Perilla leaves for insomnia

Perilla leaf is a relatively common plant. Using it in moderation can play a health-care role and is also very beneficial to human health. There are many problems that can be treated with perilla leaves, such as coughs, colds and other diseases. In addition, it can also calm the mind and promote sleep. Therefore, for people with insomnia, you might as well use perilla leaves to relieve your insomnia symptoms!

1. Is Perilla Leaf Effective for Treating Insomnia?

In traditional Chinese medicine, Perilla is an annual herb with pungent and warm leaves that enter the lung and spleen meridians and have an aromatic and ascending aroma. Perilla leaves have a calming and sedative effect. It is recorded in the Qing Dynasty's "Compendium of Materia Medica Chongyuan Jishuo" that perilla leaves have a certain effect in relieving insomnia. Pairing it with low-alcohol wine can not only help the medicinal properties of Perilla to work, but also has a certain sleep-inducing effect. Replacing the rock sugar in this recipe with honey or jujube may produce better results. This can also treat dry cough and prevent colds.

The specific method is: wash 500 grams of perilla leaves and dry them in the shade; prepare 4 liters of low-alcohol liquor with a degree of about 30; put the perilla leaves and 1 kilogram of rock sugar into the liquor. Store in a cool place for two months before drinking. Drink a small cup every night for two weeks.

2. The effect of drinking water soaked with perilla leaves

Perilla leaves can be soaked in water and drunk as tea in daily life, and the nutritional value is very high. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that perilla leaves have a good effect on promoting qi and stomach function as well as relieving exterior symptoms and dispersing cold. Therefore, if you experience nausea, vomiting, or a cold, you can take perilla leaves. In addition, if a woman experiences nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, or has allergies or heatstroke after eating foods such as fish and crabs, drinking perilla leaves soaked in water can also help the body recover. In addition, perilla leaves also have a very good sweating ability, so if the body suffers from a cold, the body will show symptoms of being afraid of cold. Taking perilla leaves can help the body recover its health. In daily life, if you have an unhealthy spleen and stomach, or chest tightness and shortness of breath, you can also treat the disease. When taking it normally, you can also take perilla leaves together with ginger, tangerine peel, cyperus rotundus and patchouli.

3. Common recipes for perilla leaves

1. For colds: 10 grams of perilla leaves, 5 scallions, 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water and taken warm.

2. For headache caused by exogenous wind-cold: 10 grams of perilla leaves, 6 grams of cinnamon bark, 5 scallions, decocted in water and taken orally.

3. For acute gastroenteritis: 10 grams of perilla leaves, 10 grams of patchouli, 6 grams of tangerine peel, and 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water and taken orally.

4. For chest tightness and hiccups: 15 grams of perilla stems, 6 grams of tangerine peel, and 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water.

5. Used for pregnant women with fetal movement disorder. 30 grams of hemp root and 10 grams of perilla stem, decocted in water and taken orally.

6. For vomiting during pregnancy: 15 grams of Perilla stems and leaves, 3 grams of Coptis chinensis, decocted in water and taken orally.

7. For edema: 20 grams of perilla stems, 1 garlic with skin, 15 grams of old ginger peel, 15 grams of winter melon peel, decocted in water.

8. For crab poisoning: 30 grams of perilla leaves, 3 slices of ginger, decoct and drink frequently.

9. Used for scrotal eczema: Take appropriate amount of Perilla stems and leaves, decoct them in water and use them to wash the affected area.

10. For internal parasites, take an appropriate amount of Perilla stems and leaves and mix them with flour to steam into buns. Eating them can kill roundworms and other internal parasites.