[概况]紫苏又名赤苏、红苏,为唇形科紫苏属,一年生草本植物紫苏[Perilla frutescens(L)Britt Var Crispa(Thunb)Decne]以种子、茎杆、叶或全草入药,性能散寒解表,理气宽中,可用于风寒感冒、头痛咳嗽、胸腹胀满。苏子可用于化痰止咳,降气定喘;苏叶可用于风寒感冒鼻塞头重,解蟹毒;苏梗可用于胸闷不安,气滞朘胀,妊娠呕吐,胎动不安。[生长发育习性]全国各地均有栽培种,在江南地区多野生于山区沟边路旁,对气候土壤要求均不严格,一般土壤均可栽培,但以排水良好、疏松肥沃的砂壤土最好。用 Perilla frutescens (L) Britt Var Crispa (Thunb) Decne] with the seeds, stems, leaves or whole plant Medicine, the performance of cold solution table, qi wide, can be used for cold and flu, headache, cough, abdominal fullness. Su child can be used to Huatanzhike, reducing gas and asthma; Su Ye can be used for cold and cold nasal congestion head weight, crab poison; the Soviet Union stems can be used for chest tightness, qi stagnation, pregnancy vomiting, fetal movement. [Growth and development of habit] There are cultivars throughout the country, more wild in the southern region of the mountain ditch along the edge of the road, the climate and soil requirements are not strict, the general soil can be cultivated, but good drainage, loose and fertile sandy loam is best . use