Effective role Perilla flowers, also known as chiso, white perilla, fragrant perilla, etc., daily known as perilla, for the Labiatae family perilla genus of annual herbs, stems four-angled, erect, purple or greenish-purple, broadly ovate or rounded ovate leaf blade. It has the effect of treating wind-cold and cold, antibacterial, treating low blood pressure, relieving cough and calming asthma.
1. Treatment of wind-cold and cold Shiso flowers are pungent in flavor and warm in nature, which can regulate qi and harmonize the camp. People often use perilla flowers for the treatment of cold and wind-cold, chills and fever, cough, asthma and other conditions, often with almonds, beard, etc., such as apricot suzan, the efficacy is better.
2. Antibacterial Shiso flower has a good antibacterial effect, in ordinary life, appropriate to take, can effectively improve the body's resistance.
3. Treatment of hypoglycemia Shiso oil extracted from Shiso flowers can effectively increase blood sugar, if there is hypoglycemia phenomenon, the use of Shiso flowers in water to drink, can play a role in raising blood sugar levels, for the alleviation of hypoglycemia patients with good results.
4. Cough and asthma Some of the acids in perilla flowers can relieve smooth muscle spasms and play a role in asthma. In addition, in its anti-allergic process, can also reduce the inflammatory response, etc., to play the role of cough and asthma. Nutritional value Perilla flowers have a high nutritional value, low sugar, high fiber, high carotene, high mineral elements.
The perilla flower contains reducing sugar, protein, fiber, fat, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, vitamin C, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, iron, zinc, manganese, strontium, selenium, volatile oil containing perilla aldehyde, perilla alcohol, menthyl ketone, menthyl alcohol, butyric acid oleyl phenol, albizia enanthate and so on.