The leaves are boiled or eaten fresh or in fish chowders. The leaf is also used as a seasoning similar to mint throughout East Asia. The seeds are boiled to make a porridge. Vernacular names - Perilla , Purple Perilla . Seeds are roasted and mixed with rice congee.
Oil is expressed from seeds.
Chemical composition similar to Perilla nankinensis . Vernacular name - White Perilla . Plectranthus longitubus , Miq. Pogostemon parviflorus , Benth. Salvia japonica , Thunb.