Mint (Saranae)

Medicinal Plants in Thailand.

Mentha cordifolia Opiz
LAMIACEAE
Kitchen Mint
Thai name : Saranae

Aromatic creeping herb; stems quadrangular. 10-30 cm high, brownish purple, much-branched. Leaves simple, opposite, broadly elliptic, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, 2-3 cm long, many sunken nerves on the upper surface, serrate-dentate, aromatic. Inflorescence in axillary cyme; flowers small, violet. Fruit ellipsoid nutlets.
Fresh whole plant: carminative, antiflatulent; ap­ply to temple to relieve headache; treatment of faintness, sprains.

TRADITIONAL USE Whole plant. Carminative,antiflatulent; locally apply to temple to relieve headache sprain.

By: Medicinal Plants in Thailand
Volume 1