In autumn, "vegetable lily" can't replace medicinal lily.

after the summer heat, although the weather is still sultry, it has begun to become dry. Many people will gradually feel that their mouth and throat are dry, their skin is rough, and even they can't sleep because of heat.

lily is commonly used for moistening dryness in autumn.

Lily is produced all over the country, especially in Hunan and Zhejiang. According to the famous Chinese medicine classic "Rihuazi Materia Medica", lily has "peace of mind, courage, intelligence and five internal organs. Treat epilepsy, cry, scream and panic. " In addition, the "Compendium" cloud lily can "clear phlegm and fire, make up for deficiency."

Chinese medicine believes that lily is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, and belongs to lung and heart meridian, which has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening lung, clearing away heart fire and calming nerves. It can be used for the treatment of chronic cough due to lung yin deficiency syndrome, blood in sputum and cough due to fatigue, as well as symptoms such as residual heat, restlessness, insomnia and dreaminess in the later stage of heat-related diseases.

Modern pharmacological research shows that lily mainly contains starch, protein and colchicine. It has good antitussive, expectorant, antiasthmatic, sedative and antiallergic effects, and can be used to treat chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, lung cancer, neurosis, chronic gastritis and climacteric syndrome.

However, Hu Shiyun specially reminded that although lilies are good, their use should vary from person to person. It is not recommended to eat lily if it is cold, bleeding due to deficiency cold and poor spleen and stomach. It is best to buy and use it in a hospital or a regular pharmacy under the guidance of a doctor or pharmacist. When storing lilies, we should also avoid humid and muggy environment.

Edible lilies can't replace medicinal lilies

In dietotherapy, fresh and dried lilies have long been widely used by the ancients. "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a cloud: "Lily newcomers can be steamed and boiled, which is better with meat, and those who are dry are the most beneficial."

In the market, people can often buy fresh lilies as nutritious vegetables. Usually, this fresh edible lily is produced in Lanzhou and Gansu, and it is Lanzhou Lily, also known as "vegetable lily".

Hu Shiyun reminded that although this kind of Lanzhou lily is similar to medicinal lily in appearance, good in taste, rich in nutrition, and has certain effects of moistening lung and clearing heat, Lanzhou lily is sweet in taste, white in color, and different in smell and effective components from medicinal lily. Therefore, it can not be used as a medicinal lily in clinic.

how to buy high-quality lilies?

Due to different producing areas, the morphology of lily is different, but the efficacy is not very different. Pay attention to the following three points when purchasing lilies:

Look at the shape: high-quality lilies are petal-shaped, with thick meat, white or yellowish surface, no black spots and obvious veins.

second smell: high-quality lily smells fresh, but dried lily smoked with sulfur will smell sour.

three hardness measurements: dried lily is broken into two sections by hand, and the high-quality lily obviously has a crisp but not soft feeling.

Comprehensive China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine