Medicinal product is the stem and leaf of perilla frutescens of Labiatae.

Sexual taste and pungent and warm meridian tropism. Enter the lung and spleen meridians.

Efficacy: sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, promoting qi circulation and relieving fish and crab poison.

Clinical application 1. for common cold and wind-cold.

Perilla frutescens can disperse exterior cold and has strong sweating power. It is used for exterior cold syndrome, such as aversion to cold, fever and anhidrosis. It is often used with ginger. For exterior syndrome with qi stagnation, it can be used 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, regardless of whether there are symptoms or not, all of which are based on its function of promoting qi circulation and widening the stomach. It is often used in combination with Pogostemon in clinic. In addition, this product can promote qi circulation and prevent miscarriage, and is often combined with Amomum villosum and Chenpi to treat bad pregnancy and fetal movement.

3. Used for vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain caused by eating fish and crabs.

Perilla is pungent and warm, which can detoxify fish and crabs. After poisoning fish and crabs, it can be decocted with single perilla or used together with ginger.

Prescription uses perilla frutescens and perilla leaves (washed, dried and chopped).

General dosage and usage: One yuan to San Qian, decocted.

It is said that perilla frutescens can not only sweat and dispel cold to relieve exterior evils, but also promote the circulation of qi, relieve depression and stop vomiting, so it is very suitable to use this product for wind-cold exterior syndrome with chest tightness and vomiting symptoms; Or there are symptoms of qi stagnation without exterior symptoms, and it can also be used to promote communication. If matched with Pogostemon Fragrans and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, it will relieve exterior and middle energizer, while if matched with Pinellia ternata and Magnolia Officinalis, it will relieve depression and broaden chest.

Examples of prescriptions are Xiangsu Powder (Heju Prescription): Cyperus rotundus, Perilla frutescens, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Treat exogenous wind-cold, internal qi stagnation, headache, anhidrosis, stuffy chest and diaphragm, and aversion to food.

Su Qiang Da Biao Tang (Popular Treatise on Febrile Diseases): Folium Perillae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Notopterygii Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Fructus Citri Grandis, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens and Poria cocos. Treat colds, chills, fever, aversion to cold, stiff neck pain, joint pain, wheezing without sweat, chest fullness and nausea.

Excerpt from the literature "Bielu": "Lower qi, remove cold. 」

Medicinal Materia Medica: "Take raw leaves as a soup and kill all fish poisons. 」

Compendium of Materia Medica: "Release muscle, dispel cold, activate qi, relieve phlegm and benefit lung.". 」

Materia Medica Justice: "Perilla frutescens has a strong fragrance ..... it spreads its fur, releases lung qi, and smoothes the meridians. On the other hand, it can clear the nose and clear the head, which is a panacea for exogenous cold; In the middle, it can open the chest and diaphragm, wake up the spleen and stomach, promote phlegm, relieve stagnation and benefit qi stagnation. 」