How to use perilla as medicine
Perilla leaves are eaten raw or cooked and are an indispensable spice in many dishes. Parts of the perilla plant are also valuable medicinal herbs that can cure many diseases.
All parts of the perilla plant have medicinal value.
Cold dispersion, symptomatic treatment:Perilla 8g, Cyperus rotundus 8g, Tangerine peel 6g, Licorice 4g. Decoction to drink. Used for colds, headaches due to cold, heat, and chest fullness.
Expectorant, cough reliever:use one of the following:
Recipe 1: 8g perilla leaves, 8g ginger, 12g almonds, 12g pinellia. Boil and drink. Treats external wind-cold, internal phlegm stagnation, cough with phlegm.
Recipe 2: 10g perilla seeds, 10g white mustard seeds. Grind into powder. Drink with the decoction of sour apple leaves and dodder vine. Cure cough, eliminate phlegm.
Recipe 3: 10g perilla seeds, 10g white mustard seeds, 10g hybrid ginseng seeds. Fry until golden brown, grind into small pieces, put in a bag, boil to get 200ml. Divide into 3 doses to drink during the day.Treatment of cough and asthma with phlegm, chest tightness and reverse qi.
Qi and pregnancy:Perilla 8g, Angelica 12g, Ligusticum wallichii 8g, White peony 12g, Codonopsis pilosula 12g, Tangerine peel 12g, Large plum peel 8g, Licorice 4g, Ginger 8g. Decoction to drink. Use when chest pain and distension; abdominal, back, rib pain; fetal movement is restless.
Strengthen stomach, stop vomiting:
Recipe 1: Perilla 8g, Five-spice root 4g, White mulberry bark 12g, Poria 12g, Licorice 4g, Cardamom 4g, Large tangerine peel 12g, Platycodon grandiflorum 12g, Fresh ginger 12g. Boil to get the water, add a little salt, drink. Treats symptoms of bloating in the lower heart, vomiting, loss of appetite, and cold tendency.
Recipe 2: 4g perilla leaves, 2.5g coptis. Steep in water to drink. Treats pregnant women with anxiety and restlessness.
Detoxification of crab and fish food:Can use 12g fresh or dry to make a drink.
Prevention and treatment of dengue fever:Perilla 15g, pennywort 30g, Eclipta prostrata 30g, Plantago 20g. Boil and drink.
Some medicinal dishes contain perilla
Fresh ginger and perilla water:30g perilla leaves, 15g fresh ginger, boil for 15 minutes, filter the water and add sugar to drink. Used for cases of cold, vomiting, and stomachache.
Green leaf and plum porridge:Perilla leaves 15g, apricot 10g, fresh ginger 10g, bamboo sap 10g, rice 60g. Boil the herbs to get the water, discard the residue; cook the rice into porridge; when the porridge is done, add the medicinal water, stir, and bring to a boil. Use once a day for 5-7 days. Used for pregnant women with bloating, vomiting, headache, dizziness, bitter mouth, tasteless mouth, thirst, and threatened miscarriage.
Plum and Apple Tea:6g of perilla leaves, 30g of fresh plums, 5 jujubes, 3g of tea. Cook fresh ripe plums or plum jam and jujubes (mash them) to get the water. When it boils, pour it into a teapot with tea and perilla leaves, steep again, and drink twice a day. Use continuously for 5-10 days. Used for cases of cough, loss of voice, choking due to functional nervous disorders, hysteria.
Contraindications: People with weak constitution or excessive sweating should absolutely not use this.
According to Health & Life - NT
