Perilla alias Gui Eba, Bai Su, Chisu, etc. It is divided into Perilla, Cockscomb Perilla, and Bai Su. The seeds, stems, and leaves of the first two kinds are used as medicines, while the latter kind is only used as a medicine with its seeds, and is used for food.

The perilla is native to China, mainly distributed in India, Myanmar and other countries, in China's North China, Central China, South China, Southwest China, Taiwan Province, etc. are wild and artificial cultivation.

Perilla properties

Perilla is an annual herb of the family Labiatae, which is highly adaptable and can grow on well-drained sandy loam and clay loam soils, and generally grows in front of the house and by the side of the ditch.

What does perilla look like

Shape: perilla is an erect annual herb with a 0.3-2 meter tall stem, bluntly 4-angled in shape with four long grooves and densely villous.

Leaves: The leaves of Perilla are broadly ovate or rounded, the apex of the leaf is short and pointed, the base is rounded or broadly cuneate, and the leaves are membranous.

Color: Perilla is known as white perilla, also known as ebony perilla, if its leaves are all green, and only if its leaves are purple on both sides.

Perilla role and value

Perilla's leaves can dissipate cold, commonly used in wind-cold episodes, can be used with ginger, such as episodes of stagnant qi, there can be used with the fragrant adenophora, Chen Pi, used for the stagnation of spleen and stomach qi, chest tightness, vomiting and nausea.

Perilla in the dispersal of wind-cold medicine, pungent, warm, to the lungs, the spleen meridian, the function of the main treatment for the circulation of qi and stomach, the surface of the dispersal of cold, generally used to treat coughs, wind-cold cold, fish and crab poisoning, vomiting during pregnancy, and so on.