The countryside is blessed with a unique natural environment, there are countless plants, some plants and even rural people are called names, but their use and value have gradually been discovered and utilized, adding infinite beauty to human life, I don't know if you have found such a wild grass in the countryside, it is like crazy long amaranth, the whole plant is sparsely hairy, the leaves are broad ovate or round, the leaf surface is green or purple, some people use its leaves to make food, some people use its leaves to stew meat, and some people use its leaves to cook soup to wash their faces, It is perilla, what is the value?
What is Perilla?
Perilla belongs to the labial family of plants, annual herbaceous plants, the leaves are purple on both sides or the upper surface is green, the lower surface is purple, the sparse gray-white hairs, the middle of the stem section has a marrow, the air is fragrant, the taste is slightly spicy, it blooms in August to November every year, and it bears fruit in August-December, the perilla is very adaptable to the environment, almost all the land can grow, widely planted in China, because some varieties of perilla have all-green leaves, some leaves are all purple, so some people have called the green leaf perilla as white suss, but now it is uniformly called perilla.
About the origin of the name of perilla, there is an ancient story, legend has it that one year Chongyang Festival, Hua Tuo came to town to eat wine, found a young man to eat a lot of crabs, he advised him to eat less, we all know, crabs are cold, eat more stomach will not be overwhelmed, but young people do not listen to discouragement, insist on eating, about a quarter of an hour, young people hurt on the ground straight rolling, Hua Tuo from the nearby field to pick a few pieces of purple leaves, let the boss boil a few soup, young people drink down the stomach does not hurt, because the leaves are purple, drink down the stomach is comfortable, Hua Tuo called it "Zi Shu", and when it passed it on, it became "Shiso".
What is the value of perilla?
In ancient times, perilla is known as the lyre, in our country has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years, since ancient times, perilla as a medicinal and spice is well known, Li Shizhen "Compendium of Materia Medica" "Su is a type of lynx, and the taste is more spicy as gui, so "Erya" is called "cinnamon", it can be seen that the ancient people have long studied the medicinal properties of perilla very thoroughly, its stems and leaves and fruits can be used to make medicine, especially the leaves are called "immortal leaves", why is this?
The original perilla leaves contain volatile leaf essential oil, the main ingredient is perilla aldehyde, L-limonene and α - pinene a small amount, can be used to remove the fishy smell of the fish, so when making fish put a little perilla leaves can go fishy, and contains special substances, in the stew can increase the aroma of meat, much loved, its leaves are young, can be used as vegetables to eat, rich in nutrition, which contains protein, fat, soluble sugar and a variety of essential trace elements, can improve human immunity, its seeds are also called wild hemp seeds, Iron suzi can be used to squeeze oil, the name suzi oil, that is, for human consumption, and can be used as an industrial preservative, the use value is very high.
Why is perilla called a fairy leaf?
Perilla because the stems and leaves, seeds can be put into medicine, so every Year around September, when the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the inflorescence has just grown, this time the harvest is the best, wash and put the ventilation place in the shade, and then the leaves can be picked for backup, as early as the Song Dynasty, perilla was set as "soup drink first" by the Hanlin Medical Hospital, there is a special name called Xiangsu drink, which can relieve the heat and get wet; why does someone use it to boil water to wash their face? Because perilla has antioxidant function, can resist skin dryness, delay the function of skin aging, can cure acne on the face, the effect is very good, in Thailand there is a particularly valuable mask is perilla mask, so people call it "fairy leaf".
In summary, perilla is very common in the countryside, people often cut it to feed livestock, do not know that it is a "fairy leaf", when young as a vegetable to eat, when ripe can be used as medicine, its use is very extensive, this is also nature's gift to human beings, do you know other roles of perilla? Let's talk about it.