Wild Perilla

Wild Perilla

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] Agastache rugosa.

[source] it is the whole plant of Rabdosia tenuifolia.

[plant morphology] rabdosia gracilis

Erect perennial herbs. Stem tetragonal, purplish red, hairy. The leaves are opposite, ovate, apex acuminate, base nearly truncated, downward extending into petiole, winged, margin serrate, tooth tip with protrusion, green above and light green below, both sides covered with fine hairs; petiole long. Inflorescence: panicle; flowers purplish red; calyx 5-lobed; corolla lip shaped, lower lip longer than upper lip, boat shaped, entire, upper lip 4-lobed, lobes reflexed; stamens 4, 2 of which are longer, slightly protruding from corolla.

Born in the earth ridge, mountain shade. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and southwest China.

[collection] harvest after autumn.

[nature and taste] mild in nature, bitter and pungent in taste.

Functions and indications: relieving exterior, dispersing cold and eliminating rheumatism.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat wind cold: Wild sumac, orange shell, yangquehuagen, Sanguisorba officinalis and honeysuckle. Take it in boiling water.

② Treatment of vomiting, diarrhea: Wild perilla hemp, perilla, paomei each three money, Yama thorn five money. Take it in boiling water.

③ Treatment of rheumatism (numbness, itching): Wild Suma, honeysuckle vine, wild prickly ash (whole grass) each, fried and washed.

Chinese PinYin : Ye Su Ma