Contains amino acids, α -linolenic acid, flavonoids, volatile oil, etc. Seeds contain linoleic acid, B vitamins and so on. Folium Perillae can dilate skin blood vessels, stimulate sweat glands and have sweating effect, reduce bronchial secretion, relieve bronchospasm, promote digestive juice secretion and increase gastrointestinal peristalsis. The aqueous extract of perilla leaves is beneficial to inhibit staphylococcus, Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae.
Eating fresh perilla or drinking perilla leaf water in summer and autumn can not only increase appetite, dispel summer heat and lower blood pressure, but also prevent arteriosclerosis, indigestion, enteritis and dysentery.
The α -linolenic acid and flavonoids contained in it have the function of scavenging human free radicals, which is beneficial to the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Perilla frutescens was originally identified by the Ministry of Health as one of the plants that are both food and medicine.
Extended data:
Taboo of perilla leaves;
Although perilla leaves are widely used, there are some taboos in eating them.
1, avoid eating with crucian carp.
Because of its unique flavor, many people will use it to cook with fish to cover up the fishy smell of fish. However, it should be noted that if perilla leaves and crucian carp are eaten together, it is easy to cause poisoning symptoms and sores.
2. A can't eat too much.
Perilla leaves should not be eaten too much, because perilla contains a lot of oxalic acid. When oxalic acid meets calcium and zinc in human body, it will produce calcium oxalate and zinc oxalate, which is very difficult to digest. If we deposit too much in our bodies, it will do great harm to our health and damage our nerves, digestive system and hematopoietic function, so we can't be greedy for even the best things.
Baidu encyclopedia-perilla