Effects of Perilla Leaf

Perilla leaf is included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, with the effect of moving qi and harmonizing the stomach (regulating the stomach and internal organs by promoting the operation of qi), relieving the epidermis and dispersing cold (removing the cold from the surface of the muscle), which can be used to treat wind-cold colds, vomiting during pregnancy, coughing and vomiting, and fish and crab poisoning. Perilla leaf has the effect of dispersing cold from the surface of the body, promoting the flow of qi and relaxing the middle, eliminating phlegm and benefiting the lungs, detoxifying fish and crab, and stabilizing the fetus. Perilla leaves have the effect of evacuating wind-cold, for wind-cold cold caused by headache and fever, nausea and vomiting, coughing and other diseases; can be used to treat the stagnation of qi in the middle of the chest and epigastric distension; but also can be treated for fetal qi upstream caused by fetal restlessness. In addition, perilla leaves can detoxify fish and crab, eating fish and crab poisoning caused by abdominal pain and diarrhea, and can be detoxified. It should be noted that people with yin deficiency, warm disease and Qi deficiency should be cautious of using this medicine. Patients in the use of perilla leaves, need to strictly follow the guidance of doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, can not be used indiscriminately, to avoid improper use of drugs to aggravate the condition.