Medicinal herb houseplants: good-looking and good to eat, easily handle a minor cold

Friends who love flowers are friends who love life. Besides creating a home full of greenery, some green plants are not only nice to look at but also edible and have pretty good health benefits! Today I will share with you a few potted plants known as medicinal herb houseplants.

1. Mint

Mint is a potted plant I personally really like, especially in summer. Placing it on the balcony can help repel mosquitoes. Mint likes plenty of light and grows quickly in summer. Mint has a fragrant scent and can refresh the mind. Using mint leaves to make tea or soup can ease cold and fever and is very helpful for relieving sore throat and toothache.

2. Perilla

Perilla is highly adaptable and is also a fairly common vegetable. Perilla leaves can dispel exterior cold and have a strong diaphoretic effect. When we catch a chill and feel cold, we can drink perilla soaked in water, or soak perilla leaves in hot water to soak our feet, which can help the body warm up quickly.

3. Japanese honeysuckle

Japanese honeysuckle is fairly adaptable. Japanese honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature with a fragrant aroma, and has long been a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. It clears heat while being sweet and cold without harming the stomach. Japanese honeysuckle has strong creeping growth ability, and its twining ability can be used to create shapes, or to make flower stands, flower baskets and so on, with very high ornamental value.

4. Heartleaf ice plant

Heartleaf ice plant, as a bitter vegetable, has the effect of relieving summer heat and reducing internal heat when eaten, and can be used for ailments such as cold and fever, and sore, swollen throat. It grows very fast, and we can pick its tender leaves to eat. They contain relatively rich nutrients such as vitamins and carotene, and have a very good health-preserving effect on the human body's organs.