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Name (CN)	薄荷 (Bò he)
Synonyms (CN)	卜荷、卜可、香荷、薄苛、番荷、番荷叶、金叶薄荷、龙脑薄荷、蕃荷菜、菝蕑、吴菝蕑、南薄荷、猫儿薄荷、野薄荷、升阳菜薄苛、蔢荷、夜息药、仁丹草、见肿消、水益母、土薄荷、鱼香草、香薷草
Name (EN)	Menthae Haplocalycis Herba, Herb Of Wild Mint, Mentha, Peppermint, Wild Mint, Mentha Herb
Scientific name(s)	Mentha Haplocalyx Briq., Herba Menthae, Mentha Haplocalyx, Menthae Haplocalycis Herba
Used section	Dry above-ground parts
Taste	Spicy
Channel Tropism	Induce in the lung and liver meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Cold
Group	Plant [Vegetables And Products]

Origin	Dried above-ground parts of Mentha haplocalyx Briq.
Function and treatment	Dispersing wind-heat, clearing the head and eyes, sharpening the pharynx, penetrating the rash, draining the liver and moving Qi. Used for wind-heat colds, wind-heat at the beginning, headache, red eyes, laryngeal paralysis, mouth sores, rubella, measles, chest distension.
Origin and best harvesting period	Mint is produced in most parts of China, mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. It grows by the side of small streams and ditches, roadsides and wetlands in the mountains, or is cultivated. In summer and autumn, when the stems and leaves are in full bloom or when the flowers are in three rounds, it is harvested on sunny days and dried in the sun or in the shade.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-008726	(+) -pulegone
COMP-008727	oxalic acid, isohexyl 2-phenylethyl ester
COMP-008728	cyclobutane, 1,2-bis(1-methylethenyl)-,trans-
COMP-008729	thymusin
COMP-008730	3-octen-5-yne, 2,7-dimethyl-, (e)-
COMP-008731	p-menthane-1,2,3-triol
COMP-008732	benzene, 1-methoxy-2-(1-methylethenyl)-
COMP-008733	1-hexadecen-3-ol, 3,5,11,15-tetramethyl-
COMP-010214	(+)-trans-sabinene hydrate
COMP-011013	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/18:1(9z))
COMP-011014	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/18:2(9z,12z))
COMP-011015	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/18:3(6z,9z,12z))
COMP-011016	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/18:3(9z,12z,15z))
COMP-011017	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/20:0)
COMP-011018	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/20:1(11z))
COMP-011019	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/20:1(13z))
COMP-011020	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/22:0)
COMP-011021	cl(16:0/16:0/18:0/22:1(13z))
COMP-011022	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/18:1(11z))
COMP-011023	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/18:2(9z,12z))
COMP-011024	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/18:3(6z,9z,12z))
COMP-011025	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/18:3(9z,12z,15z))
COMP-011026	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/20:0)
COMP-011027	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/20:1(11z))
COMP-011028	cl(16:0/16:0/18:1(11z)/20:1(13z))