Perilla frutescens is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine, which has high medicinal value and can bring many benefits to human body. The following is some information I have compiled for you about the taste and sexual taste of perilla. I hope everyone can have a look together!
Perilla nature and taste and meridian tropism 1
Perilla frutescens is a mature fruit of Panicum in Labiatae. Stir-fry raw or slightly, and mash when used.
The sexual taste, efficacy and indications of perilla frutescens.
Perilla nature and taste tropism: Xin Wen. Return to lung and large intestine meridian.
Efficacy of perilla: relieving cough and asthma, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.
Perilla frutescens is suitable for phlegm, cough and asthma, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Efficacy of perilla frutescens
1, the effect on blood lipid
Feeding chicken with perilla seed oil can reduce the plasma cholesterol level of chicken, but it has no effect on mice, leading to neck depilation and skin damage. Feeding perilla seed oil to rabbits can increase their body weight and liver weight, but it has no obvious effect on cholesterol content in plasma and liver.
2. Bacterial inhibition
The results showed that perilla oil (0. 1%) had inhibitory effect on Proteus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium and mould in nature, and its inhibitory effect on mould and yeast was obviously stronger than that of 0.05% nipagin and 0.3% benzoic acid.
3. Anti-corrosion and antioxidant effects
The defatted ethanol extract of Perilla frutescens has antiseptic and antioxidant effects, and can be used for long-term preservation of food and medicine. Its antioxidant effect is stronger than 0.02% BHT (2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol).
Application of the efficacy of perilla frutescens (for reference only)
1. Perilla frutescens, a traditional Chinese medicine, has the effects of reducing qi, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma. It is often used with white mustard seed and radish seed for the syndrome of phlegm, blood stasis, adverse qi and cough and asthma, that is, Sanzi Yangqin Decoction. If expectoration stops lung, causing asthma, cough, upper qi, chest tightness and diaphragm, it can be combined with Magnolia Officinalis, Perilla Jiang Qi Decoction, etc.
2. Perilla frutescens has the effect of moistening dryness and smoothing intestines. For constipation caused by intestinal dryness and exhaustion, it is often combined with hemp seed, Fructus Trichosanthis and almond.
Perilla usage and dosage reference
3 to 9 grams.
Perilla frutescens is a dried and mature fruit of Perilla frutescens of Labiatae. Multiline culture. Location: Hubei, Jiangsu, Hunan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan and other places. Native plants are born in wetlands, roadsides, villages, wasteland, or cultivated. Like warm and humid climate, it is most suitable for growing in loose, fertile and sunny places. Pungent in taste and warm in nature. Return to lung meridian. It has the effects of lowering qi, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. Clinical names include perilla seed, stir-fried perilla seed, honey-fried perilla seed and perilla seed paste.
Sexual taste orientation
Pungency and warmth enter the lung and spleen meridians.
Functional indication
Reducing qi, resolving phlegm, relieving asthma and moistening intestines. Can be used for treating phlegm and blood stasis, cough and asthma, intestinal dryness and constipation. Relieve exterior syndrome, dispel cold, activate qi and regulate stomach. Used for common cold, cough and asthma, vomiting during pregnancy, and fetal movement. It can also relieve fish and crab poisoning.
"Drug meaning": Perilla governs the descending, pungent and dispersing, so the patent is phlegm and blood stasis. Adverse reaction of cough leads to gas rising, and dyspnea leads to lung distension, thus reducing gas and relieving asthma. Heat insulation leads to phlegm and blood stasis, and phlegm and blood stasis leads to dull pain, so as to resolve phlegm and dissipate stagnation. According to the scripture, in the middle of the mountain, the qi is depressed and uncomfortable, and the wind and cold invade the lung meridian. For a long time, Fukashi, evil spirits treat the true qi, poor diet, excessive phlegm and fever seem to be weak rather than weak. Clearing qi and relieving depression is very effective.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Taste: pungent, warm and nontoxic. Indications: lower qi to dispel cold, especially for his son. " ..... Perillae and leaves have the same work, so it is appropriate to use leaves to disperse qi, and it is appropriate to use Ziqing to benefit the upper and lower sides. "
Therefore, the medicinal properties of perilla can probably be summarized as warming and dispersing. Symptoms such as cold accumulation and qi inversion have certain curative effects. There are several kinds of perilla seeds that can be bought at ordinary times, mainly because of different processing methods, different processing names and different effects.
Processing action
1, perilla: pungent, warm. Return to lung meridian. It has the functions of lowering qi, resolving phlegm, relieving asthma and moistening intestines. Raw perilla seeds have strong intestinal moistening ability, and are mostly used for constipation caused by intestinal dryness or asthma.
2. Stir-fried perilla seed: Xinsan is mild in nature after stir-frying, and has a good effect of warming lung and reducing qi, and is used for asthma and cough caused by various reasons. After frying, it is fragrant, crisp and easy to crush, which improves the frying effect.
3, honey perilla seed: mild medicine, not easy to consume righteousness, longer than lowering qi and relieving asthma, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Used for cough and asthma due to lung deficiency or renal failure.
4. Perilla cream: It can reduce qi and relieve asthma, but there is no worry about slippery intestines. It is mostly used for patients with asthma and cough of loose stool type due to spleen deficiency.
More importantly, perilla is not only a medicinal material, but also can be eaten daily. Many people often use perilla to make porridge, make dumplings and even drink it. It not only tastes good, but also plays a great role in health.