Ginger Sugar Perilla Leaf Drink
[Ingredients] Perilla leaf 3 grams, ginger 10 grams, red sugar 15 grams.
[Preparation] Wash and finely chop ginger and perilla leaf, place in a porcelain cup, add red sugar, pour boiling water, cover tightly, steep for 10 minutes.
[Usage] Two times daily, consume hot.
[Action] Induces sweating, dispels exterior cold, warms the stomach. Suitable for wind-cold common cold; especially appropriate for gastrointestinal type cold with nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, bloating.
[Note] This herbal drink originates from "Compendium of Medicinal Herbs." Ginger is pungent and warm—pungent to disperse wind, warm to expel cold. Perilla leaf is pungent and warm, light in nature, enters the lung to disperse wind-cold and relieve cough; stem enters the spleen and stomach, excels at regulating qi and harmonizing the middle energizer, stabilizing fetus. Thus commonly used for wind-cold cough and spleen-stomach qi stagnation. Additionally, it can detoxify fish and crab.