Can pregnant women eat mint during pregnancy?

　　This product is the root of the red-calyx evening primrose, a plant in the family Willow. Red-calyx evening primrose is a biennial herb. The stem is upright, about 1 meter high, with long red hairs at the base. The leaves are alternate, the leaves at the lower part of the stem are stalked, and the leaves at the upper part are nearly sessile; the leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 9 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, with short pointed apex, wedge-shaped base, sparsely serrated edges, and white pubescence on both sides. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axil at the branch end, arranged in a sparse spike shape; the calyx tube is slender, the apex is 4-lobed, the lobes are lanceolate and reflexed; the petals are 4, yellow, obovate or obovate-heart-shaped; the stigma is 4-lobed. The capsule is cylindrical, with a narrow apex, and is covered with long white hairs. The flowering period is from July to August. Mostly cultivated in gardens. Harvested in autumn, the leaves, flowers and fruits are used as medicine. The leaves can be picked at any time, and the flowers and fruits are collected in the flowering and fruiting stages respectively and dried in the sun.

　　Edible effect

　　It tastes sweet and is warm in nature. Clears the liver, improves eyesight, removes nebula, removes toxins and promotes muscle growth, strengthens muscles and bones, dispels wind and removes dampness.

　　Flowers, leaves, and fruits: used for acute and chronic conjunctivitis, keratitis, pannus; conjunctivitis caused by measles; fresh leaves: used externally to treat ulcers, boils, abscesses, and traumatic erosion of anklets.