Effects and functions of perilla

(A) Effects of perilla

The nature of flavor Xin, warm.

Attributive Meridian Attributes to the lung and spleen meridians.

Functions? Dispersing cold, promoting circulation of Qi and harmonizing the stomach. Used for cold and flu, cough and vomiting, vomiting in pregnancy, fish and crab poisoning.

Bei Lu: "Mainly disperses qi and removes cold in the middle."

Monchon: "Removing cold and heat, and curing cold air."

Rihuazi Materia Medica: "Tonifying the middle and benefiting qi. Treats distension of the heart and abdomen, stops cholera and turning of the tendons, opens the stomach and lowers the food, and (treats) all coldness and stops foot fungus."

The Classic of Materia Medica: "It passes through the heart meridian and benefits the spleen and stomach."

Cui Xi Yan Materia Medica: "Stopping the bleeding of gold sores; curing hemorrhoidal diseases, decocting soup and washing it."

The Yunnan Materia Medica: "Sweating, relieving headache, eliminating phlegm, and fixing roaring and wheezing."

Compendium: "Promoting circulation of qi and relaxing the middle, eliminating phlegm and benefiting the lungs, harmonizing the blood, warming the middle, relieving pain, stabilizing asthma, and stabilizing the fetus."

The Materia Medica Feng Yuan: "It can disperse the evil of the blood."

(2) the role of perilla

Perilla has three types of leaves, seeds and stalks, "Perilla leaves are pungent and warm in nature, with the effects of publishing, dispersing cold, regulating qi, and relieving coughs; the seeds of perilla, on the other hand, are mainly used for lowering qi and eliminating phlegm, and moistening the lungs; its stalks can harmonize with the stomach and lower qi, and treat the upward reversal of gastric qi." If you have a cold and flu in winter, with symptoms such as fear of cold, stiffness and soreness of the limbs, a weak nose and a runny nose, use perilla leaves to disperse cold and relieve the surface and sweat, and the cold will be cured more quickly.

Antipyretic effect.

Experiments have shown that eating some perilla leaves in moderation has a good antipyretic effect.

Antibacterial effect.

Perilla leaves can inhibit the growth of staphylococcus in the test tube.

Glycemic effect.

Eating perilla leaves can raise one's blood sugar.

Promotes intestinal motility.

In the experiment, Perilla ketone, isolated from Perilla leaves, has the effect of promoting intestinal peristalsis on rats, which accelerates the movement of substances in their intestines. Therefore, eating some perilla leaves in moderation can help digestion.

Anti-cancer.

Perilla oil significantly inhibits the incidence of cancer caused by chemical carcinogens, reduces the weight and volume of tumors, and prolongs the time for tumors to appear.

Anti-allergy.

According to the test perilla leaves are rich in vitamin C, potassium, iron, etc., but also rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which has the effect of normalizing the immune function, with the effect of moderating allergic dermatitis, hay fever and other allergic reactions. Studies have also found that the efficacy of soursop is similar to that of soursop leaves, and soursop can also be used in the treatment of skin diseases.

Anti-thrombotic.

Experiments have confirmed that perilla oil can inhibit the free radicals of platelets and serotonin, thus inhibiting the occurrence of thrombosis, with antithrombotic effect.

Enhancement of memory.

Animal experiments show that perilla oil can promote the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins in the brain of mice, regulate the level of monoamine neuromediators in the brain of mice, which can significantly reduce the number of mice jumping off the platform, the correct rate of water maze test is significantly improved, the time to reach the end point is shortened, and make the retinal reflexes of rats enhance the ability of the correct rate of response to the brightness discrimination learning experiments is significantly higher. In other words, the consumption of perilla leaves is conducive to the improvement of human memory ability.

Cough and asthma.

Some of the acids in perilla leaves can relieve smooth muscle spasm, and play the role of asthma; in addition, in the process of its anti-allergy, can also reduce the inflammatory response, etc., to play the role of cough and asthma.

Stopping the itch.

If you are bitten by mosquitoes, you can also pound fresh perilla leaves and apply them to stop the pain and itching.

Cure bad breath.

Perilla can also treat bad breath, better than chewing gum, perilla and dahurica and other put together to treat bad breath.

Other effects.

Suzhi rich in linolenic acid-like substances, is one of the effective components of lowering blood lipids; perilla in the flavonoids, can fight against oxygen free radicals and superoxide anion, have anti-aging effect. And so on.