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Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Perilla, Shiso

  • Botanical Name

    Perilla frutescens

  • Part Used

    Leaf

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Monograph

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  • Alcohol

    35%

  • Dose

    30 to 70mL weekly

Used medicinally for centuries by Eastern herbalists for eczema, dermatitis and allergies associated with excessive mucous including hay fever, sinusitis, asthma and bronchitis.

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Perilla and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Perilla has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for treating various diseases including depression, anxiety, tumours, cough, allergy, intoxication and some intestinal disorders. Asian herbalists prescribe perilla for cough and lung afflictions, influenza prevention, restless foetus, seafood poisoning and incorrect energy balance and leaves of the plants are used in traditional Japanese herbal medicine, known as Kampo medicine. Perilla is listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and has been used for centuries there in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a medicinal plant for asthma, influenza, cough, chronic bronchitis and vomiting. 

  • Actions

    Antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antidepressant, antidiabetic

  • Indications

    •    Hay fever (allergic rhinitis), asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, allergies associated with excessive mucous.
    •    Eczema, dermatitis

  • Energetics

    Warming, pungent

  • Use in Pregnancy

    Traditionally it has been used for morning sickness and to prevent threatened miscarriage. Limited information is available to determine whether perilla is safe, or unsafe, during pregnancy therefore it should be used under supervision.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    None known.

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with antihistamines

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Baical Scullcap, Nettle Leaf, Albizia, Eyebright