Mint contains mint. Mint, also known as spinach and rising sun vegetable, has anti-inflammatory effect on respiratory diseases, can dilate skin capillaries, increase heat dissipation and cause cold reflex of skin, so it has antipyretic effect. However, chewing mints for a long time will repeatedly stimulate the oral mucosa, leading to the thickening of the keratinized layer of the oral mucosa and the invasion of inflammatory bacteria, thus damaging the oral mucosa.
In addition, chewing gum or betel nut for a long time can also cause damage to oral mucosa. Chewing gum is made of soft candy and various spices. If you chew continuously, it is easy to cause the blood vessels on the tip of the tongue to rupture and the enamel to be damaged to varying degrees. Eating too much betel nut may also cause oral submucosal fibrosis.
People should pay attention to the changes of oral mucosa in their daily life and find various oral diseases in time. For example, oral leukoplakia is a kind of keratinized white plaque that occurs on the oral mucosa and generally does not pose a great threat. However, the food with strong irritation will repeatedly stimulate leukoplakia, which will cause lesions in oral mucosa leukoplakia, and the surface will become very rough, and even induration will occur in some cases. This is a precancerous oral mucosal disease. Another example is hyperplastic erythema of the mouth, which looks like a layer of red velvet on the surface, and is prone to occur in the abdomen, buccal side and gingival mucosa of the tongue. The canceration rate of this erythema is extremely high, and if it can be found early, it will be of great benefit to the treatment.
Benefits:
Mint is cold, dispelling wind and dissipating heat, clearing the head and benefiting the throat,
And because it contains menthol, it can soothe the liver and relieve depression.