is often associated with spasms of blood vessels. Also, as with abdominal pain, will allow warm mint tea or just water with mint.

6. Against nasal congestion

You cannot breathe? Brew the mint with hot water (or tea again) and make inhalation by breathing vapors of menthol. The action will be practically the same as that of drops for the nose, but this method is natural and cheaper.

7. To relieve stress

Mint - a lovely mild and natural sedative that will allow you to reduce the level of stress and relieve anxiety.

8. The prevention of cancer

Now actively carrying out research in the sphere of influence of mint on the formation of cancer cells. There are opinions that it significantly slows down their development, especially skin cancer, lung and colon. Currently, there are no sufficient reliable evidence there, but still there is a chance that we’ll soon have another weapon against the deadly disease.

9. Dressing to the salad

Want to add a little variety to your vegetable salad? Add a few leaves of mint. Your taste buds just sing with pleasure.

10. Add mint in cosmetics

Make homemade soap or shampoo, in principle, not so difficult. And mint homemade cosmetics acquires a wonderful aroma. Essential oil of peppermint can be found in a specialty store or just a pharmacy. By the way, a droplet of oil can be added to the factory and creams and shampoos.

11. Mint ice

I feel that mint is already an urgent need to use it because it starts to deteriorate? Make ice cubes with mint leaves. Then these cubes can be put into water, lemonade or iced tea, thus adding to the drink a fresh note.

12. Refreshing facial toner

In a large bowl pour cold water and chop the mint leaves. Refrigerate for an hour. Then immerse the face in this peppermint water. You will feel incredible vigor!

13. Refresh carpet

Sprinkle the carpet with a mixture of dried mint and baking soda, leave for an hour, and then vacuum. In the room will smell delightfully clean and fresh.

14. Make air freshener

Just mix mint with any other flowers or petals and scatter these fragrant mixture around the room.

15. Freshen your breath

Mix peppermint oil with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide - get a homemade toothpaste, which will whiten teeth, and freshen breath. However do not get carried away, this mixture can be used not more often than once a week (and preferably less), because it erodes tooth enamel.

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