What diseases can be cured by perilla leaves?

Perilla leaves are often used as raw vegetables eaten with other vegetables. Perilla leaves are also a unique medicine. So, what diseases can perilla leaves treat?

Effects of perilla leaves

The article by Physician Phan Thi Thanh in Health & Life Newspaper points out the following effects of perilla leaves:

Eating hairy perilla leaves with dog meat or eggs is like making a dish that combines two effects: perilla leaves have a pungent taste, and eggs and dog meat have a tonic taste (both pungent and nutritious), both supporting the body and repelling evil. This is a scientific combination when eating and drinking as well as combining the use of medicine to treat diseases.

According to traditional medicine, hairy apricot has a bitter and cool taste. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness, clearing heat, disinfecting, reducing inflammation, dissolving phlegm, and expelling wind. According to the book "Medicinal Properties Guide", hairy apricot leaves: Sweet and fatty taste, slightly spicy and non-toxic, effective in treating tuberculosis, nourishing the middle, benefiting qi, benefiting essence, disinfecting, benefiting the stomach, and strengthening the large intestine. Uses: Very good for treating abdominal pain and diarrhea, using the juice to apply on swollen and painful areas, or insect bites is also good.

In addition, hairy dream also helps treat dysentery, bloody stools, indigestion in children, bloating, hepatitis, enteritis, rheumatism, joint pain, cough with phlegm, bronchitis, used in the form of picking leaves to eat raw or eat with meat or fish, chopped and mixed with chicken eggs to eat.

Experience shows that eating perilla leaves benefits the spleen and kidneys, cures obesity, big belly, urinary incontinence, weak back and knees, weak physiology, and symptoms caused by spleen and kidney deficiency and stagnation.

What diseases can be cured by perilla leaves?

Below are some medicinal recipes using perilla leaves posted on the Hong Ngoc Hospital website:

Treatment of dysentery in the initial stage: when having dysentery, the patient has many bowel movements, stools mixed with blood and mucus. If accompanied by fever, take a handful of chopped perilla leaves, beat an egg, mix well. Wrap this mixture in banana leaves, bake until cooked. Eat three times a day, continuously for several days and it will be cured.

Treatment of dysentery due to heat accumulation in the colon: 20g of perilla leaves, 20g of black alum leaves, wash, pour boiling water over them, drain, crush, squeeze out the juice and drink 2-3 times.

Treat stomach upset and indigestion: take a handful of fresh perilla leaves, wash them, eat them with rice like vegetables or crush them and drink the juice. Eat and drink continuously for 2-3 days and you will see results.

Treatment of diarrhea due to heat: when having diarrhea due to heat with symptoms of dark stool, yellow urine, abdominal cramps, bloating, thirst, burning anus, use 16g of perilla leaves, 8g of sim buds, boil with 500ml of water to get 200ml. Divide into two doses per day.

Treat stomach pain: take 20-30g of perilla leaves, wash them, crush them and drink the juice once a day. If used consistently, it will be very effective in treating stomach pain.

Treat irregular bowel movements, diarrhea with lumpy stools: finely chop 30g of hairy dream leaves, mix with a chicken egg, add a few grains of salt, beat well, spread thinly on banana leaves, wrap it up and line it with another layer of banana leaves, place on a pan, roast or grill until cooked, until the banana leaves underneath are charred, line with another leaf, flip it over like making egg rolls, cook and eat (do not use fat). Eat twice a day for 3 consecutive days and you will be cured.

Treatment of pinworms and roundworms: crush hairy perilla leaves, add a little salt and eat raw or squeeze the juice to drink, drink 3 consecutive mornings on an empty stomach and the worms will come out.

Pinworm treatment: 30g of hairy dream leaves, mix with 50ml of boiled water, squeeze the juice and inject into the anus, keep for about 20 minutes at 7-8 pm, before going to bed, the worms will crawl out.

Treating children with indigestion: use 15-20g of dried hairy apricot root and 1 chopped pig stomach. Boil with 1 liter of water until there are 2 cups left, discard the residue, take the water, divide into 2 servings to drink.

Treatment of urinary retention: if you have kidney stones leading to urinary retention, take boiled perilla leaves and drink 2-3 times a day.

Treatment of rheumatism (bone and joint pain, always feeling heavy and restless): 30 - 50g of root or hairy vine, after boiling, mix in a little alcohol, drink while the medicine is still warm.

Or take both leaves and vines, cut into small pieces, each piece is about 1 - 2cm, stir-fry until golden. Use 50g each time, boil with 200ml, reduce to 100ml, divide evenly, drink 3 times a day, continuously for 10 - 15 days.

Both leaves and stems, chopped, dried, fried until golden, soaked in alcohol (over 40 degrees) shake well every day, after 5 days it can be used. Rub on painful areas.

*Note: The information provided in the article is for reference only and is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment. Patients should not buy medicine for treatment on their own. To know the exact medical condition, patients need to go to the hospital to be examined directly by a doctor, diagnosed and advised on a reasonable treatment regimen.