辣薄荷，中药材名。本品为唇形科植物欧薄荷的叶。拉丁植物名：MenthapiperitaL.采收和储藏：夏季采收，晒干。功能主治为：疏散风热；解毒散结。主风热感冒；头痛；目赤；咽痛；痄腮。
Peppermi, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. . This product is the leaves of the plant Mentha piperita L. of the Labiatae family. Harvest and storage: harvested in summer and dried in the sun. Functions and indications: dispersing wind-heat; detoxifying and dispersing lumps. Used for wind-heat colds, headache, red eyes, sore throat, and mumps.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions

疏散风热；解毒散结。主治
Disperse wind-heat; detoxify and resolve stagnation. It is used to treat...

主风热感冒；头痛；目赤；咽痛；痄腮。用法用量
Wind-heat common cold; headache; red eyes; sore throat; mumps. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，3-6g。外用：适量，捣敷。化学成分
Internal use: Decoction, 3-6g. External use: Proper amount, pounded for application. Chemical components.

叶含氨基酸，精油及一些其他成分：1.氨基酸：天冬酰胺(asparagin)，甘氨酸(glycine)，天冬氨酸(asparticacid)，谷氨酸(glutamicacid)和丙氨酸(alanine)。2.精油：精油(etherealoil)含量达0.7%，另含薄荷醇(menthol)。3.其他成分：熊果酸(ursolicacid)，薄荷异黄酮甙(menthoside)和异野漆树甙(isorhoifolin)。药理作用
The leaf contains amino acids, essential oils, and some other components: 1. Amino acids: asparagine, glycine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and alanine. 2. Essential oils: The content of essential oil is 0.7%, and it also contains menthol. 3. Other components: ursolic acid, menthoside, and isorhoifolin. Pharmacological effects.

辣薄荷挥发油制成喷雾剂用于葡萄球菌、链球菌和八叠球菌污染的空气2小时，可使细菌数目减少7倍；24小时，数目减少20倍。精油对石膏状小孢子菌、黄福柰尼兹皮直菌、石膏样奈尼兹皮直菌等敏感。植物学信息 形态特征
Peppermint essential oil, when made into a spray, can reduce the number of Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Enterococcus bacteria in the air by 7 times after 2 hours, and by 20 times after 24 hours. The essential oil is also sensitive to Aspergillus niger, Penicillium citrinum, and Penicillium chrysogenum. Botanical information includes morphological characteristics.

多年生芳香性草本。茎直立，高30-100cm，质较脆，易折断，分枝或否，基部略匍匐；茎和枝条四棱形，节间长0.5-7cm，淡绿色至紫色，无毛或疏生短柔毛。叶对生生；叶柄长0.5-1cm；披针形至卵状披针形，长2.2-3.5cm，宽1-1.8cm，先端急尖，基部近圆形或楔形，叶缘具细锯齿，叶两面均被腺鳞及疏被毛茸，上面绿色，下面淡绿色。轮伞花序聚合成穗状，长3-7cm，直径达1.4cm，顶生于茎或分枝顶端，先端锐尖，花轮连续，仅在基部间断；苞叶与叶相人心；总梗长2mm，上有小苞片数枚，线状披针形，长在6mm以下；花梗长1-2mm；花萼筒状针形，长约3mm，具脉11-13，具腺鳞，萼筒长约2mm，萼齿5，披针形，长约1mm，具缘毛；花冠白色或淡紫色，长约3.5mm，近无毛，冠筒长约2.5mm，花冠4裂，舷片淡紫色，上唇先端2裂，较大，下唇3，近等大，长约1mm；雄蕊4，通常不伸出花冠筒外，花丝长约1mm，花药紫色，2室；花柱伸出花冠外，长约4.5mm，柱头2浅裂，相等。不孕。花期7月，果期8月。分布区域
Perennial aromatic herb. The stem is erect, 30-100cm tall, relatively brittle and easily broken, with or without branches, slightly creeping at the base; the stem and branches are four-angled, with internodes 0.5-7cm long, pale green to purple, glabrous or sparsely short-hairy. Leaves are opposite; petiole 0.5-1cm long; lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.2-3.5cm long, 1-1.8cm wide, acute at the apex, nearly circular or wedge-shaped at the base, with fine serrations on the margin, both sides of the leaf are covered with glandular scales and sparse pubescence, green on the upper side and pale green on the lower side. Umbel inflorescence aggregated into a spike, 3-7cm long, up to 1.4cm in diameter, terminal on the stem or branch, sharply pointed at the apex, the flower whorls are continuous, only interrupted at the base; bracts are similar to leaves; peduncle is 2mm long, with several small bracts, linear-lanceolate, less than 6mm long; pedicel 1-2mm long; calyx tubular-needle-shaped, about 3mm long, with 11-13 veins, glandular scales, calyx tube about 2mm long, calyx teeth 5, lanceolate, about 1mm long, with margin hairs; corolla white or pale purple, about 3.5mm long, nearly glabrous, corolla tube about 2.5mm long, corolla 4-lobed, lobes pale purple, upper lip 2-lobed at the apex, larger, lower lip 3-lobed, nearly equal in size, about 1mm long; stamens 4, usually not extending beyond the corolla tube, filaments about 1mm long, anthers purple, 2-loculed; style extends beyond the corolla, about 4.5mm long, style head 2 shallowly lobed, equal. Sterile. Flowering period in July, fruiting period in August. Distribution area.

资源分布：上海、江苏南京和东台等地有栽培。生长环境
Distribution of resources: cultivated in Shanghai, Nanjing, Jiangsu, and Dongtai. Growing environment.

生态环境：引种自前苏联及保加利亚。
Ecological environment: Introduced from the former Soviet Union and Bulgaria.