Mint Spear A kitchen cupboard essential this ingredient can be used in both sweet savory Eastern and Western dishes You can use mint in a huge variety of dishes both sweet and savory. Why not try adding some mint to fresh raspberries? Mint can be used as a general pick-me-up, it's good for colds, flu, and fevers. Herbalists say that it also helps digestion, rheumatism, hiccups, stings, ear aches, flatulence and throat, and sinus ailments. Many people enjoy making their mint teas by mixing them with chamomile.