The efficacy and function of Chinese herbal medicine Perilla leaf

The effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine perilla leaves are very comprehensive. Let us first understand what perilla leaves are, what good and bad effects perilla leaves have on our human body, what kind of nutritional and health benefits can we get from perilla leaves, and as a traditional Chinese medicine, what kind of medicinal effect can perilla leaves have on our human body? Let's take a look at the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine perilla leaves below.

Perilla leaves can regulate qi, and can also help stabilize the fetus in women with fetal movement disorders. Perilla leaves can treat spleen and stomach diseases, and women can also seek help from perilla leaves for vomiting caused by pregnancy. Perilla leaves can also treat abdominal pain caused by eating seafood.

Nature and flavor: spicy, slightly warm, non-toxic

Meridians: Spleen meridian and lung meridian.

1. Regulate Qi and harmonize Ying. Treat colds, chills and fever, cough, asthma, chest and abdominal distension, and fetal movement disorder. It can also detoxify fish and crabs. It is used for colds, fever, chills, headache, nasal congestion, cough or chest tightness. It is often used in combination with apricot kernel, peucedanum chinense, etc., such as Xingsusan. If there is also qi stagnation and chest tightness, it is often used in combination with cyperus rotundus, tangerine peel, etc., such as Susan.

2. Symptoms of spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest tightness, and vomiting. This product has the effects of promoting qi, relieving fullness, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting. For those who are more prone to cold, it can be used together with Patchouli; for those who are more prone to heat, it can be used together with Coptis chinensis. For patients with qi stagnation and phlegm accumulation, it is often used together with Pinellia ternata and Magnolia officinalis.

3. It is used for vomiting during pregnancy and fullness in the chest and abdomen. It is often used in combination with tangerine peel and amomum villosum to enhance its anti-vomiting and fetal-stabilizing effects.

4. It is used for abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by eating fish and crabs, alone or in combination with ginger and angelica dahurica for decoction.

Perilla leaf preparation instructions:

1. For patients with wind-cold caused by external wind, with symptoms of aversion to cold, headache without sweating, and clear nasal discharge, it can be used with Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Baizhi, etc. to relieve the symptoms and dispel the cold.

2. For patients with qi stagnation and dampness obstruction, stomach disharmony, abdominal distension, nausea and diarrhea, it can be used in combination with Patchouli, Tangerine Peel, Pinellia Tuber, Poria, etc. to promote qi circulation, eliminate dampness and harmonize the middle.

Nutritional analysis of perilla leaves: Perilla leaves have the functions of relieving cough, relieving asthma and eliminating phlegm. The whole plant of Perilla can be used to distill Perilla oil, and the oil from the seeds is also called Perilla oil. Long-term consumption of Perilla oil has obvious therapeutic effects on the treatment of coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia.

Processing: Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities and old stems, or spray with clean water, moisten slightly, cut into wide strips, dry, and store in a dry container after processing in a cool and dry place.

Perilla leaves are suitable for people: Patients with qi deficiency, yin deficiency and febrile diseases should take them with caution.

Perilla leaf therapeutic effects: Perilla leaf tastes spicy and warm in nature; it enters the lung and spleen meridians; it is aromatic and dispersing, and has the effects of dispelling cold and relieving exterior symptoms, clearing the lungs and relieving cough, regulating qi and harmonizing the middle, calming the fetus, and detoxifying.

It is mainly used to treat exogenous wind-cold, aversion to cold and fever, headache without sweating, cough and asthma, abdominal distension, vomiting, nausea and diarrhea, pharyngeal obstruction, nausea during pregnancy, fetal movement disorder, fish and crab poisoning, carbuncle, snake venom and spicy food.

Perilla leaves and other foods: Perilla leaves should not be eaten together with carp, as they will cause poisonous sores.

Above we introduced what perilla leaves are. We know that perilla leaves are a common Chinese medicine. Perilla leaves can bring us very good results. After understanding the effects and functions of perilla leaves, we will know how to make more use of perilla leaves in our lives.