Perilla: Precious medicine from roots to leaves

Perilla has a spicy, warm taste and is effective in treating colds, bloating, and vomiting. Perilla branches have a spicy, sweet taste and are effective in preventing miscarriage, preventing vomiting, relieving pain, and asthma.

In addition, with high nutritional value, rich in vitamins A, C and Ca, Fe, and P... perilla also has the effect of beautifying the skin.

Cure cold

Drink perilla water

Take the peel of a tangerine, scrape it clean, put it in a pot with 3 thick slices of ginger and a handful of fresh or dried perilla leaves, add a bowl of water, boil thoroughly, drink it hot and cover with a warm blanket.

Perilla steam

Take perilla leaves and other aromatic leaves to make a pot of leaves to steam and wash. If the leaves are washed thoroughly, you can take them out in a bowl to drink before or after steaming. After steaming, dry your body of sweat, cover yourself with a blanket and lie down to rest.

Eat perilla porridge

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 porridge and mix well, you can add chopped fresh green onions, eat hot, the cold will go away.

Perilla contains many essential oils that have pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects.

Treats bleeding caused by coughing, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Take a lot of perilla leaves, put them in a pot, boil, remove the residue, and condense into a paste. Take a little roasted red beans, crush them, mix with the paste, and make small balls to drink, 50 pills at a time. This medicine will help to limit bleeding to some extent.

The effect of perilla on gout

Acute gout is caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood, which deposit in the joints, activating an inflammatory reaction that causes the joints to swell, become red and very painful. When using crushed perilla leaves and branches applied to the inflamed joints, it will quickly reduce pain and inflammation.

In addition, when using extracts from perilla leaves and branches or drinking perilla leaf decoction, it has both anti-inflammatory and diuretic effects, thereby increasing the excretion of uric acid in the blood, helping to quickly reduce symptoms.

Cure stomach ache

Perilla leaves are an effective herb for treating stomach ailments. Perilla contains tannins and glucosides, which have anti-inflammatory properties, help heal ulcers, heal scars, and reduce the increase in stomach acid.

According to gastroenterologists, if used in decoction form, perilla leaves not only have the effect of reducing pain and reducing gastric juice to normal levels in patients with stomach pain, but also help patients eat well and sleep better.

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