According to physician Bui Dac Sang, Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association, perilla is a perennial herb with white roots, a spicy taste, growing wild or cultivated in many places throughout the country and Asia. The plant likes light and humidity, suitable for loamy soil, alluvial soil. Perilla flowers and bears many fruits, after the fruits are ripe, the plant withers, the seeds spread around, and only germinate in the following year's rainy season. The plant is grown from seeds.

This is a very popular herb, not only used as a side dish with many delicious dishes but also has medicinal properties. In traditional medicine, perilla is a medicinal herb classified as a diaphoretic, and decoctions and alcohol extracts of perilla leaves have the effect of dilating blood vessels in the skin, reducing fever, and treating colds. The seeds are made into tea and gas-reducing medicine, and the branches are used as a medicine to stabilize pregnancy.

Perilla also helps reduce bronchial smooth muscle spasms, and essential oils increase blood sugar. Perilla aldehyde inhibits central nervous system inhibition. Perilla leaf water inhibits bacteria such as staphylococcus, dysentery bacilli, and colitis bacilli.

In terms of chemical composition, perilla seeds contain a large amount of essential oils and are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, mainly alpha-linoleic acid. Perilla leaves contain about 0.2% pure essential oils and hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, and furans. Perilla leaf extract has been shown to have antioxidant, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-depressant properties.

When the wound is bleeding, you can take young perilla leaves, crush them, cover the bleeding area, sprinkle them tightly and tie it up. The wound will stop bleeding, not cause pus and will not leave a scar when healed.

Remedy from perilla leaves cooked with ginger

Take the peel of a tangerine, scrape it clean, put it in a pot with 3 thick slices of ginger and a handful of fresh or dried perilla leaves, add a bowl of water, boil thoroughly, drink hot and cover with a warm blanket, cure colds.

You can also take a handful of fresh perilla leaves, 2 onions and 3 slices of ginger, chop everything into a bowl, crack an egg and scoop in the flower porridge, mix well and eat hot to relieve colds.

Sick people can pound perilla leaves to get a bowl of water, mix in a little salt and drink it all at once to cure stomachache and bloating.

In addition, you can also take perilla leaves and peeled white mulberry root bark, boil to get about a cup of water to drink to treat cough and shortness of breath.

How to cook perilla leaf water to drink every day

Drinking perilla leaf water instead of filtered water every day is an extremely effective weight loss method because it contains vegetable protein, fiber and many essential vitamins and minerals that can stimulate the stomach, enhance metabolism. In particular, the amount of fiber in this type of leaf also builds muscle to help the body become firm and slim, similar to exercising and playing sports.

Soak perilla leaves in diluted salt water and then wash them. Boil 2.5 liters of filtered water and add perilla leaves. Cover tightly, let the mixture boil for about 2 minutes, then turn off the stove and let it cool. Then, put 3 slices of fresh lemon in the jar, cover, and store in the refrigerator to drink throughout the day. You should drink about 10-30 minutes before three main meals to prevent fat absorption and reduce food intake.