Perilla, also known as "purple mint", is a common spice plant with deep purple leaves that shimmer with shimmering shimmers. Like a cluster of sparkling gems in the sun, this small plant has an intoxicating aroma and unique taste.
Moreover, perilla can also be used to soak in water and drink, which can not only quench thirst, but also help us solve some health problems. Below, let's take a look at what health problems perilla can help us solve.
Perilla is rich in vitamins A, C, and K. Vitamin A helps protect eye and ** health, vitamin C helps boost immunity, and vitamin K plays an important role in bone health and blood clotting.
Perilla contains minerals such as calcium, iron, manganese, and magnesium. Among them, calcium helps keep bones healthy, iron helps make red blood cells, and manganese and magnesium are beneficial for nervous system and heart health.
Perilla contains an antioxidant called basil phenol, which can help the body fight free radical damage.
1.Boosts immunity
Living in modern society, we are often plagued by various stresses and diseases. Perilla is rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, which can improve our immunity and make us more resistant to diseases. Just by drinking a glass of perilla water every day, you can have a strong immune system against various diseases.
2.Improves dryness
In spring, the wind is easy to blow stronger, and the climate is also a relatively dry time, so if it is not easy to maintain, it will lead to dry and lack of water.
Soak perilla leaves in water to drink, it can effectively improve its own dryness problem, and can also effectively alleviate its own aging.
Perilla leaf water can play a certain role in allergic **, because it is particularly prone to allergies, you can use sparkling water. At present, there are many perilla ** on the market, and it will also have such an ingredient in it, which is also more beneficial to **.
3.Relieves cold symptoms
Perilla has the effect of relieving the surface and dissipating cold, and has a certain relieving effect on the uncomfortable symptoms in the early stage of cold, such as headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, etc. At the same time, the volatile oil in perilla also has an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, which can help relieve throat discomfort caused by colds.
4.Improves digestion
Soaking perilla in water can help improve digestion. Perilla has the effect of promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis, which can promote the secretion of intestinal digestive juices and relieve symptoms such as stomach distension and stomach pain.
At the same time, perilla also contains some substances that can promote digestion, such as volatile oils, perilla aldehyde, etc. These substances can help digest food and reduce the burden on the stomach and intestines.
5.Hypotension
Experts have conducted experiments on perilla oil extracted from perilla leaves in animals and found that animals can cause blood sugar to rise after taking it. The main ingredient in perilla leaves is perilla aldehyde, which can effectively increase the blood sugar level in the body.
Therefore, if your constitution is hypotensive, it can effectively improve the problem of low blood pressure. You can soak perilla leaves in water to drink, the effect is good, and it can also be beneficial to health.
1.Choose fresh basil leaves
When buying perilla leaves, you should choose fresh, intact looking leaves. Fresh perilla leaves are bright green in color and full in color, and there is no yellowing or breakage. In addition, you can tell if the perilla leaves are fresh by smelling the fragrance, and the fresh perilla leaves have a strong aromatic flavor.
2.Pay attention to saving
The preservation of perilla also varies depending on the purpose, the perilla for cooking, can be wiped off the water on the leaves one by one, wrapped in plastic wrap, and placed in the refrigerator (8 -10), which can be stored for about 1 week;
Perilla, which is used for pickling and making beverages, flour pastries, etc., only needs to be stored in a cool and dry place, and the loss of water from the leaves does not affect the efficacy. Perilla does have a certain health value for the human body, but I hope everyone will treat it rationally.
3.Pregnant women should be careful
Pregnant women should pay attention when eating perilla leaves, if it is used as a seasoning, it can be made into soup, which can be stewed and eaten in moderation. Pregnant women who have fever or qi weakness are not suitable to eat perilla leaves.
4.Watch out for allergic reactions
Perilla leaf is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, its nature is warm, the taste is pungent, return to the lungs, spleen meridians, has the effect of dissolving the surface and dispersing the race, the qi and the stomach, the fetus, and the detoxification of fish and crabs. If the patient is allergic to perilla leaves, soaking them in water may cause allergic reactions, and cause certain harm to the body due to uncomfortable symptoms such as itching, redness, nausea, and vomiting.
1.Ginger
Perilla, this amazing herb, always exudes a warm charm when you need it. Soaking perilla in water is easy and convenient, and only a few leaves are needed to bring you a natural taste.
And among them, if you add a piece of ginger, the effect of repelling the cold is even more like a tiger adding wings. For those colds caused by wind chill, perilla ginger tea is like a warm sunshine that dispels the cold in your body and helps you get out of trouble.
2.Brown sugar
Perilla leaf is a Chinese herbal medicine containing a variety of volatile substances, and its blood-invigorating effect is particularly excellent, and it can be brewed with brown sugar in boiling water and then drunk, which can effectively alleviate menstrual irregularities in women.
You can soak perilla leaves with brown sugar in water, which has the effect of improving women's menstrual irregularities, and can also have the effect and effect of invigorating blood.
3.Chrysanthemums
This tea is anti-inflammatory, analgesic, heat-clearing, detoxifying and anti-allergic. Perilla leaves can be brewed on their own, but if you have mild diarrhea after eating seafood, you can drink hot perilla tea immediately for emergency relief.
4.Rock sugar
Perilla leaves and rock sugar can promote digestion, perilla leaves are warm and spicy, have the effect of dispersing cold, regulating qi and widening, and can ** wind chill cold, fever, chills, cough, asthma and other symptoms, and also has a certain effect on the spleen and stomach, and also has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Rock sugar has the effect of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, clearing phlegm and removing fire, and has a good auxiliary effect on lung obstruction, phlegm, yin deficiency and long-term cough, and can also relieve night sweats, sore throat and other symptoms in children.
5.Artemisia leaves
Perilla leaves dissipate cold and dissolve the surface perilla leaves into the lung meridian, is a warm medicinal material, the smell is pungent, the aromatic volatile substances contained in it can play a role in dissolving the surface of the cold for cold, wind chill, nasal congestion and cough and other cold manifestations can play a role in dissolving the effect of dissipating cold, with the same warm and cold mugwort leaves together boiling water, the effect will be better.
Conclusion: Perilla is a multi-functional Chinese herbal medicine, which is often soaked in water and drunk to help solve a variety of physical problems. However, perilla is not a panacea and is not a substitute for medicine. When drinking perilla water, you should drink it in moderation according to your own condition, and seek medical attention as soon as possible if you are not feeling well.