Perilla - a remedy that helps you live longer

Perilla leaves are a very effective folk remedy.

Perilla can help you cure many diseases

Although perilla is a rustic spice, it is a "famous" medicinal herb in Oriental medicine discovered by the famous physician Hua Tuo.

Perilla has the scientific name Perilla frutescens, also known as purple perilla, spiny purple perilla... is one of 8 species of perilla plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family, like basil.

Perilla is a herbaceous plant, 0.5 - 1m tall, leaves grow opposite, serrated edges, purple underside, sometimes both sides are purple, brown or green with rough hairs.

Small perilla flowers grow in long chains at the ends of branches, white or purple, opposite, 4 stamens do not protrude from the flower.

Perilla fruit is a spherical capsule. The whole plant has aromatic essential oils and is hairy.

The curly leaf perilla species has higher usage value.

Food poisoning

Use a handful of crushed perilla leaves to get the juice to drink. In case of itchy rash due to allergies, you can use the perilla leaf residue to rub on the itchy area. You can also replace it with fresh perilla leaves and rub on it many times.

Use 10g perilla leaves, 8g fresh ginger, 2g licorice, boil with 600ml water, take 200ml and drink hot 2-3 times a day.

Constipation

Perilla seeds and sesame seeds, 20g each, crushed and mixed with water. Cook, remove residue, filter and drink daily.

You can also use the filtered water above to cook porridge with rice to eat, which is also very good and effective in treating diseases.

Cure cold

Take the peel of a tangerine, scrape it clean, put it with 3 thick slices of ginger and a handful of fresh or dried perilla leaves in a pot, add a bowl of water, boil thoroughly, drink it hot and cover yourself with a warm blanket. You can also take a handful of fresh perilla leaves, 2 onions and 3 slices of ginger, chop everything into a bowl, crack an egg and scoop in the flower porridge, mix well and eat it hot, the cold will go away.

Cure cough with phlegm, chronic bronchitis

Perilla essential oil has the effect of inhibiting staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, and pneumococcus. The active ingredient luteolin in perilla has anti-allergic effects. Perilla is used as an expectorant, treating coughs with phlegm. Use 3-10g per day, decocted and drunk.

According to Health and Life