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Cultibated Purple Perilla Leaf

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Perillae Folium

Chinese Name

紫苏叶

Category

Leaves

Cultibated Purple Perilla LeafMore Info

Production Regions

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Hebei, Hubei.

Macroscopic Features

Dried intact leaves are oval or round oval, often wrinkled, or broken, both sides are brownish-purple, or upper surface is grayish-green, lower surface is brownish-purple, both sides are covered in loose hairs; tip is pointed, edges have saw-teeth, base is sub-round, with petiole, thin and brittle texture. Crushed pieces are often mixed with tiny stems. Stem is square columnar, with grooves, outer skin is yellowish-purple, sometimes falls off, xylem is yellowish-white, and center has white loose pith. Aromatic odor, slightly acrid taste.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material has large leaf, purple color, unbroken, potent aroma, without branches.

Properties

Acrid, slightly warm.

Functions

Resolves exterior, disperses cold, moves qi, harmonizes ying. Apply to exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, fear of cold and fever, cough, headache without sweat, panting, chest and abdominal distention and fullness, vomit and diarrhea, obstruction in throat, hyperemesis gravidarum, threatened miscarriage, over indulgence of fish and crab.

Origin

The dried leaf of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt.(Lamiaceae)

Cultibated Purple Perilla LeafHerbs in the formula

Agastache Qi-Correcting Powder

Action：Releases the exterior and removes dampness, rectifies qi and harmonizes the center.

Indication：Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San is indicated for the contraction of exogenous wind-cold and internal damage by internal dampness. The symptoms include aversion to co1d with fever, headache, chest and diaphragm distension and depression, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, bowel sounds and diarrhea. The tongue has a white, greasy tongue coating. It can also be used to treat conditions that are contracted from the clouds and mists in the mountains, malaria, etc.

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Ginseng and Perilla Beverage

Action：Boosts qi, releases the exterior, rectifies qi, and dissolves phlegm.

Indication：This formula is indicated for a pattern of qi deficiency with contraction of external wind-cold, complicated by interior phlegm-dampness. Signs and symptoms include aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweat, headache, stuffy nose, cough, white phlegm, distended and suppressed chest and abdomen, fatigue, lassitude, short of breath, dislike of speaking, a white tongue coating, and a weak pulse.

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Cyperus and Perilla Powder

Action：Scatters and dissipates external wind wind-cold, rectifies qi and harmonizes the middle jiao.

Indication：Xiang Su San is indicated for an externally contracted wind-cold with qi constraint pattern. Signs and symptoms are aversion to cold, general fever, headache, absence of sweating, chest and epigastric fullness and distress, lack of appetite, a thin and white tongue coating and a superficial pulse.

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Apricot Kernel and Perilla Powder

Action：Relieves cool-dryness by light diffusion, regulates lung function, and dissolves phlegm.

Indication：Xing Su San is indicated for patterns of externally-contracted cool-dryness. The symptoms are aversion to cold, mild headache, coughing with scanty sputum, stuffy nose, and a dry throat. The tongue coating is white, and the pulse is wiry.

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Pinellia and Officinal Magnolia Bark Decoction

Action：Moves qi and dissipates masses, directs counterflow downward and dissolves phlegm.

Indication：Ban Xia Hou Po Tang is indicated for plum-stone qi (globus hystericus). The symptoms are fullness and tightness in the chest and diaphragm, coughing, and vomiting. The tongue coating is white and moist or white and glossy. The pulse is wiry and slow or wiry and slippery.

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