The mint is a kind of plant. It is included in herbal medicine because mint has health impact to our body. There are many types of mint in the world but generally to use mint plant you only need to take the leaves and simply use it. You can chop or crush it and put it in hot water. The mint leaves can also be saved as dried leaves. To save the mint you need to take the leaves from its stem and then dry in shade until it is dried and the drying process take about two weeks.
After the mint leaves are dried, you can make it into tea. Before you make it into tea, you need to crush the leaves. Put a tablespoon of crushed dry leaves per cup of water. Stir calmly and put some sugar if you like. You can also add milk or cream or even honey. Never boil the mint because its favor will disappear.
To grow your own mint, you can cut the plant about 4” from the top of the plant and then put it on a jar of clan water and put it in sunny condition. In just two weeks there will me mass root and you can start moving it to ground.