喜溫暖、濕潤氣候, 在陽光充足的環境下生長旺盛。一年生草本或亞灌木。

Like warm, humid climate, vigorous growth in the sunny environment. Annual herb or subshrub.

單葉對生, 圓卵形。

Single leaf opposite, oval

花序呈垂繖花序, 開花期 7-9 月。

Inflorescence was parachutes, flowering between July and September.

小堅果, 果期 9~11月。

Small nuts, fruit between September and November

葉、莖、子: 芳香。行氣健胃、解毒袪寒。

Leaves, stems, sub: aromatic. Detoxification.

發汗解熱，祛痰鎮咳，健胃，利尿，解毒，鎮痛，止嘔，安胎功效

Antipyretic fever, expectorant cough, stomach, diuretic, detoxification, analgesic, antiemetic, tocolysis

葉花蒸餾精油可作為牙膏、清潔劑及化妝品等芳香原料。亦可供作香煙及其他甘香味料，並具有殺菌性，做為醬油、醃漬物等之防腐劑。

The essential oil can be used for toothpaste, detergent and some cosmetics’ aromatic raw materials. It can also be cigarette and other spices, it can be used for sterilization and soy sauces’ preservative.

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Q1. The leaves can be used for spices. What is the value of the spices?

Answer: The spices can relax nervous system.

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Q2. Where is the original place that can mainly find Perilla frutescens?

Answer: They are mainly find in Southeast Asia.

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Q3. Write down 3 uses of Perilla frutescens.

Answer: Eatting, medicial, farming

一年生芳香草本

Annual aromatic herb 30-200cm high.

葉片闊卵形、圓形或卵狀三角形，長4-13厘米，寬2.5-10厘米

Leaves opposite; petiole length 3-5cm, purplish red or green, covered with long hair on the node; leaf blade broadly ovate, rounded or ovate-triangular with length of 4-13cm, width 2.5-10cm.

由2花組成偏向一側成假總狀花序。苞片圓形或寬卵形。花期6-8月。

2 flowers composition that deviates to one side into false raceme. bract orbicular or broadly ovate. Flowering: June to August

小堅果灰褐色，近球形，直徑1-1.3毫米，有網紋，果萼長約10毫米。果期7-9月。

Nutlet greyish brown, subglobose with a diameter of 1-1.3mm, netted, calyx ca. 10mm long. Fruiting: July to September.

辛，溫。

紫蘇葉: 散寒解表，宣肺化痰。

紫蘇子: 降氣，消痰。

紫蘇梗: 理氣寬中，安胎，和血。

Pungent, warm.

Leaf: dispelling cold, relieving exterior syndrome.

Seed: reducing qi, anti-inflammatory.

Stem: promoting circulation alleviating middle energizer, preventing miscarriage and regulating blood circulation.

紫蘇葉: 風寒表證，咳嗽痰多。

紫蘇子: 痰壅氣逆，咳嗽氣喘

紫蘇梗: 胃氣滯，脘腹痞滿，胎氣不和

Folium perillae: exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, coughing with asthma.

Perilla seed: adverse rising of qi due to stagnation of phlegm, dyspnea and cough.

Common perilla stem: gastric qi stagnation, fullness of chest and abdomen, disharmony of fetal qi

紫蘇身體有許多益處，不只能中藥，還能夠利用它泡澡，當飲料喝可止咳化痰，也可去腥解毒，更能增添食物的香味

Common Perilla benefits us a lot. Besides using it as medicinal herbs, we can utilize it for bathing, use it as drinks, and even for cooking.

Answer: Common Perilla are used to treat exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, coughing with asthma, adverse rising of qi due to stagnation of phlegm, dyspnea and cough, gastric qi stagnation, fullness of chest and abdomen, disharmony of fetal qi, etc.

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Leaves: Harvested when branches and leaves are flourishing, placed on ground or hang on drafty area and dried in shade, picked off leave when dried.

Fruits: collected when fruits become mature, removed foreign matters, and sun-dried.

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Leaves: Treat common cold and pyrexia: common perilla leaves, divaricate saposhnikovia root, szechwan lovage rhizome ligusticum 1.5 qian each, orange peel 1 qian, ural licorice 6 fen, add fresh ginger 2 pieces, decoct and swallow.

Seeds: Treat lingering infantile cough, senile cough: perillae fructus 1 qian, bada apricot seed 1 liang (remove peel, apex), add white honey 2 qian for old people, grind into powder. Adults take 3 qian each time, and infants take 1 qian. swallow with plain boiling water.

Stalk: Treat edema: common perilla stalk 8 qian, garlic root 3 qian, zhejiang peel 5 qian, white gourd peel 5 qian, decoct in water and swallow.