Lily in addition to starch, protein, fat and calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C, B1, B2 and other nutrients, but also contains some special nutrients, such as colchicine and a variety of alkaloids, which are a combination of these ingredients in the human body, there is a good nutritional tonic, moistening the lungs to stop the effect of cough.
The edible effect of lily
1. Moistening dryness and clearing heat
Can stop coughing, stop bleeding, appetizing, tranquilizing the mind, applicable to the weakness of the lung emphysema, tuberculosis, cough and other diseases.
2. Tranquilization and beauty
Eating lilies has the effect of tranquilizing the mind and tranquility, can clear the irritability, insomnia and depression have a certain curative effect, and play a cosmetic effect.
3. Increase immunity
Suitable for chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Lily can promote the enhancement of the phagocytic function of the cell system, improve immunity, has a good anti-cancer anti-cancer effect.
4. nourishing and beneficial
Special for the weak after the disease, neurasthenia is very beneficial, bronchial bad people consume lily, help the improvement of the condition, are because the lily can be warm and moisten dry.
Tips for buying and selling lilies
Slices of large meat thick: slices of large intact, thick meat, no black spots;
Yellow color: choose yellowish, too white, do not choose;
The texture is brittle and hard: it can be easily broken by hand.
There are a lot of small fragments or impurities, and black spots on the lily slices.1. Don't buy the snow-white color, it is smoked with sulfur;2. Fresh lilies are sometimes sold in the market, and to buy fresh lilies, you should pick the ones that are large in size, white or yellowish in color, even in petals, and thick in flesh.
Storage tips for lilies
Storage of dried lilies: just put him in an airtight jar and put it in the refrigerator or a cool dry place.
Cooking tips for lilies
Skim off the scales of fresh lilies, tear off the outer film and wash and soak in boiling water to remove the bitter flavor.
Contraindications to the consumption of lilies
1. Wind-cold coughing people should not eat.
2. Cold bleeding people avoid eating.
3. Spleen deficiency loose food people avoid eating.
The edible suggestion of lily
Pick the impurities and small fragments, rinse with water 2 times, add water to soak for about 1 hour, soak until you can pinch with your fingernails on it, pour off the water.
1. Soak the good lily can be used directly to cook porridge, fried vegetables, stew.2. With the lily to porridge, and rice at the same time to put the pot to cook can be; stir-fried vegetables with shrimp, celery, fungus, etc.; stewed soup with lean meat, lotus seeds, green beans, silver ear, snow pear. Dry lily can be washed and used directly to cook porridge, and cold water together in the pot, the pot opened and then added to the rice to cook, so that the porridge and lily will be cooked at the same time. Beauty: the dry lily flowers 2 with boiling water for 10 minutes, drink when adding honey can be;
Moisturize the lungs and relieve cough: autumn dry, easy to cough people can use the lily soak to drink to ease the symptoms, but in moderation, can not be over-eaten too much.