Mint is one of the most familiar herbs in the world. It grows easily, spreads quickly, and shows up in teas, desserts, sauces, and summer drinks. Most people think of it as a flavor enhancer or a breath freshener.
But long before mint became a culinary staple, it was used as a daily medicinal herb across ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle East, India, and China.
Traditional medicine systems didn’t treat mint as decoration. They treated it as a functional remedy for digestion, pain, infections, circulation, stress, and respiratory health.
