Perilla is a very common ingredient in the Chinese diet and has a high nutritional value for the human body.
Perilla is suitable for sowing in the spring from March to April, when the seeds have good germination and can take advantage of their own growth characteristics, allowing the seeds to grow smoothly under natural conditions.
A. Nutritional value of perilla
The young leaves of perilla are rich in nutrients, containing protein, fat, soluble sugar, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and selenium.
In addition, the leaves contain volatile oil, containing perilla aldehyde, perillyl alcohol, menthone, menthol, clove oil phenol and leucovorinone, which has a specific aroma and antiseptic effect.
Perilla is mainly edible young leaves, which can be eaten raw or made into soup. Perilla can not only be eaten leaves, its seeds are also edible because of its high protein, gluten, vitamin E, vitamin B1, linolenic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, sterols, phospholipids and other components, and has a therapeutic effect on cough, phlegm, asthma, gas, constipation, etc.
B. Perilla has five “miraculous effects”
1, the treatment of wind and cold.
Perilla is warm, pungent, and has the effect of regulating qi and stomach. Perilla leaf is very effective in treating wind-cold, cold and fever, cough and asthma. If you accidentally get a wind-cold cold, you can take some perilla leaves to boil water and drink.
Perilla can help to improve the wind-cold cold and also help to strengthen the body, so the index is very high value for human health and beneficial for getting better and better.
2, to relieve the discomfort of seafood allergy symptoms.
Because seafood also has high protein, some people stimulate the human body after the allergic phenomenon is easy to appear. The most common is abdominal pain diarrhea and other can adhere to the Perilla and ginger boiled water together, can help improve allergy symptoms.
3, relieve pregnancy vomiting.
Perilla is a very nice fragrant ingredients, can be paired with Chen Pi, sand and other herbs, can effectively relieve the symptoms of vomiting and chest tightness during pregnancy, can also play a role in calming the fetal movement, so if a pregnant woman vomiting or chest tightness and other discomfort, you can insist on drinking some perilla water, the symptoms will be effectively relieved.
4, the role of the nervous system.
Perilla leaf aqueous extract and perilla aldehyde both have prolonged the effect of barbiturate-induced sleep in male rats given. The aqueous extract had an inhibitory effect on locomotor activity in rats, but the inhibitory effect of perilla aldehyde was not significant.
The methanolic extract of perilla leaves also prolonged the hypnotic effect of cycloheximide by gavage in mice. Perilla aldehyde isolated from perilla leaves has sedative activity, and perilla aldehyde and dousterol have synergistic effects.
5, perilla can promote the secretion of digestive juices.
Perilla, can enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, perilla ketone as perilla leaves in the promotion of small intestinal peristalsis of the active ingredient, it may be through excitation of small intestinal ring muscle, and promote intestinal contents through the small intestine.
Therefore, often drink some purple yam infused water, more help to promote digestion and absorption, for strong stomach function is helpful, so that the gastrointestinal function is stronger.
C. How to eat purple sorrel
◆Cold Blanch it in boiling water and season it with salt, MSG, soy sauce and sesame oil and then you can eat it.
◆Cook porridge Perilla porridge can assist in treating wind-cold and cold, chest discomfort.
◆Brew tea Brew perilla fresh leaves with boiling water and add sugar to make perilla drink, which can help digestion and prevent summer heat.
D. Although perilla is good, but pay attention to the three taboos, do not wait until you get sick anxious
Some people think that since the perilla health value is so high, adhere to drink some perilla water every day, is it able to prevent and control all diseases? In fact, this idea is not feasible, because the perilla contains a lot of oxalic acid, if the long-term intake of excess will have an impact on the digestive system.
Perilla can only achieve the effect of health, but want to cure disease through self-reporting is firmly not feasible, I hope you can treat this matter rationally, otherwise it will bring negative impact on the body.
In addition, people who are allergic to perilla itself should avoid consuming it to reduce the appearance of allergic symptoms. Especially after the use of Perilla, the appearance of hives and other conditions, more likely to harm physical and mental health.
As a reminder, people with weak stomach and intestines themselves, or people with frequent abdominal pain and diarrhea, are not recommended to eat large amounts of perilla, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms and is not conducive to getting better.
E. Preservation of perilla
The preservation of perilla also varies according to the purpose. For cooking, wipe the water on the leaves piece by piece, wrap it with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator freezer (8℃-10℃), which can be kept for about 1 week.
Used for pickling and making drinks, powder pastry, etc. of perilla, just put in a cool dry place to keep, leaf water loss does not affect the efficacy. Perilla does have a certain health value for the human body, but I hope you treat it rationally.