Forest mint (Mentha laxiflora)

森林薄荷sēn lín bò heSenlinbohe

Mentha laxiflora · Plant

Mentha, standing in for Mentha laxiflora
This photo shows Mentha, not Mentha laxiflora: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; may have effects similar to other Mentha species; avoid during pregnancy; caution with gallstones.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Forest mint for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

HeadacheInflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Forest mint does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Mentha laxiflora and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Headache0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Nausea Syndrome0 records