Perilla frutescens (scientific name: Perilla frutescens), also known as white perilla, red perilla, red perilla, fragrant perilla, black perilla, white perilla, green perilla, wild perilla, and sumac. Sucao, Perilla frutescens, Perilla frutescens, Perilla frugata, etc., are the only species under the genus Perilla of Lamiaceae. They are annual herbaceous plants and are mainly produced in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and other central and southern regions, the Himalayas, Japan, This species has also been introduced into Myanmar, the Korean Peninsula, India, and Nepal, and also grows in North America.

Perilla frutescens (L.) Brltt. var.arguta Benth． Hand. -Mazz. ” of leafy twigs. The stems, leaves and seeds are used as medicine. Perilla is a comprehensive cross-product, which can be used both medicinally and as a commonly used clinical medicine, and also edible. In the form of medicine, the stem is called Purple Stem, the leaves are also called Perilla Leaf, which relieves the surface, and the seeds are also called Perilla Seed, Black Perilla Seed, and Red Perilla Seed. They are an important component of Perilla Seed Jiangqi Decoction. Disperse cold and relieve symptoms, regulate qi and widen the middle. It is mainly used to treat colds, fever, sensitivity to cold, no sweat, chest tightness, cough, and relieve abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting caused by crab poisoning. When we conducted experiments on Bacteroides ostreatus, we found that Bacteroides perillata was very effective. It is cultivated all over the country and grows wild in the provinces south of the Yangtze River. It can be found beside villages or roadsides.

Perilla is 60 to 180 centimeters tall and has a special aroma. The stem is quadrangular, purple, green-purple or green, with villous hairs, and the stem nodes are denser. Single leaves are opposite; the leaves are broadly ovate or round-ovate, 7 to 21 cm long, 4.5 to 16 cm wide, with a rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base, an apex acuminate or caudate-point, Perilla flower - original plant

The edges are coarsely serrated, purple on both sides, or green on the front and purple on the back, or green on both sides. The upper surface is sparsely pubescent, and the lower veins are adnately pubescent; the leaves are 2.5 to 12 cm long, densely villous. . Verticillium 2-flowered, forming a nexate and axillary pseudoraceme; each flower has 1 bract, the bract is oval, apex acuminate; calyx is bell-shaped, 2-lipped, with 5 lobes, and the lower part is covered with long soft Hairs, enlarged and elongated in fruit, inner throat sparsely pubescent; corolla purple to pink to white, 2-lipped, upper lip slightly concave, 2-strong; ovary 4-lobed, stigma 2-lobed. Nutlets are nearly spherical, brown or off-white.

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Perilla - original plant

Perilla is highly adaptable, has no strict requirements on soil, has good drainage, and is suitable for sandy soil. It grows well on loam, clay loam, in front of the house, behind the house, on the edges of ditches and fields, and on fertile soil. The first crop is preferably vegetables. Fruit trees can be planted under saplings. Perilla Perilla is the young leaves of the Lamiaceae plant Perilla frutescens L., also known as Perilla frutescens. Annual herb, young leaves used for salad dressing or soup. Per hundred grams of young perilla leaves contain 85.7 grams of water, 3.8 grams of protein, 1.3 grams of fat, 6.4 grams of carbohydrates, 44 mg of phosphorus, 2.3 mg of iron, 9.09 g of carotene, 10.02 mg of vitamin B, and 0.35 mg of vitamin B2. Niacin 1.3 mg, vitamin C 47 mg, volatile oil and other substances have specific aroma. Perilla leaves are pungent and warm in nature and have the effects of dispelling cold, regulating qi, and harmonizing the body. Treats colds, wind-chill, aversion to cold, fever, cough, asthma, chest and abdominal distension, etc. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "it spreads Qi in the middle, clears phlegm and promotes lungs, harmonizes blood, warms Zhong, relieves pain, calms asthma, and prevents miscarriage." Note: People with febrile diseases and weak qi should not eat. Perilla seed Perilla seed is the seed of Perilla perillata, a plant in the Lamiaceae family. The oil yield rate of the seeds is as high as about 45%, with linolenic acid accounting for 62.73%, linoleic acid accounting for 15.43%, and oleic acid accounting for 12.01%. The protein content in the seeds is as high as 25%, and it also contains oryzanol, vitamin E, B1, sterols, phospholipids, etc. Perilla seed has a pungent and warm nature, and has the effects of lowering qi and eliminating phlegm, moistening the lungs, and widening the intestines. Treat cough, phlegm and asthma, qi stagnation and constipation. People with qi deficiency, yin deficiency, chronic cough, and spleen deficiency and constipation should avoid taking this product.