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What are the benefits of drinking perilla leaf tea?

Jan 20, 2025 Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Introduction
Under normal circumstances, drinking perilla leaf tea offers benefits such as promoting digestion, removing coldness from the body, regulating qi to soothe the stomach, detoxification and anti-inflammation, and improving sleep. Drinking perilla leaf tea can help stimulate gastrointestinal motility and improve digestive function. It can effectively alleviate symptoms such as abdominal distension, nausea, and vomiting caused by stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach. However, it should be consumed in moderation to avoid excessive intake that may cause discomfort.

Generally, the benefits of drinking perilla leaf tea include promoting digestion, dispelling cold, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach, detoxifying and anti-inflammatory effects, and improving sleep. The details are as follows:

1. Promoting Digestion

Drinking perilla leaf tea helps promote gastrointestinal motility and improve digestive function. It can effectively relieve symptoms such as abdominal distension, nausea, and vomiting caused by stagnation of spleen and stomach qi.

2. Dispelling Cold

Perilla leaf has a pungent and warm nature and can dispel wind-cold. For symptoms such as chills, fever, and absence of perspiration caused by wind-cold感冒, drinking perilla leaf tea can help the body expel cold pathogens and alleviate cold symptoms.

3. Regulating Qi and Harmonizing the Stomach

Perilla leaf has a certain effect of regulating qi, which can promote gastrointestinal motility, thereby regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach. Drinking perilla leaf tea helps stimulate the secretion of digestive juices, thus enhancing appetite and improving digestion.

4. Detoxifying and Anti-inflammatory Effects

Perilla leaves contain various active ingredients that have certain antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Drinking perilla leaf tea can inhibit common bacteria such as Escherichia coli, helping to prevent and treat diseases caused by bacterial infections.

5. Improving Sleep

The aromatic components in perilla leaves, such as β-cinnamyl alcohol, have calming and nerve-relaxing effects. Drinking perilla leaf tea helps relieve anxiety, insomnia, and tension, thereby improving sleep quality.

However, it should be consumed in moderation to avoid excessive intake causing physical discomfort. As perilla leaves are warm in nature, individuals with excessive internal heat or yin deficiency constitution should not consume them for prolonged periods.

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