Can I eat basil during menstruation?

Perhaps all of us are not very familiar with Perilla. Perilla is a household dish in Japan, and in our country we generally use Perilla as a traditional Chinese medicine. Perilla has high medicinal value. It is good for treating symptoms such as colds, nausea and vomiting. It can be used to treat symptoms such as spleen and stomach qi stagnation.

So can you eat perilla during menstruation? Although there are many dietary taboos during menstruation, we generally emphasize that you should not eat food that is too hot or too cold, and you should not take medicines that have blood circulation effects.

Nutrition

Perilla is commonly used as a traditional Chinese medicine in China, while the Japanese mostly use it in cooking, especially as an indispensable accompaniment to sashimi. In a few areas of China, it is also used as a vegetable or in tea. Perilla leaves, also known as perilla leaves, have the functions of dispelling cold, promoting qi and harmonizing the stomach. They are mainly used to treat colds, coughs, chest and abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting. The seeds are also called perilla seeds, which have the functions of relieving cough, asthma and expectoration. The whole plant of Perilla can be used to distill Perilla oil, and the oil from the seeds is also called Perilla oil. Long-term consumption of Perilla oil has obvious therapeutic effects on the treatment of coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia.

Perilla has been cultivated in China for about 2,000 years. Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty once recorded: "Perilla has leaves when it is young, which can be eaten with vegetables, or pickled with salt and plum brine, which is very fragrant. It can be made into cooked soup and drunk in summer." It can be seen that perilla is very common in the Chinese diet. Chinese people use perilla to cook various dishes, often serving them with fish and crabs. The dishes include braised fish with perilla, duck with perilla, fried snails with perilla, Su salt pancakes, fried lamb with perilla and lily, and steamed lamb with perilla in a copper basin.

The leaves of the Korean perilla variety are larger, rounder, flatter, and more densely serrated than those of the Japanese green perilla, with one side being purple-red and the other side being green. Koreans use perilla to make kimchi. Canned perilla kimchi is sold in almost all Korean stores around the world. In this can, one red pepper is wrapped around every two perilla leaves. Fresh basil leaves can be used to make salads. Perilla seeds are used as a seasoning for meat dishes and are also used to make perilla sesame salt. Koreans are accustomed to eating barbecue with fresh perilla leaves or chili leaves, and there is a craze among Koreans to use perilla leaves to supplement calcium because perilla leaves are rich in calcium.

Vietnamese people use basil leaves in stews and dishes, or as a garnish on Vietnamese rice noodles. The variety of shiso they use has leaves that are red with green on one side and purple on the other, and has a stronger aroma than the Japanese variety.

Medical

Perilla can not only induce sweating and dispel cold to eliminate external evil, but also promote the flow of qi, relieve fullness, relieve depression and stop vomiting. Therefore, this product is very suitable for those with wind-cold external symptoms accompanied by chest tightness and vomiting; or for those with no external symptoms but symptoms of qi stagnation, it can also be used to promote circulation. If combined with Patchouli and Tangerine Peel, it can relieve exterior symptoms and harmonize the middle; if combined with Pinellia and Magnolia Bark, it can relieve depression and relieve chest tightness.

Used for colds and wind-colds: Perilla can dispel superficial cold and has a strong sweating ability. It is used for superficial symptoms of wind-cold, such as aversion to cold, fever, and no sweating. It is often used together with ginger. If the superficial symptoms are accompanied by qi stagnation, it can be used together with Cyperus rotundus, dried tangerine peel, etc.

Used for chest tightness, nausea and other symptoms: Perilla is used for spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest tightness, nausea, regardless of whether there are external symptoms or not. It can be used for its effect of promoting qi and relieving fullness. Clinically, it is often used in combination with Patchouli.

Above we introduced what perilla is. We know that perilla has very high edible value and medicinal value. Perilla is a very famous dish in Japan, but we in China use perilla as traditional Chinese medicine. Perilla has very high medicinal effects, so you can eat perilla during menstruation.