Lily, also known as trumpet and lily garlic, is a perennial herb of Liliaceae, a world-famous flower and a traditional flower in China. Lily's underground bulbs are spherical with white scales, which overlap each other and hug tightly, just like a hundred pieces of synthesis, hence the name Lily. Lily originated in Asia and has been planted in China for more than 1000 years. It became a court flower as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is cultivated in most parts of the country.

Beautiful leaves, or dewdrops drooping, or the wind pitching, all have attractive charm. Lily is flawless, crystal clear and elegant, and fragrant. People often regard her as a symbol of purity, light, freedom and happiness. "I beg for two clusters of fragrant lilies, and the old man is still childlike at the age of seventy." This is a great poem praising lilies by Lu You, a great poet in the Song Dynasty. And "the fragrant and warm rolling curtains are long, and the pond is bright and beautiful." It more vividly depicts the scene when lilies are in full bloom.

In midsummer, everything is shaded, and Fang Fei withers. The dignified and elegant lilies are gorgeous and pure in taste, dotted on the forest and grass, quiet and harmonious, and quite ornamental. Suitable for garden planting and flower arrangement, potted ornamental, or an important cut flower material. In addition, it also has high nutritional value and disease prevention and treatment functions. It can be said that it is a combination of ornamental, edible and medicinal purposes.

Modern research has proved that lily has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, fat, starch, sugar, vitamin B 1, B2 and vitamin C, so it is a good tonic. Folk edible lily has a long history, which is widely used in lily dishes. Wang Wei, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote the quatrain "If you find a lily, you should really eat it as meat", which fully explained the edible value of lily. Lily can be eaten in many ways, such as frying, cooking and making all kinds of sweets. Fried pork slices with fresh lily are vegetarian but not greasy, which is delicious. Lily glutinous rice porridge has a unique flavor; Lotus lily soup is a famous dish at the party.

Lily's medicine was first recorded in Shennong's Herbal Classic in Han Dynasty. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is mild in nature, slightly bitter in taste, non-toxic and enters the heart and lungs. It can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten the lungs to quench thirst, calm the heart and soothe the nerves, and treat pulmonary tuberculosis with chronic cough, hemoptysis due to yin deficiency, lung abscess due to hot flashes, residual heat after fever, insanity, insomnia and dreaminess, beriberi edema, etc.

"Ben Jing" contains Lily's "main evil, abdominal distension and heartache. Facilitate urination, tonify the middle and replenish qi. " "Bielu" said that it "eliminates swelling, cold and heat, general pain, breast difficulty, laryngitis, stops crying, barks, stops convulsions, and kills toxic gas". If you treat lung heat and shortness of breath, Sheng Huifang said, "Four or two new lilies, half a cup of honey, mixed lilies, steam them to make them soft, and always contain them as big as dates, and swallow body fluids." Now there are many prescriptions for lily treatment in Chinese medicine. Here are some examples:

Divide lily and Inula equally, bake and grind into fine powder, and take it with honey water three times a day to treat pulmonary hemoptysis, expectoration with blood, dry cough and sore throat.

50g lily, 50g japonica rice, almond 10g, proper amount of sugar, porridge for lung dryness and cough without phlegm.

2 ~ 3 lilies, washed and mashed, taken with warm boiled water twice a day, to treat chronic bronchitis with emphysema in the elderly.

30 ~ 60 grams of lily, mashed and ground juice, appropriate amount of white wine, warm water to take, treat lung abscess.

Lily, bletilla striata, Stemona, gecko powder, etc. Grind into fine powder and make pills with water three times a day and take 3 grams after meals to treat bronchiectasis.

25g of Lily, 6g of Acorus calamus, 2g of Ziziphus Spinosae seed 1 2g, and decoction1dose, which is used for treating neurasthenia, upset and insomnia.

Grind dried lily into powder and take it with 6 grams of warm boiled water twice a day to treat deafness or earache.

Soak seven lilies overnight, and cook a bowl with spring water the next morning, remove the residue and pour in a raw egg yolk. Take half a bowl in the morning and evening, and treat neurosis, restlessness or female hysteria after treatment.

Lily can also treat female climacteric syndrome, intestinal bleeding, constipation and so on. Lily can also get the expected curative effect if it is used externally.

If wild lily and salt are mashed and applied to the affected area, it can cure sores and swelling, which is very good.

Mash raw lily and apply pemphigus, 1 ~ 2 times, one day, a few days.

Wash the raw lily, dry it in the sun, grind it into powder, and apply it to the traumatic bleeding place, which has a good hemostatic effect.

Clinical reports show that lily sponge is made of lily, which is used to stop bleeding after nasal mucus and nasal polyps resection and middle and lower turbinate surgery. More than 100 cases have been observed. Lily sponge is dissolved in nasal cavity, absorbed by tissues, has no allergic reaction, and has hemostatic effect.

Modern medical research has found that lily not only contains protein, starch, sugar, vitamins, amino acids, calcium, phosphorus and iron, but also contains Lilioside A and Lilioside B, especially colchicine, colchicine and other similar alkaloids, which can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. Clinically, it is used for leukemia, skin cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, breast cancer and cervical cancer, and has obvious curative effects. If you take steamed lily, you can also treat stomach diseases, liver diseases and anemia. Lily soup used to relieve summer heat in summer and autumn is better than Yixing lily, which can be described as top-grade nourishing in summer and autumn. If you take lily regularly, you can keep fit and live longer. However, it is not advisable to take it due to wind-cold, phlegm and cough, and those with qi deficiency and cold or thin stool should not eat.