You can eat the mint plant.
The mint plant and mint leaves are edible and provide many health benefits.
You can add mint leaves to tea to make mint tea or use the mint leaves in salads, soups, stews or just eat the mint leaves by themselves.
Mint leaves are also great to chew on and eat to cure bad breath.
The mint leaves are very prominent in middle eastern cooking as well.
Mint plant leaves can help treat irritable bowel syndrome, improve digestion, help with acid reflux, improve heart health, reduce your risk of heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, and even certain cancers.
The mint leaves can also improve your brain health and may even prevent dementia or slow the progression of dementia.
Mint leaves and the mint plant is also great for relieving and treating indigestion and other digestive issues.