Perilla

• Uses
• Benefits
• Cautions
• Other Names
• References

Uses

• Perilla is an herb. The leaf and seed are used to make medicine.
• Perilla leaves are used in Chinese medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments, as well as in Asian cooking as a garnish and as a possible antidote to food poisoning.
• Perilla is used for treating asthma. It is also used for nausea, sunstroke, inducing sweating, and to reduce muscle spasms.
• In foods, perilla is used as a flavoring.
• In manufacturing, perilla seed oil is used commercially in the production of varnishes, dyes, and inks.

Benefits

• Leaf extracts have shown antioxidant, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, anorexigenic, and tumor-preventing properties.
• Perilla contains chemicals that might decrease swelling and affect other chemicals that cause asthma symptoms.

Cautions

• Perilla is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when taken by mouth for up to 8 months. When put on the skin, perilla can cause an allergic skin reaction and rash.

Other Names

Basilic Japonais, Beefsteak Plant, Dentidia nankinensis, Huile de Graines de Pérille, Huile de Graines de Shiso, Huile de Pérille, Huile de Shiso, Japanese Basil, Menthe Pourpre, Ocimum frutescens, Perilla arguta, Perilla frutescens, Perilla nankinensis, Perilla ocymoides, Perilla Oil, Perilla Seed Oil, Pérille, Pérille de Nankin, Pérille de Nankin Pourpre, Pérille de Nankin Vert, Purple Mint, Shiso, Shiso Japonais, Silam, Wild Coleus, Zi Su.

References

• Source: WebMD, “Perilla”, www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/
• Source: drugs.com, www.drugs.com/npp/perilla.html