{"id":15301,"date":"2023-09-28T02:52:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15301"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:24:01","slug":"fish-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fish-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Fish Mint?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Fish Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>herbal plant full of medicinal properties<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>grown on the ground<\/strong> with\u00a0<strong>wide leaves.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific Name:\u00a0<\/strong><i><strong>Houttuynia cordata<\/strong><\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other Names<\/strong>: It has many names, such as\u00a0<strong>Bishop\u2019s Weed, Chinese Lizard Tail<\/strong>, Fish Wort, Fish Leaf, Rainbow Plant and\u00a0<strong>Chameleon Plant<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Despite being called \u201cfish mint\u201d, it\u2019s not a member of the mint family<\/strong>. It does, however,\u00a0<strong>spread aggressively like mint.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: Its native range extends from the\u00a0<strong>Himalayan foothills through Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It thrives in\u00a0<strong>wet locations and can even grow partially submerged in water<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an herb with beautiful\u00a0<strong>white flowers and broad, heart-shaped leaves<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Unlike its appearance,\u00a0<strong>it has a fish-like taste and smell<\/strong>. Hence, the name, fish mint.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>plants grow to 2 to 3 feet in height<\/strong> with\u00a0<strong>a spread of 3 feet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>stems of this plant are climbing tender vines<\/strong>. The\u00a0<strong>color of its stem is medium to light green,<\/strong> and its\u00a0<strong>leaves are of dark to medium green<\/strong> color.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>considered an invasive plant because of its ability to regrow from underground rhizomes<\/strong>, which are fragile and break off easily, forming new plants when disturbed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medicinal Properties:<\/strong> It is used to\u00a0<strong>treat digestive issues, insect bites, fevers, coughs, influenza, kidney ailments<\/strong> and a host of other ailments.<\/li>\n<li>The leaf is\u00a0<strong>used in many Asian cuisines as a vegetable or fresh herb<\/strong>, and fish mint root can also be eaten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Rhizomes?<\/h3>\n<p>Rhizomes are specialized underground plant structures that serve various functions, including storage of nutrients, water, and carbohydrates, as well as vegetative reproduction. They are stem-like structures that grow horizontally beneath the soil surface, giving rise to new shoots and roots. Rhizomes are found in many different plant species and play a crucial role in the growth and survival of these plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/helthyleaf.com\/benefits-of-fish-mint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>This herb tastes and smells like fish; it has recognised health benefits<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fish Mint is an herbal plant full of medicinal properties and grown on the ground with wide leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}