Lily has been used to treat diseases for more than 2000 years in China. Lily was first recorded in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, Compendium of Materia Medica, Compendium of Materia Medica and so on. Sweet, slightly cold, belonging to the lung and heart meridian, it can moisten the lung and relieve cough, clear the heart and soothe the nerves. It is mainly used for treating cough due to lung heat, fatigue cough, hemoptysis, dysphoria, palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess. Lily bulbs contain colchicine, starch, protein, fat and other alkaloids. With the in-depth study of chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of lily, the scope of efficacy of lily has become more extensive, and its main effects are as follows.

be anticancer

Lily contains many active alkaloids. In vitro tissue culture with the concentration of 1 μ g/ml can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and has obvious anti-cancer effect. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that lily has a strong inhibitory effect on experimental mouse sarcoma-180 and cervical tumor-14. Studies have confirmed that eating lily is helpful to enhance physical fitness, inhibit the growth of tumor cells and alleviate the reaction to radiotherapy. For example, adding coix seed can improve the anti-cancer ability.

Enhance immune function

Protein, amino acids and polysaccharides in lily can improve human immunity. Taking lily water extract twice a day for 10 days can significantly enhance the vitality of the body, inhibit the delayed allergic reaction caused by 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene, and significantly increase the number of white blood cells in peripheral blood. Co-culture of lily polysaccharide 250 μ g/ml with lymphocytes can significantly promote the synthesis of DNA and RNA and improve the survival rate of lymphocytes.

Sedation and hypnosis

Lily contains lilioside, which has sedative and hypnotic effects. Experiments show that taking lily soup before going to bed every night can obviously improve sleep and improve sleep quality.

Adjuvant treatment of gout attack

Lily is rich in colchicine, which can be used for adjuvant treatment of joint pain caused by gout. Colchicine does not affect the excretion of uric acid, but reduces the urate deposition formed by uric acid by inhibiting the activity of white blood cells and phagocytes, which plays a rapid anti-inflammatory and effective analgesic role and has an auxiliary treatment effect on acute joint inflammation caused by gout attack.

Fatigue resistance and pressure resistance

Lily contains minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, which can promote human nutrition metabolism, enhance human anti-fatigue and hypoxia ability, remove harmful substances in the body and delay aging.

Protect gastric mucosa

Lily contains pectin and phospholipids, which can protect gastric mucosa and treat stomach diseases after taking it.

2. Lady Enforcers

Lady Enforcers finger food meat

Exercise:

1. Soak and wash Lady Enforcers, wring out water and cut into sections.

2. Wash figs, candied dates and apricots slightly.

3. Wash the lean meat out of the water.

4. Pour a proper amount of water into the pot and bring it to a boil. Add all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Turn to slow fire for 3 hours and season with salt.

Practice of Lady Enforcers Pork Belly Soup

Lady Enforcers 1 2 (about 40g), pork belly 1, dried tangerine peel 1/6, 4 candied dates, and 2 spoonfuls of north and south almonds.

1, soak Lady Enforcers in clear water, scrape off the capsule and wash it.

2. Soak the dried tangerine peel with clear water, scrape off the capsule and wash it.

3. Wash the pork belly with clear water until there is no peculiar smell, put it in boiling water for 10 minute, take it out and wash it, drain the water, fry both sides in a white wok (that is, there is no oil in the wok) for a while, then take it out and wash it again.

4. Boil a proper amount of water, add Lady Enforcers, pork tripe, pericarp, candied dates and apricot, then simmer for 3 hours and season with salt.

Remarks: 1. Lady Enforcers can be bought in Chinese medicine shops.

5. Put the pork belly into a white wok (that is, there is no oil in the wok) and fry until cooked. Water can be removed to remove the fishy smell of pork belly.

Soak Lady Enforcers in white soup.

Ingredients: a preserved egg (chopped), a white egg, a little shredded pork, 5 pieces of fried garlic, a little fresh mushrooms and a little shredded ginger.

First, cut Lady Enforcers into strips and boil Lady Enforcers. Add a little salt to boiling water to reduce the sour taste of Lady Enforcers.

Then add water to the above materials and cook the soup until it is white.

Note: Don't add egg whites until the soup is cooked.

The soup tastes stronger, or Lady Enforcers will be tasteless. )

One more thing, Lady Enforcers needs fresh food.

But! ! ! ! ! ! Lady Enforcers is cold, so you shouldn't eat more. 》》

3. Peony flower

Peony has had the reputation of "national beauty and fragrance" and "king of flowers" since ancient times. Liu Yuxi's poem "Appreciating Peony" in Tang Dynasty said: "Only peony is the true national color, and the capital moves when it blooms." Every time, "Three Dynasties in Grain Rain admire peony", the sea of flowers is like a flower, and the crowds are like a tide. "Flowers bloom and fall for 20 days, and people in a city are crazy."

According to legend, Wu Zetian "visited the backyard, all flowers were in bloom, and the peony was late and was demoted to Luoyang." This is the folk story of Wu Zetian's demotion of peony. Who knows that this autumn has made Luoyang Peony the best in the world.

Peony not only has huge flowers, luxurious charm, gorgeous colors and noble demeanor, but also has high edible and medicinal value.

Peony has a long history in China. According to historical records, the consumption of peony flowers began in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, there had been a relatively complete raw material formula and production method. There are more than 20 methods of making peony soup in Yang Xiaolu in Qing Dynasty, which are exquisite in cooking and fine in workmanship. According to the Record of Raising Young Children, "Peony petals can be boiled in soup, soaked in honey or preserved in marinade." There are many kinds of flowers such as peony and chrysanthemum in Huang Yungu's "Zhou Pu Hui Yao". Peony petals and pollen can be used to make health food and drink, and are also important raw materials for preparing high-grade cosmetics.

As the saying goes, "There is a hundred herbs garden at home, Dr. Mo Wen." Peony is also an important medicinal material widely used in China. According to Wei's "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing", "Peony tastes bitter and cold, and deer, leek and mouse were born in a valley." Dozens of medical bamboo slips were found in the tombs of the early Eastern Han Dynasty excavated in Wuwei, Gansu Province, among which peony was recorded to cure "blood stasis".

Peony bark made from peony root is a precious Chinese herbal medicine. Slightly cold, pungent and non-toxic. Entering the heart, liver and kidney meridians, it has the functions of dispersing blood, clearing blood, clearing heat, relieving pain and dredging collaterals. It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, which is beneficial to health and prolongs life after long-term administration. In the treatment of acute urticaria's disease, hepatitis, Japanese encephalitis, neurasthenia, infertility, breast lump, coronary heart disease, leukemia and other prescriptions, there is no lack of peony bark. According to the latest research results, Cortex Moutan contains 13 kinds of essential amino acids and anticancer substances.

There are peony tremella soup, peony flower slices, peony tenderloin silk and peony petal wine in the menu. In some places, peony petals are stewed with meat into gravy peony, and then fried with lotus seed meat. Its color is delicious. These dishes with peony as the main raw material are not only delicious, refreshing and delicious, but also beneficial to the people, and also have good dietotherapy effect, which is favored by consumers at home and abroad.

Step 4: in addition

Chimonanthus praecox is warm, non-toxic, drinkable and medicinal, and has the effect of relieving summer heat and promoting fluid production. Hibiscus can clear away heat and cool blood, and can be taken orally. White orchid, pomegranate flower, forsythia flower, honeysuckle flower, hibiscus flower, osmanthus fragrans, rose and jasmine flower are all nontoxic, edible and can be used as medicine.

Fragrant flowers are: jasmine, narcissus, rose, osmanthus, Daphne, orchid, white orchid, lily, clove, smile, honeysuckle, Milan and so on.

The whole herb of Abelmoschus manihot is used as medicine, and the roots, leaves and flower seeds are used as medicine for oral administration, mainly for relaxing bowels. External use of flowers or leaves to treat carbuncle, swelling, sores, bee and scorpion stings; Radical treatment of enteritis and dysentery. Its seedlings can be eaten as vegetables; Peeled stems can be used as ropes.

Sunflowers can also be used for Chinese herbal medicine and beauty. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, it has developed into a green food, and many delicious dishes cooked with its flowers have become characteristic foods with high nutritional content. It has many uses, such as food, medicine, beauty and appreciation.

Winter coral can be used as medicine, but it is poisonous. Oleander, corn poppy, Roman, narcissus, etc. They are all toxic and cannot be imported. Flowers sold in the market should not be used for cooking at will. Because it is necessary to prevent pesticides.

Cauliflower rose in China as early as 2000 years ago. In Qu Yuan's Lisao, there is a description that "Mulan falls early and chrysanthemums fall late". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, flower-eating was popular in the royal family. After the publication of Lin Hong's monograph Shan Jia Qing Gong in Song Dynasty, Biography of Flowers was gradually introduced to the people, and it is still widely circulated today.

It is reported that Empress Dowager Cixi is fond of flowers. She dried roses, jasmine flowers and wild winter flowers and mixed them with tea to drink. She often orders the chef to pick flowers and cook delicious food. Empress Dowager Cixi invented a sweet sauce made of roses and sugar, which was delicious in flavor and taste. In summer, she asked the chef to collect many fresh lotus flowers, peel off the most complete petals, soak them in flour mixed with eggs, add chicken soup or refined sugar, divide them into sweet and salty ones, and fry them thoroughly in an oil pan to make very delicious snacks. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, when the tall magnolia trees in the palace are in full bloom, the plump petals will be picked and sent to the chef, and fried into sweet magnolia slices according to the method of processing lotus flowers for Cixi to enjoy at any time.

Flowers have become delicious food for gourmets because of their unique nutritional, cosmetic and medical values. Modern nutritionists believe that flowers are mostly rich in nutrients such as starch, fat and protein, and also contain trace elements such as vitamins, zinc, iron and potassium, and phytochemicals beneficial to human body. Moreover, cauliflower is fragrant, fresh and delicious, rich in amino acids and vitamins, not only rich in nutritional value, but also beautiful and novel in appearance.

Eating flowers is a good way to beauty and skin care. Peach blossom, for example, contains a variety of nutrients, which can improve blood circulation, promote skin nutrition and oxygen supply, and moisturize the skin. It also contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can prevent the chronic deposition of melanin on the skin and effectively remove chloasma, freckles and dark spots. Plant proteins and free amino acids in peach blossoms are easily absorbed by the skin, which is effective in preventing and treating dryness, roughness and wrinkles of the skin. Pear is white in color, crystal beautiful, simple and pure, and bitter and fragrant in taste. External use can remove acne, make skin shiny, and make facial skin delicate, white and smooth as jade.

Taking flowers into dishes is not only good in color, smell and taste, but also conducive to stimulating appetite. More importantly, it is a simple and cheap way to treat some minor illnesses. There are more than 2,200 kinds of drugs listed in the book National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine, of which about 1/3 are flowers. Canna, for example, its roots can be used as medicine to promote blood circulation, diuresis, soothe the nerves and lower blood pressure. Lily, as a kind of medicinal material with bulbs, has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, clearing heart fire and calming nerves. Mainly used for treating lung cancer with chronic cough, hematemesis, residual heat after fever, mental fatigue, fright and trance. Jasmine can relieve summer heat and ease the mood; Chrysanthemum can refresh the brain, clear the liver and improve eyesight.

In addition, the fragrance of flowers can also cure diseases. It is found that the fragrance of more than 300 kinds of flowers contains different fungicides, many of which are beneficial to human body, and different floral scents have adjuvant therapeutic effects on different diseases.

Spring is the season when flowers bloom. There are many edible flowers, such as Magnolia, Rose, Rose, Pear, Yang Shuhua, Honeysuckle and Sophora japonica.

According to Professor Du, the chief nutritionist of the Nutrition Department of Qianfoshan Hospital in Shandong Province, not all flowers can cook, so when choosing cauliflower, we must first determine whether it is non-toxic. For example, some flowers, such as oleander, Datura stramonium, single flower and poinsettia, contain harmful ingredients and cannot be eaten at will. At the same time, the starch and sugar of flowers are relatively high, so they can be imported and taste good. Usually considered as official vegetables, taro flower, leek flower, lily flower, pumpkin flowers, magnolia flower, wisteria flower, Sophora japonica flower, lotus flower, plantain flower, etc. In addition, roses, chrysanthemums, epiphyllum, kapok, jasmine, orchids, osmanthus and so on are all beauty products.

These beautiful and fragrant flowers and dishes are not for everyone. The human body is different, and everyone's skin color, skin quality and physique are different. Even if flowers (non-toxic and therapeutic) are helpful to people, they can't be the same. If some guests are allergic to pollen, they can only sigh at the ocean. Relatively speaking, edible flowers are still a small number, and it is best to eat them under the guidance of professionals. Most flowers can't be eaten casually. For some people who want to cook flowers and vegetables at home, it is particularly important to find out whether the selected flowers can be eaten in their mouths and which parts they should eat before starting work. Even different varieties of the same flower have different effects. Eating poisonous flowers by mistake can cause allergic and toxic reactions. In addition, the flowers in restaurants are generally directly supplied by the ecological park, which is a green food specially cultivated for cooking. However, most of the flowers sold in the market have pesticide and fertilizer residues, which are not suitable for eating. It is best to choose the flowers planted at home to be more assured. At the same time, the cooking of flowers should generally be light, not fried or overweight, and the color and fragrance of flowers should be kept as much as possible.

Eating flowers not only looks pleasing to the eye, but also feels very good when eaten in the mouth after frying, which can be described as "three clean": crisp, fragrant and light.

When tasting flowers and dishes, we mainly eat blooming petals, or use sugar stains, or salt, or hot water, or fresh into the pot, stir-fry and make desserts or stews. For example, peony flowers can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as frying, burning, frying and making soup, all of which can be delicious. For example, peony flowers and meat are stewed together to make "gravy peony", which is bright in color and delicious. Peony wrapped in flour fried to eat, delicious and attractive; When making peony flower tremella soup, sprinkle some peony petals, which are bright and fragrant, and make people have an appetite. Besides, fried fish fillets with peony and fried duck ribs with peony are also seasonal delicacies. Peach blossom can be made into seasonal food, such as stewed hibiscus with peach blossom and crab roe, boiled bullfrog with peach perfume, boiled fresh fish with peach blossom and so on. Sophora japonica can be steamed with salt, pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, wormwood and other seasonings, which can be eaten as a meal or as a meal.