What is the scientific name of a seasoning "Yuxiang" in Sichuan cuisine?

Latin name mint rotundifolia

Different names of spearmint (recorded in Sichuan traditional Chinese medicine), soil mint (Chongqing herbal medicine), blood coriander, dog meat flavor and spearmint (Guizhou medicinal plant catalogue).

The source is the stem, leaf or twig of Mentha rotundifolia of Labiatae.

Plant Morphology Mentha rotundifolia

Perennial herbs, up to 60 ~ 70 cm high, with sparse short hairs all over the plant. Underground rhizome spread. Stems four-branched, slender, erect or oblique, slightly branched. Single leaf opposite; Oval or ovoid, the leaf length can reach 3 ~ 10 cm, the edge is serrated, both sides are sparsely covered with short hair, and the base is nearly heart-shaped or obtuse; Sessile or nearly sessile. The spike is terminal, and the florets are arranged in a wheel shape on the floral axis, and the sequence length can reach 5 ~ 10 turns. Calyx 5-toothed, covered with short hairs; Corolla 4-lobed, white or reddish; Stamens 4, filaments protruding from corolla; Ovary 4-lobed. Nutlets are oval and have a smooth surface. Flowers bloom in July.

Shan Ye wild, there are also cultivators.

The root (fish-flavored root) of this plant is also used as medicine, which is detailed in another article.

Collected in June.

The chemical composition contains volatile oil, including L- carvone, humulone, neoisohumulol, dihydromethanol, menthone and sandalwood terpene.

The volatile oil of its variety also contains (+)-neoisohumulol and piperitone.

Chongqing herbs: pungent, cool and non-toxic.

Function is mainly used to dispel wind and clear heat, reduce swelling and detoxify. Treat common cold, stomachache, epistaxis, red eye, furuncle and heat furuncle.

① Drug classification: "Dispelling wind and improving eyesight, resolving phlegm and clearing qi."

② Annals of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Strengthening the stomach and stopping vomiting. Treat stomach gas pain; External use of the foot causes chapped feet. "

(3) Catalogue of Medicinal Plants in Guizhou: "Expelling wind, dissipating heat, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Treat furuncle, red eyes, relapsing fever, stuffy nose, general numbness, boils in children, nosebleeds and colds. "

Oral administration and dosage: decocted, 1 ~ 3 yuan (fresh 0.5 ~ 1 yuan). External use: decoction, fumigation, grinding, and coating.

Choose the prescription for treating stomachache: two or two fish and herbs, one or two fennel (whole grass), and half a catty of fish and loach. Decoct water. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

59 compounds were isolated from the volatile oil of stems and leaves, and 24 main components and 9 trace components were identified:

Constant components: α-pinene, camphene, β-pinene, juniper, myrcene, limo-nene, cis-β. P-cymene, 1- octene -3- acetate (octene-1- yl -3- acetate), octanol -3- ol (1- octene -3-ol), p-α-β-bourbon, linalool, etc. P-cymene -8 (p-cymene -8- alcohol), piperidine oxide (piperidone oxide) [1], 1, 2- epoxybutanone (1, 2- epoxybutanone). Trace components: α-phellandene, β-phellandene, 1, 8- cineole, γ-terpinene, acetate. Bornyl acetate, ε-pinene and β-pinene [1].

There are also neoisohumol, dihydrocarvonol, L- carvone and carvone [4] 4), piperidone oxide, 1, 2- epoxy α- 1, 2- epoxy menthol acetate [6] and mint glyoxal [7].

It is also reported (but the specific location is not specified) that many organic acids and flavonoids have been found in botanical and phytochemical research: caffeic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, 5,7,3', 4'- tetrahydromagnesium (luteolin), apigenin, geraniol, cyanidin, delphinium, aglycone and luteolin [8].