{"id":253,"date":"2017-07-12T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbs.widevalley.net\/?p=253"},"modified":"2017-07-12T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T15:05:25","slug":"spearmint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/12\/spearmint\/","title":{"rendered":"Spearmint"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spearmint<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spearmint is an aromatic herb found in European cuisine since Roman times. It is native to Central Europe but it is now found throughout North America, where it was introduced by North America&#8217;s earliest immigrants in the late 1500&#8217;s. In those dangerous times it was used to prevent and treat scurvy, due to its high vitamin C content.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Mint has an interesting history in Europe. Roman legend has it that the wife of Pluto was jealous of a young nymph named Minthes and so turned her into a plant. Although Pluto was unable to transform her back, he gave her a delightful aroma that we now recognize as Mint.<\/span><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Uses of Spearmint<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When made into a tea or infusion, Spearmint can relieve a wide range of ailments, including nausea, hiccups, flatulence and motion sickness. It has also been found to help with the more severe symptoms of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and to act as a diuretic for sufferers of urinary complaints.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Spearmint has long been used for a variety of stomach and bowel complaints, as it tends to increase bile production in the stomach and aid digestion. This is the historical reason for the after-dinner mint!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Another popular use for Spearmint is for expectant mothers, as a mild remedy for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. It has also been used to treat hirsutism in women \u2013 an imbalance of testosterone that manifests in an abnormal, masculine hair growth.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Spearmint is a very popular world wide flavor of chewing gum, across all brands. The flavor is extracted directly from the spearmint plants. It is also used as a flavoring in all sorts of toothpaste, candy, and shaving creams.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Spearmint appears in cuisine all around the world. Various types of mint are found in Asian and European cuisine, as well as a host of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Product&#8217;s Season is April- October.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Final : Product :\u00a0Whole leaves,\u00a0Large cut,\u00a0Crushed leaves,\u00a0T.B.C.,\u00a0Sifting and Green Fresh.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spearmint Spearmint is an aromatic herb found in European cuisine since Roman times. It is native to Central Europe but it is now found throughout North<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}