Common Perilla Leaf
Folium Perillae
Bai Su Ye

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; warm

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To course wind and diffuse lung, rectify qi and disperse food, resolve toxin of fish and crab.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold due to wind-cold, cough and asthma, distention and oppression in stomach duct and abdomen, non-digestion of food accumulation, vomiting and diarrhea, cold dysentery, po isoning of fish or crab, genital swelling, leg qi with swelling toxin, snake or insect bites.