薄荷属唇形科,为多年生宿根性草本植物,原产于日本、朝鲜和我国东北,在我国栽培历史悠久,南北各地都有分布。薄荷在过去主要作为中药材和食品及工业品添加剂,随着城乡居民生活水平的提高和养生意识的增强,近几年薄荷已演变为药用保健蔬菜和茶饮,栽培面积逐年扩大。现将薄荷的经济价值及栽培技术介绍如下。一、经济价值1、药用价值。薄荷是一种常用中药材,可全草入药,其性辛、凉气香,入肺、肝经,有疏散风热,清热解表,祛风消肿,利咽止痛,醒脑提神之 Mint belongs to Labiatae, perennial herbaceous perennial, native to Japan, North Korea and northeast China, cultivation in our country has a long history, all over the north and south are distributed. In the past, mint mainly used as traditional Chinese medicine and food and industrial additives. With the improvement of living standards of urban and rural residents and the awareness of health promotion, mint has evolved into medicinal and health care vegetables and tea drinks in recent years, and its cultivation area has been expanding year by year. Now mint economic value and cultivation techniques are as follows. First, the economic value 1, medicinal value. Mint is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, the whole plant into the medicine, its sexual Xin, Liang Qi Hong, into the lungs, liver, evacuation wind and heat, clearing heat table, expelling wind swelling, Liyan pain, refreshing refreshing