The efficacy and function of perilla leaves

Medicines are very helpful in treating diseases. Therefore, you cannot choose medicines casually. This will not only not help the treatment of diseases, but also endanger your own health. Therefore, in order to choose medicines, you also need to check your own diseases. In this way, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Perilla leaf is one of the medicines for treating diseases. What are the effects and functions of perilla leaf?

There are many aspects to the efficacy and effects of perilla leaves. When choosing it, you also need to pay attention to it. It has a very good antipyretic effect and is a safe choice for treating colds. It also has a good effect on improving human headaches.

The effects and functions of perilla leaves:

1. Antipyretic effect: used for colds, fever, chills, headache, nasal congestion, cough or chest tightness. This product can dispel superficial cold, invigorate the lungs, and can be used together with ginger. For those who also suffer from cough, it is often used with apricot kernel, peucedanum chinense, etc., such as Xingsusan; if there is also qi stagnation and chest tightness, it is often used with cyperus rotundus, tangerine peel, etc., such as Susan. Used for symptoms of spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest tightness, and vomiting. This product has the effects of promoting qi, relieving fullness, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting. For those who are more prone to cold, it can be used together with Patchouli; for those who are more prone to heat, it can be used together with Coptis chinensis.

2. Antibacterial effect: Perilla leaves can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus in test tubes. Perilla water extract has a certain inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, yeast and mold, and its inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis is stronger than that on Aspergillus niger and yeast. Through experimental research, the inhibitory effect of perilla water extract on bacteria and fungi was obtained, and its antibacterial properties were understood, which provided an experimental basis for the development and utilization of perilla extract in the field of natural food preservatives, and also opened up a new path for the comprehensive utilization of perilla. It can be used as a preservative for soy sauce, pickles, etc.

3. Impact on blood sugar: After perilla aldehyde, the main component of perilla oil, is made into oxime, its oral blood sugar-raising effect is stronger than perilla oil. This oxime dissolved in olive oil and injected subcutaneously also has an effect, but it is slower.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the effects and functions of perilla leaves. When choosing it, you can also choose it according to your own disease. However, in terms of the amount used, you need to use it according to the doctor's advice. Otherwise, if you use too much, it will not help the treatment of your own disease, but will cause other problems in your body.