Perilla is a famous traditional Chinese medicine plant, and is also a famous medicinal food product in ancient and modern times. It was first recorded in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”, and later medical doctors have written and analyzed it in detail in the “Collection of Materia Medica”. The Chinese herb perilla is said to promote the flow of qi and broaden the middle. Why is it necessary to talk about perilla when it comes to promoting qi in the middle? See below for more details. Perilla contains three kinds of seeds, leaves and stalks, all of which can be used as medicine. This herb is recorded: “perilla, declare, publish, dispel cold. Pungent taste into the air, purple color into the blood. The aroma is warm and disperses cold, opens the heart and the lungs, opens the stomach and benefits the spleen, generates sweat and relieves the muscles, harmonizes the blood and the qi, broadens the middle and eliminates phlegm, dispels wind and settles asthma, stops pain and calms the fetus, benefits the large and small intestines, and detoxifies fish and crabs. …Su Zi and leaves with the same function. Moisten the heart and lungs, especially to lower the gas and calm asthma, stop coughing and eliminate phlegm, benefit the diaphragm and widen the intestines, warm the middle and open depression. The stalks are slightly slower, and are suitable for the deficient.” This article alone, that is, its effectiveness is very strange! Perilla is pungent and warm in nature and enters the lung and spleen meridians of Taiyin in the hand and Taiyin in the foot. The lung resides in the chest and is the master of the entire body’s qi. The lung is the master of all the qi, which helps to generate and distribute the Qi within the body, and to protect the Qi outside the body from evil. Perilla is pungent and warm, enters the lung meridian and travels in the qi division, is fragrant and warm, disperses cold, helps the body qi to fix the surface and disperse cold, publishes and relieves the muscles, and internally can open the heart and lungs. The lungs are facing the hundred channels, and perilla enters the lung meridian to help the lungs to disseminate the qi and regulate the hundred channels, so that the qi can be distributed and the body can be nourished. The lungs are the main joints of governance, the perilla helps the lung qi to flow smoothly, the lung qi can be promoted and lowered smoothly, the joints of governance will come out, the qi, blood and fluid can be adjusted in an orderly manner. The spleen resides in the middle jiao, and is responsible for transportation, clearing, and unifying blood. The spleen and stomach are the basis of the posterior heaven and reside in the middle jiao, receiving food and drink, transporting, transforming and decomposing, dispersing water and grain essence, and moistening the limbs and bones. Perilla enters the foot Taiyin Spleen meridian, opens the stomach and benefits the spleen, helps the spleen to transport water and grain, which can raise the clear and lower the turbid. The spleen regulates the blood, and the purple color of perilla enters the blood branch, helping the spleen to regulate the blood, which is pungent and dispersed, and does not cause stasis. The spleen is the source of phlegm, the lung is the reservoir of phlegm, spleen qi is insufficient, then phlegm and dampness within; lung qi does not promote, then phlegm in the block. Perilla enters the lung and spleen meridians, fragrant warmth and disperses cold, warming cold phlegm, help the lung Qi to disseminate, the large and small intestine to give the evil to the way out; help the spleen to ascend and descend the turbidity, transport and decay, break the source of evil; so can be broad in eliminating phlegm! Chest of qi, blood, phlegm, stasis or line, or and, or benefit, or chemical, or dispersed, or eliminated, qi and blood through the regulation, the evil can be removed, is the line of qi wide in must say shiso carry on! Several ancient and modern recipes are also made with its miraculous effect, such as Xiang Su San, apricot Su San, Su Zi descending Qi Tang. Xiang Su San is from “Taiping Huimin and Pharmaceutical Bureau Formula”, combining four flavors, namely, Xiang Shen, Su Ye, Chen Pi, and Licorice, to regulate qi and relieve symptoms. Apricot-Su San is from “Wenzhi Zhuanzhi”, with eleven flavors of medicine, treating phlegm obstruction internally and dispersing cool and dry evil externally. Su Zi Descending Qi Tang is one of the most commonly used formulas in clinical practice, from “Taiping Huimin and Pharmaceutical Bureau Formula”, which is mainly used to treat the evidence of phlegm and asthma of lower deficiency and upper reality. There are countless such famous prescriptions, so I will not go into details. The definite clinical efficacy has opened up a wide world for basic research, and scientific researchers are doing a great job in their mission. Modern research has found that the pharmacological components of perilla are diverse, with the above-ground part containing mainly volatile oils, flavonoids and their glycosides, terpenoids, etc., while the soursop contains mainly fatty oils. Under the action of its pharmacological components, the current study confirmed that it has antibacterial and antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic, cough and asthma, and improve digestion and other effects. 1, antibacterial antiviral perilla’s antibacterial antiviral active ingredients, mainly volatile oil, flavonoids and organic acids, etc.. Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, yeast, etc. have a certain inhibitory effect, of which the antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli is the most obvious. Recently, some studies also found that the extract of Perilla has a certain inhibitory effect on HIV, the mechanism of action and efficiency of further research is pending. 2, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic The volatile oil of perilla leaf has significant anti-inflammatory effect, which plays an anti-inflammatory role by inhibiting the adhesion and transfer of leukocytes; this feature is closely related to the modern application in inflammatory diseases such as upper respiratory tract infection. Perilla extract linolenic acid has an anti-allergic effect, which plays an anti-allergic role by blocking the aggregation and adhesion of neutrophils, and is clinically used in the treatment of acute allergies caused by shrimp and crab. Its anti-allergic effect on fish and crab is recorded in the “Materia Medica” as “detoxifying fish and crab”, which shows that this effect has been clear since ancient times. 3.Anti-cough and asthma Some of the acids in soursop can relieve smooth muscle spasm and play a role in relieving asthma; in addition, it can also play a role in relieving cough and asthma by reducing the inflammatory response in the anti-allergic process. 4, other sorrel is rich in linolenic acid substances is one of the effective ingredients to lower blood lipids; perilla in the flavonoids can fight against oxygen free radicals and superoxide anions to play a role in anti-aging, etc.. Perilla is famous for its medicinal and food products, and its edible value also plays an important role. In folklore, there is the practice of mixing or pickling sage leaves as a savory dish; perilla is often used as a spice preparation in food because of its fragrant smell; in addition, it is also common to eat a small amount of perilla when cooking and enjoying fresh shrimp and fish. Summer and autumn, autumn dryness will come, sage leaves and mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, maitake, etc. each take the appropriate amount of tea drink is also a good choice.