How to Eat Fresh Perilla Leaves

Fresh perilla leaves are the drug source of the traditional Chinese medicine Perilla frutescens, which is usually dried in the sun and then used in medicine, and its method of consumption is usually in Chinese herbal soup, i.e., decocted with water. Perilla leaf is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, its flavor is pungent and warm, with the effect of relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), moving qi and stomach (regulating the stomach and internal organs by promoting the operation of qi), it can be used for wind-cold cold, coughing and vomiting, vomiting during pregnancy, fish and crab poisoning, and so on. Perilla leaves are generally used in Chinese medicine decoction. The adverse effects and contraindications of Perilla frutescens are not known. If you need to use the drug perilla leaves, should be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the evidence, not blindly use their own medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.