Mint Green Tea

Spearmint is a common constituent of the Indian and Eastern Asia diet. It is used with spices to give the food a special flavor and fragrance. It is also used for flavoring chewing gums, toothpaste, confectionery and pharmaceutical preparations. M. spicata contains about 0.21–2.1% volatile oil, 29–74% carvone, 4–24% limonene and 3–18% cireole. Carvone is the most important constituents of M. spicata.
Mentha spicata has high traditional medicinal value as it is one of the important constituents of Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Siddha systems of medicine. Mentha can be used for common cold, cough, sinusitis, fever, bronchitis, nausea, vomiting, indigestion, intestinal colic and loss of appetite. Spearmint is applied directly to the skin for swelling inside the mouth, arthritis, local muscle and nerve pain, and skin conditions including pruritus and urticaria.