Perilla frutescens var. crispa (L.) Britton |
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Botanical Name |
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Perilla frutescens var. crispa (L.) Britton |
English
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Beefsteakplant, Purple shiso |
Synonym(s) |
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Perilla ocymoides Linnaeus var. crispa Bentham, Dentidia nankinensis Loureiro, D. purpurascens Persoon, D. purpurea Poiret, Mentha reticulosa Hance, Ocimum crispum Thunberg, Perilla arguta Bentham, Perilla frutescens var. arguta (Bentham) Handel-Mazzetti, Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunberg) Handel-Mazzetti, Perilla frutescens var. nankinensis (Loureiro) Britton, Perilla frutescens var. crispa Deane, Perilla nankinensis (Loureiro) Decaisne, Plectranthus nankinensis (Loureiro) Sprengel. |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Herbs erect. Stems 0.3-2 m tall, green or purple, finely pilose or densely villous. Leaves narrowly serrate, deeply cut, wrinkled, dark reddish purple. Flowers small, 3-8 in a raceme, the corolla white, sometimes tinged red. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antipyretic, bactericide |
Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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The leaves are used to treat common cold with fever, aversion to cold, headache, cough, and stuffy nose, vomiting and tightness in the chest, vomiting during pregnancy, fish or crab poisoning. |
| Reference |
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 Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 470, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.
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