1, Perilla leaves have two colors, green and purple, with different styles and fresh taste. There is also a purple bouquet similar to lavender. The whole plant area is not large, which is suitable for planting on family balconies and has high ornamental value.

2, medicinal value:

(1) Used for common cold and wind-cold: Perilla frutescens can disperse exterior cold and have strong sweating ability. It is used for exterior syndromes such as aversion to cold, fever and anhidrosis. It is often used with ginger. For exterior syndrome of qi stagnation, it can be combined with Cyperus rotundus and Chenpi.

(2) Used for chest tightness and nausea. Perilla frutescens can be used for qi stagnation in spleen and stomach, chest tightness and nausea. No matter what the symptoms are, it is based on its function of promoting qi circulation and relaxing bowels, and it is often combined with Pogostemon in clinic.

3, dietotherapy value:

(1) Perilla frutescens is often used as medicine in China, but it can also be used for cooking in other countries and as a vegetable or tea in a few areas of China.

(2) Folium Perillae can relieve exterior syndrome, dispel cold, promote qi and regulate stomach, and can be used to relieve the poison of fish and crabs.

(3) Perilla frutescens can relieve qi and stop vomiting, and can be used to treat dyspepsia caused by qi stagnation of spleen and stomach.

(4) Perilla frutescens can relieve cough and asthma, resolve phlegm and remove blood stasis, and the oil is edible, which has obvious curative effect on treating coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia.

(5) Koreans use perilla to make pickles, and fresh perilla leaves can also be used to make salads. Perilla seeds are used as seasoning for meat food and also for making perilla sesame salt. Koreans are used to eating barbecue with fresh perilla leaves.

(6) Vietnamese people add perilla leaves to stews and cooking dishes, or put perilla leaves on Vietnamese rice noodles as decoration.