Perilla leaves, perilla stalks, perilla seeds can be used as medicine, which perilla seeds boiled water for cough and phlegm has an auxiliary effect, but the Chinese medicine tea drink effect is limited, can not replace the drug treatment.
Perilla leaves have the effect of dispersing cold (removing the cold from the surface of the muscle), moving the qi and relaxing the middle, and stabilizing the fetus, which can be used to treat wind-cold cold, stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach, chest tightness and vomiting, and can also detoxify the poison of fishes and crabs.
Perilla stalks are used to regulate qi and broaden the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), relieve pain, and calm the fetus, and can be used to treat chest and diaphragm congestion, stomach and epigastric pain, ambiguous qi and vomiting, and fetal restlessness.
Perilla seeds are used to reduce qi and resolve phlegm, relieve cough and asthma (to stop coughing and calm wheezing), laxative, and can be used for phlegm congestion, cough and asthma, intestinal dryness and constipation. Perilla seeds boiled water for cough and phlegm has an auxiliary effect, but the role of traditional Chinese medicine tea drink is limited, such as the need to treat the disease, should be used under the guidance of a physician.