How to use perilla as medicine

Perilla leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and are an indispensable spice in many dishes. Various parts of the perilla plant are also valuable medicinal herbs used to treat many ailments.

All parts of the perilla plant have medicinal value.

Dispel cold, relieve external symptoms:8g perilla leaves, 8g cyperus rhizome, 6g tangerine peel, 4g licorice root. Decoction for oral administration. Used for common colds caused by wind and cold, headaches due to cold or heat, and chest fullness and distension.

Relieves phlegm and soothes coughs:Use one of the following methods:

Recipe 1: Perilla leaf 8g, fresh ginger 8g, almond 12g, Pinellia ternata 12g. Decoction for oral administration. Treats external cold and wind-induced illness with internal phlegm stagnation and phlegmatic cough.

Recipe 2: 10g of perilla seeds, 10g of white mustard seeds. Grind into powder. Drink with a decoction of sour apple leaves and dodder vine. Treats cough and expels phlegm.

Bài 3: tô tử 10g, bạch giới tử 10g, lai phục tử 10g. Sao vàng, tán nhỏ, cho vào túi, sắc lấy 200ml. Chia uống 3 lần trong ngày.Treating cough with phlegm, tức ngực khí ngược.

Lý khí, an thai:tía tô 8g, đương quy 12g, xuyên khung 8g, bạch thược 12g, đảng sâm 12g, trần bì 12g, đại phúc bì 8g, cam thảo 4g, sinh khương 8g. Sắc uống. Dùng khi đau trướng ngực; bụng, lưng, sườn đau; thai động không yên.

Kiện vị, cầm nôn:

Bài 1: tía tô 8g, ngũ vị 4g, tang bạch bì 12g, phục linh 12g, chích thảo 4g, thảo quả 4g, đại phúc bì 12g, cát cánh 12g, sinh khương 12g. Sắc lấy nước, thêm ít muối, uống. Trị các chứng tâm hạ trướng đầy, nôn ọe, không ăn được mà thiên về hàn.

Bài 2: tô diệp 4g, hoàng liên 2,5g. Hãm với nước để uống. Trị phụ nữ có thai hồi hộp không yên.

Giải độc thức ăn cua cá:Có thể dùng 12g tươi hay khô sắc uống.

Phòng và chữa sốt xuất huyết:15g perilla leaves, 30g centella asiatica, 30g knotgrass, 20g plantain flowers. Boil and drink.

Some medicinal dishes contain perilla leaves.

Fresh ginger and perilla leaf infusion:30g of perilla leaves, 15g of fresh ginger, simmer for 15 minutes, strain the liquid, add sugar and drink. Used for cases of external cold and wind, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

Tofu porridge with preserved plums:15g perilla leaves, 10g dried plums, 10g fresh ginger, 10g bamboo pith, 60g rice. Boil the herbs in water, discard the residue; cook the rice into porridge; when the porridge is cooked, add the herbal decoction, stir, and bring to a boil. Once a day, for 5-7 days. Used for pregnant women experiencing abdominal distension, vomiting, headache, dizziness, bitter or bland taste in the mouth, thirst, and threatened miscarriage.

Tomato, plum blossom, and jujube tea:6g perilla leaves, 30g fresh plums, 5 jujubes, 3g tea. Boil (or mash) ripe fresh plums or plum jam and jujubes to extract the juice. When boiling, pour the juice into a teapot containing the tea and perilla leaves, then steep. Drink in two portions daily. Continue for 5-10 days. This remedy is for coughs, hoarseness, and choking due to functional nervous disorders and hysteria.
Contraindications: This medicine should absolutely not be used by people with weak constitutions or those who sweat excessively.

According to Health & Life - NT