The lily has a variety of medicinal effects:
(1) moisturize the lungs and relieve cough The lily is rich in mucus, with moisturizing and clearing the role of Chinese medicine with the treatment of lung dryness or lung heat and phlegm cough and other diseases.
(2) Ninjasin, a kind of tranquilizer, can be used to clear the mind and remove the annoyance, ninjasin, used for fever after the disease is not eliminated, trance, insomnia, depression and other illnesses.
(3) beauty lily white delicate, fresh products rich in mucus and vitamins, the skin cell metabolism is beneficial, there is a certain beauty effect.
(4) Anti-cancer and anti-cancer Lily contains colchicine and other alkaloids, which can elevate blood cells, and have a therapeutic effect on cytopenia after chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Lily can also improve the body's humoral immunity, a variety of cancers have a better prevention and treatment effect.
(5) gout attack auxiliary treatment Lily contains rich colchicine, can quickly reduce inflammation, effective pain relief, gout attack caused by acute inflammation has an auxiliary therapeutic effect.
(6) Protection of gastric mucosa Lily contains pectin and phospholipids, which can protect the gastric mucosa and treat gastric diseases.
However, lily is cold in nature, and should not be used by people with wind-cold cough, cold bleeding, or loose stools in the spleen. Because of the starch as the main component of the lily, so diabetics must eat lily in moderation, too much is harmful to health
The lily meat is delicate, color like white jade, glutinous and refreshing, slightly bitter, have a better appetite, assist in digestion and other effects. Lily high sugar content, with a certain amount of protein, so it is known as delicacies, using lily as raw material processed into the lily powder, is the tribute to the emperor of the past dynasties. At the same time, the lily contains leucine, aspartic acid, lysine, glutamic acid, glycine, serine and other 17 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, high nutritional value. Lily rich in inorganic salts and potassium, the body's metabolism plays an important role. Contains a variety of trace elements to enhance physical fitness, improve organ function and anti-aging effect. Fresh lilies should be selected large, even petals, thick flesh, white or yellowish color. Selection should also pay attention to remove impurities, black petals, rotten heart or mold. Dried lilies should be selected dry, no impurities, thick meat, crystal clear is preferred. Edible lilies to home grown, taste not bitter, scales broad and thin for the best. The medicinal lily is wild, bitter flavor, small and thick flap is good.
Lily, because of its "dozens of pieces of the veil", like a white lotus flower and so named, and because "its roots like garlic, its flavor like potatoes", so also known as "garlic brain potato". Lily belongs to the perennial root herb, summer flowers, *** color elegant, ornamental; autumn digging, remove the ground part, wash the soil, peel out the scales, can be used for food or medicine.
Lily, in addition to containing starch, protein, fat and calcium, phosphorus, iron vitamins B1, B2, C, pantothenic acid, carotene and other nutrients, but also contains some special nutrients, such as colchicine and other alkaloids. The combined effect of these ingredients in the human body, not only has a good nutritional tonic function, but also on the fall climate and dryness caused by a variety of seasonal diseases have a certain role in prevention and treatment. Lily, sweet and slightly bitter, flat, into the heart and lung meridian, in the medicinal use of the lung cough, nourishing the yin elimination of heat, clearing the mind and tranquilize the effect. Single-flavored lily decoction or mixed with other foods and drugs can play a role. Commonly used therapeutic or medicinal food with therapeutic formulas are:
Lily porridge: 30 grams of lily, 60 grams of round-grained polished rice, first lily and rice were washed, put into a pot, add water, simmering over a small fire. To be lily and round-grained rice cooked, add sugar, can be eaten. For the elderly and the body after a long period of illness and weakness and have heartburn insomnia, low fever and easy to anger for ten thousand for appropriate. In addition to the lily porridge add silver fungus, there is a strong nourishing Yin moisturizing lungs; add lotus seeds have yin and clear the effect of the heart; add mung beans, can strengthen the effect of clearing the heart and detoxification.
Lily soup: remove the impurities of the lily washed, rinsed repeatedly in the water into the pot with water, boiled with water until very rotten, add an appropriate amount of sugar, with the soup and eat, can be used as a good dietary therapy for patients with tuberculosis. Although slightly bitter when consumed, but savor the bitter with sweet, memorable. If stored in the refrigerator for a while, it is an excellent chilled drink.
Fried lily: 50 grams of lily, 50 grams of tenderloin, with salt, egg white impregnation, wet starch and mixing, the same into the pan stir-fried until cooked, add an appropriate amount of seasoning into. This dish taste mellow and not greasy, crisp sweet and fragrant, with tonic organs, yin and clear the role of heat; I disease appetite is not open to consume this dish, but also to enhance appetite.
Lily decoction: 30 grams of lily, 9 grams of maitake, 12 grams of mulberry leaves, 9 grams of apricot, 10 grams of honey baked loquat leaves, add water and cook. This formula has the effect of nourishing Yin relief, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, can be used to treat the summer and fall due to colds and coughs frequently, dry cough without phlegm, dry mouth and throat, long cough, cough, cough, sputum with blood can also be taken.
There are many ways to eat the lily, it can be fresh steamed and boiled, can also be dried or powdered for staple food. Such as lily cakes, lily lotus soup, lily honey, eight treasures of sweet rice, osmanthus sugar lily, etc., are fragrant, sweet but not greasy, young and old savory, people can choose to eat according to their own different hobbies.
The lily as a medicinal food and beauty of the nourishing good, more suitable for fall and winter service. However, it is not advisable to consume it if you are suffering from cold bleeding or have a loose spleen.
Pear stewed lily
Raw materials: pear 1, 100 grams of lily, 150 grams of rock sugar.
Methods: pear core, even skin slices; rock sugar with 4 cups of water slow boil roll; lily with water immersion 30 minutes, into the boiling water to cook for 3 minutes, remove the drain; pear, lily, rock sugar into the stew pot, stew 1 hour.
Effects: cure dry and hot cough, nourish yin and stop cough
The lily can nourish yin and dissolve dryness, and replenish the skin with water, which is a good dietary supplement. You can use: lily, jujube, silver ear, lotus seed, rock sugar boil sugar water to drink, you can also directly add celery to do ingredients noisy eat.
The therapeutic effect
1. moisturize the lungs and relieve cough Lily fresh products are rich in mucus, which has a moisturizing dryness and clearing the role of traditional Chinese medicine with the treatment of lung dryness or lung heat cough and other diseases can often be effective.
2. It can be used to clear the mind, remove boredom, and calm the mind. It can be used in cases of heat illness, trance, insomnia, depression, and crying.
3. The lily is white and delicate, fresh products are rich in mucus and vitamins, the skin cell metabolism is beneficial, often eat lily, there is a certain effect of beauty.
4. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Lily contains colchicine and other alkaloids, which have a preventive effect on leukopenia caused by the immunosuppressant cyclophosphamide, and can elevate blood cells, and have a therapeutic effect on cytopenias after chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Lily in the body can also promote and enhance the phagocytosis of monocyte system, improve the body's humoral immunity, so the lily has a better effect on a variety of cancer prevention and treatment.
Health care recipes
1. rock sugar stewed lily Lily, rock sugar 60 grams, 15 grams of winter flowers. After washing the lily, a petal torn, and the winter flowers together into the pot, add the right amount of water. Stew over moderate heat, almost cooked, add rock sugar, stew until the lilies are rotten when you can serve. This dish has a dry and clear fire, clearing the heart and nourishing the efficacy of the lungs, suitable for lung dry cough. The heart of the mouth thirst and other symptoms.
2. Steamed lily 500 grams of fresh lily, sugar. The lily is washed and broken into slices; placed on a plate, add sugar steamed can be. This recipe is from the "Vegetarian Strategy", has a moisturizing lung cough, clear the heart and tranquilize the spirit of the efficacy of the treatment of dry cough, cough, insomnia, heartburn and other illnesses.
3. Lily fried tenderloin Lily 200 grams, 150 grams of tenderloin, 3 eggs. Wash the lily, broken into pieces; tenderloin thinly sliced, with salt, egg white stains, wet starch mix, and in the frying pan stir fry seasoning into. This dish is eaten in the summer, taste mellow and not greasy, and has the effect of tonifying the five organs, nourishing yin and clearing heat. It is suitable for both young and old, and it is especially good for those who are thin, thirsty and upset.
4. Lily winter melon soup Lily 5O grams, 400 grams of fresh winter melon, 1 egg. The lily will be washed and torn pieces of winter melon cut into thin slices, add water to boil, pour into the egg white, discretionary oil, salt and mix well simmering soup, until the soup is milky white when you can fill the bowl. This soup has a cool, dispel heat, summer effect, is the summer season therapeutic cuisine, can be eaten by all people.
5. Lily drink Lily 50 grams, 30 grams of white fungus, white sugar 3O grams. Wash the lily into the wok, add water 5OO ml, and then add white fungus, white sugar with stew until cooked; frequent drinking, can clear heat and promote the body, relief of summer fever and eliminate boredom, pharyngeal and intestinal, applicable to constipation, dry cough, heartburn and thirst and other diseases. The sore throat people drink also have certain therapeutic effects.
Lily congee
Congee cooked to the middle, under the lily, cook soft, long time easy to rotten, no taste
Lily bean paste
Peel fresh lily into a petal by petal
Select a complete and even large piece
With the lily to the bean paste stuffing wrapped around the yucca-shaped
Put on the plate to be steamed
Please put the plate on the drawer
Put on the plate to be steamed
This is a good idea, but it is not a good idea.
It is best to choose a sweeter bean paste filling
Otherwise, it feels tasteless Note: Lily is cold and sticky, and should not be eaten by people with cold spleen and stomach, or with internal obstruction of dampness.
Lily, perennial herb, flowering May-July, fruiting August-October. China's main production in Hunan Xiangtan, Zhejiang Wuxing and Nanjing, Jiangsu and other places. Bulb reproduction two years after the fall harvest, remove the roots, wash, peel the scales, boiling water slightly scalded and dried.
Effects: eliminating heat, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, tranquilizing the mind, facilitating urination and defecation, nourishing the yin, tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi. Indications: hot cough and vomiting of blood, false fire, insomnia, dreamy, dry cough, palpitations, emphysema. Specifically as follows: 1, moistening the lungs and relieving cough: used for coughing and hemoptysis in lung dryness or yin deficiency, often with Chuanbei. 2, clearing the mind and tranquilizing the spirit: used for residual heat after febrile diseases, deficiency annoyance and insomnia, and trance, often with Di Huang. Chinese medicine dose: 10-30 grams.
Lily contains starch, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, carotene and colchicine and other alkaloids. Lily food method, can be steamed can be boiled, can make sweet soup, material can be cooked porridge, such as Taiwan rice lily porridge, cinnamon sugar lily, lily lotus seed soup and so on. With 60 grams of fresh lily, 100 grams of round-grained rice porridge, add the appropriate amount of rock sugar or honey when serving, often served to stop coughing, bleeding, appetizing, tranquilizing, helping to strengthen the body, inhibit the growth of tumor cells. However, it is not suitable for people with wind-cold cough, cold bleeding, spleen deficiency and loose stools.