Perilla frutescens

Perilla frutescens

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

Another name is ebaye.

[source] the leaves of Perilla frutescens, a Labiatae plant, are described in the section "Perilla frutescens".

[collection] leaves were collected in summer and autumn and dried in the shade in a ventilated place. Or take the tender stems, cut them into small sections and dry them in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain volatile oil, mainly ketones.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① Meng Shen: "warm nature. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "pungent, warm, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Bencao Huiyan: "start with Taiyin. "

Functions and indications: relieving exterior symptoms, dispersing cold, regulating qi and eliminating food. Treatment of cold, fever, cough, asthma, food accumulation, vomiting and diarrhea, cold dysentery.

① Bielu: "in the main tune, deodorize. "

② "Materia medica collection": tamping and insect biting. "

③ Rihuazi materia medica: "regulate qi, moisten heart and lung, grow skin, improve color, eliminate food, stop cough, remove body odor, apply snake bite. "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica": "it is used to treat typhoid fever, anhidrosis, headache, wind cold and phlegm, cholera, cough and phlegm, infantile wind disease. Stop the pain and asthma. "

⑤ "Preparation of the nature of raw herbal medicine": "lower Qi, eliminate rheumatism. "

⑥ Fujian folk herbal medicine: "eliminate cold air, stop cold dysentery, dispel wind and heat, expel insects and detoxify. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5-3 yuan; or grinding powder. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. To treat cold dysentery: the stems and leaves of Perilla frutescens are three to five coins, a little brown sugar, and boiled water. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② To cure Ascaris lumbricoides: white perilla leaf, research powder, use one money each time (children's discretion), adjust sugar two money, with boiled water, take it every morning and evening and before meals. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of men's Yin swelling: EBA leaf and seal it. (Meng Shen)

④ Treatment of Cobra: to ebba leaf rotten pestle, pig fat and, thin application. (Mei Shi Ji Yi Fang)