Some people will become heat syndrome when they catch a cold, which shows that the local resistance in the body has increased. At this time, in addition to using drugs such as Forsythia suspensa and Taraxacum mongolicum to control internal heat, it is generally accompanied by a little perilla leaf to clear the external cold, which can quickly heal under the condition of ensuring the operation of qi and blood.

Perilla leaf, "the key medicine to release evil spirits"

The specific functions of perilla leaves are: publishing, dispelling cold, regulating qi and harmonizing camp. It tastes pungent and warm, and it is a "yang" drug.

The taste of perilla leaves is very special. It contains some volatile substances, such as perillaldehyde, etc. Now we can't figure out how its taste is synthesized, but this doesn't prevent us from tasting it and using it to regulate our body.

"Materia Medica" says: "Perillae leaves, as a thing that happens, are pungent and warm, can disperse, have thin qi and can pass through, and have a thin taste to vent, and are specially used to relieve muscle, heal wind and typhoid fever ...... all diseases that belong to the exterior are also important drugs to release evil spirits."

This passage shows an important use of perilla leaves: "letting evil spirits go out."

Eating raw perilla leaves can detoxify fish and shrimp.

Sometimes, fish, shrimp, crabs and other fresh food will lead to poisoning of people who eat them because of storage and other reasons. At this time, you can get rid of these poisons by drinking some perilla leaf water. I estimate that perilla leaves are always used with meat in Korean cuisine, and I may have the same idea.

It is said that when chefs in Zhongnanhai cooked fish, shrimp and other dishes for Chairman Mao, they used to put a little perilla leaves in the dishes. This consideration should be said to be very comprehensive.

If you have a bad breath and can't sleep well, soak perilla leaves in water to drink.

Another use of perilla leaves is to regulate qi and harmonize the heart. Sometimes our body will feel bad for the chest and diaphragm because of poor qi movement, so perilla leaves can move qi and be in harmony. Soak a little folium perillae and drink it. After drinking it, you will usually burp a few times, and you will feel much better.