Mint leaves are used in India to make chutneys. The leaf colors range from dark green and gray-green to purple, blue, and sometimes pale yellow. When all three are combined, the result indeed is incredible. The mint leaf, fresh or dried, is the culinary source of mint. The patient is not given tea or coffee to drink, but hot water preboiled with the same three leaves. A steam inhalation with the leaves of Indian mint, tulsi, and of guava (tender leaves are best) thrice a day provides added relief and a quicker recovery. The fresh mint leaves are an ingredient in many South Asian foods, including Indian Cuisine, Thai and also some European and Middle Eastern Cuisines. The relief indeed is to be seen to be believed. The dosage would increase with age, the adults getting a tablespoonful 5 to 6 times a day. Infants who have already started having semi-solid food would be administered just half a teaspoonful four to five times a day. Also known as Yerba Buena, this aromatic plant has long been used medicinally for colds, fevers and digestive complaints in its native California. Needless to say, cold or not, all the kids would get a delicious spoonful each in their wide open mouths. I would run to the backyard to strip off a rib or two from the coconut fronds to skewer the shallots and mother would have the syrup ready in a jiffy. If you are suffering from a cold, a sore throat, congestion, a stuffy nose, or painful sinuses, you can chew on the leaves of Indian borage or brew a tea from the leaves. Often, one of my brothers could be seen plucking the leaves and rushing them to mother either to make her fry delicious sambraguli panna podi (Indian mint fritters) or to make sweet and fragrant cough syrup for any member of the family who might be suffering from cold. Listed below are some of the well-known health benefits of consuming Indian borage: 1. In the center of our courtyard grows the sacred Tulsi (holy basil/ Ocimum tenuiflorum) plant, and underneath, a thick bush of Indian mint ( Sambraguli panna jhade in Konkani / Pani koorka or Kanji koorka in Malayalam / Indian borage / Country borage / Spanish thyme / Mexican mint / Cuban oregano / Plectranthus amboinicus). Indian mint (Sambraguli panna jhade in Konkani / Pani koorka or Kanji koorka in Malayalam / Indian borage / Country borage / Spanish thyme / Mexican mint / Cuban oregano / Plectranthus amboinicus)
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