初识紫苏,是在品尝西餐时。当下也有一些新派中式餐厅,将紫苏作为调味的香草使用。在西方人眼中,紫苏、迷迭香就是类似中餐里葱、姜、蒜一样的角色,种上一两盆在厨房的窗台上,烹饪时,随手摘下几片叶子,既可为菜品增香去腥,又有点缀之功。在我国,紫苏则是历史悠久的中药材,药用远多于食用,位列我国卫生部首批颁布的既是食品又是药品的中药材名单之中。 First met Perilla, is tasting Western food. There are also some new Chinese restaurant now, the use of basil as seasoned vanilla. In the eyes of Westerners, perilla, rosemary is similar to Chinese food onions, ginger, garlic, the same role, one or two pots planted in the kitchen windowsill, cooking, readily remove a few leaves, both for food by Hong to fishy, ​​but also embellishment of the power. In China, perilla is a long history of Chinese herbal medicine, medicinal far more than food, ranked in the first batch of China’s Ministry of Health promulgated both the food is a list of Chinese herbal medicines among the drugs.