Lilies are not only pleasing to the eye, they are also popular on the dining table. One of the famous dishes is fried lily with celery, which nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs, soothes the heart and calms the mind. It is used for chronic cough caused by yin deficiency, blood in the sputum, deficiency, restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, dreaminess, and trance. In addition, lily has high nutritional content and high medicinal value. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, lily has been cited in traditional Chinese medicine, and there are detailed descriptions in the "Materia Medica" of the past dynasties. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lily has the functions of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, clearing the heart and calming the nerves, and replenishing the middle and replenishing qi. It can treat chronic cough due to tuberculosis, coughing up bloody sputum, deficiency and restlessness, palpitations, confusion, athlete's foot and edema. Commonly used lily medicinal recipes include honey. Fried lily, lily fragrant rice porridge, lily Codonopsis and pig lung soup, lily chicken soup, lily stewed meat, etc. Commonly used clinical prescriptions include lily anemarrhena decoction, lily rehmannia soup, lily Huabusan, lily dry powder, fresh lily juice, etc. However, everyone should be very careful. Although lily is a good tonic, it is sweet and cold in nature and moist in nature. Therefore, it should not be used by those with cough caused by wind and cold, loose stools, weak spleen and stomach, long-term stagnation of cold and dampness, and declining kidney yang.

Therapeutic effects of lilies

Lilies are slightly cold in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste; enter the lung meridian;

have the properties of moistening the lungs, clearing fire and calming the nerves Efficacy;

It is mainly used to treat cough, dizziness, restless sleep at night, and pemphigus eczema.

Warning

Some lilies are toxic. If you want to use them as medicine, you must follow the doctor's advice before using them.