Dry Mint Leaf, Pudina Leaf

Listing ID #340601

We are offering dry mint leaf, pudina leaf.
Culinary
garnish mint dishes with fresh mint leaves. Just as the romans flavored their wines and sauces with peppermint, today's cooks use spearmint and peppermint to flavor dishes and food extracts. Other varieties of mint, such as orange, mountain, chocolate and calamint, complement an assortment of dishes, too, as they each impart a distinctive mint flavor. Use dried mint leaves in chilled soups, as recommended by jim meuninck in "medicinal plants of north america," or in spice rubs for meats, such as lamb. Mint also adds a refreshing zest to some stews, casseroles, salads and cooked vegetables.
medicinal
steep fresh or dried mint leaves in hot water for mint tea. Aristotle thought peppermint an aphrodisiac and the greeks believed mints cure hiccups, but modern medicinal mint use is an alternative therapy for skin, respiratory and digestive complaints. Spearmint or peppermint leaves in bath water may cool and soothe skin. Peppermint tea, made from boiling water and dried mint leaves, delivers relief from indigestion, flatulence, and cold and flu symptoms. The university of maryland medical center notes that people with hiatal hernias and gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) should not take peppermint, nor should nursing or pregnant women. Consult your doctor before using mint as an herbal remedy.