Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
LOCAL NAME:-PUDINA
This plant is related to the menthe genus and its aromatic herbs.
Many more species grows wild; some of there cultivated.
The chief constituent for which these plants are valued are menthol and pappermint oil. this medicinal plant is an erect branched herb upto about 55 cm high.
Leaves upto 6 cm long. Flowers small, in small brunches, borne on axile leaves,medicinal seeds are also very useful.
MEDICINAL USES of pudina :- THE DRIED LEAVES AND FLOWERING TOPS OF THE PLANT MAKE THE DRUG PAPPOERMINT, THIS DRUGS USE IN TREATMENT OF VOMITING AND NAUSEA. BRUISHED LEWAVES ARE APPLIED IN HEADACHE AND OTHER PAIMS.
THE MAIN USE OF DRUGS IS OR EXTRACTION FOR PAPPERMINT OIL AND IS LARGELY USED IN MEDICINE FOR STOMACH DISORDERS THE OIL IS ALSIO ANTISEPTIC At here is several name of (pudina) like koshu,horsemint
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Pudina Family Name : LAMIACEAE Botanical Name : MENTHA ARVENSIS / PIPERITA Common Name : FIELD MINT, CORN MINT, JAPANESE MINT, PUDINA Part Used : WHOLE PLANT, OIL Habitat : Found through out India. Uses : The entire plant is antibacterial, antifibrile. It yeilds an essential oil and menthol which exert, through their rapid evaporation, aslightly anaesthetic, and anodyne local effect. It is effective in headache, rhinitis, cough sore throat, colic, prurigo and vomiting. Menthol obtained from this is used in balm. It is also used as flavoring agent in culinary preparations.
Mint Chutney (Pudina)
Mints are aromatic, almost exclusively perennial, rarely annual, herbs. They have wide-spreading underground rhizomes and erect, branched stems. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, from simple oblong to lanceolate, often downy, and with a serrated margin. The leaf, fresh or dried, is the culinary source of mint. Fresh mint is usually preferred over dried mint when storage of the mint is not a
References: 5. ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.