5 ways to reduce cough with thick-leafed perilla
Cough is a conditioned reflex that appears suddenly and often repeatedly due to foreign objects in the external environment and bacteria adhering to the respiratory tract.
Coughing agents can be due to: sore throat, bronchitis, sinusitis, tuberculosis, dust, cold or hot air, flu, phlegm, toxic gases, cigarette smoke, tumors...
In Oriental medicine, thick-leafed perilla is a very effective cough remedy.
1. Characteristics and uses of thick-leafed spinach
Thick-leafed spinach has the scientific name Coleus amboinicus Lour or Coleur aromaticus Bebenth. Mint family (Lamiaceae).
According to the dictionary "Medicinal plants and medicinal animals" of the Vietnam Institute of Medicinal Materials, the leaves of the plant contain essential oils, the main ingredients of which are cavacrol, thymol... which have strong inhibitory effects on bacteria such as: Mycoides bacilli, subtilis bacilli, tuberculosis bacilli, dysentery bacilli, staphylococcus aureus, typhoid bacilli, pneumococci, candida albicans, kill amoebas, inhibit coli bacilli, streptococci, diphtheria bacilli and whooping cough bacilli...
The extract of thick-leafed perilla has the effect of inhibiting the growth of pneumococcus and staphylococcus aureus.
According to the book "Compendium of Materia Medica", water spinach has a sour, spicy, aromatic taste, warm properties, enters the lungs, and is often used to relieve colds, disinfect, reduce phlegm, and detoxify. It is used to treat colds, asthma, insect bites, sore throats, etc.
2. Cough remedy from thick-leafed perilla
- Method 1:Pick a few thick-leafed perilla leaves, chew them, hold them in your mouth, swallow the juice, and discard the pulp.
- Method 2:20g thick-leafed perilla, 3 slices of fresh ginger, crush, filter to get the juice to drink.
- Method 3:10 fresh perilla leaves, 1 lemon (sliced), 1 fresh ginger (sliced), rock sugar or honey to taste. Put all in a bowl, steam, take the syrup in the bowl and drink gradually.
- Method 4:1 handful of perilla leaves (15g), 10g lemon leaves, 5g tangerine peel, 3 slices of fresh ginger, 10g rock sugar. Boil to get water to drink during the day.
- Method 5:20g of thick-leafed perilla, 15g of honeysuckle, 15g of Indian pennywort, 12g of musk, 12g of licorice. Boil the herbs with 600ml of water until 200ml remains, divide into 3 parts, drink during the day.
Can use thick-leafed perilla to reduce cough and sore throat continuously for 3-5 days until symptoms subside.
In addition, to determine the specific cause of the disease, patients can go to an ENT specialist for timely advice and treatment./.
