Lily is rich in protein, fat, starch, sugar, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and vitamin C, and 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 lung to quench thirst, calm heart and soothe nerves, and treat chronic cough due to pulmonary tuberculosis, hemoptysis due to yin deficiency, lung abscess due to hot flashes, residual heat after fever, unconsciousness, 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:

Treatment of lung disease, hemoptysis, expectoration with blood, dry cough and sore throat: divide lily and Inula equally, bake and grind into fine powder, and take it with honey water three times a day.

Treatment of lung disease, cough and hemoptysis, or chronic bronchitis with emphysema in the elderly: 2 ~ 3 fresh lilies, washed and mashed, with warm water kimono twice a day.

Treatment of lung dry cough, dry cough without phlegm: lily, japonica rice 50 grams each, almond 10 grams, appropriate amount of sugar, porridge.

Treatment of senile chronic bronchitis complicated with emphysema: 2 ~ 3 lilies, washed and mashed, twice a day, taken with warm water.

Treatment of bronchiectasis: lily, bletilla striata, Stemona, gecko powder, etc. Grind into fine powder and make into pills with water, three times a day, and take 3 grams after meals.

Treatment of sores and swelling: Lily can also treat female climacteric syndrome, intestinal bleeding and constipation. Lily, as an external medicine, can also get the expected curative effect.

Treatment of lung carbuncle: fresh lily 30 ~ 60 grams, white wine (rice wine, sweet wine), a cup of Radix Rehmanniae juice, warm water and kimono.

Treatment of sore, carbuncle and swelling is unknown: clean fresh lily, add a little salt, mash it into paste and apply it to the affected area twice a day to make it fade.

Treatment of neurasthenia, upset and insomnia: lily 25g, calamus 6g, Ziziphus jujuba seed 1 2g, decocted daily1dose.

Treatment of neurasthenia, restless sleep, alert and easy to wake up: raw lily 2 ~ 90g, honey 1 ~ 2 spoons, mixed and steamed, and eaten in moderation before going to bed (be careful not to eat too much, and eat less at dinner).

Treatment of deafness or earache: grind dried lily into powder and take it with 6 grams of warm water twice a day.

After treatment, neurosis, fidgeting or female hysteria: soak 7 lilies overnight, cook a bowl with spring water the next morning, remove dregs and make a raw egg yolk, and take half a bowl in the morning and evening.

Treatment of sores and swelling: Lily can also treat female climacteric syndrome, intestinal bleeding and constipation. Lily, as an external medicine, can also get the expected curative effect.

Treatment of chronic bronchitis: 20 grams of lily, 50 grams of japonica rice, porridge to eat; 9 grams of lily, pear 1 piece and sugar15g, mixed and steamed for 2 hours, and taken after meals.

Treatment of chronic gastritis: Lily 30g, Linderae10g, Radix Aucklandiae10g, decocted twice a day, for patients with gastric yin injury.

Treatment of tachycardia: 30 grams of lily lotus seeds and 0/5 grams of jujube/kloc-are cooked together with sweet soup.

Treatment of scrofula: appropriate amount of fresh lily, mashed and applied to the affected area.

Treatment of pharyngitis: 9 grams of lily, 0/5 grams of mung bean/kloc-,cooked with sugar.

Treatment of menopausal syndrome: 30 grams of lily, 0/5 pieces of red dates/kloc-,boiled and eaten; 60 grams of lily, 2 eggs (deproteinized), after the lily is boiled, pour in the egg yolk and mix well, then boil it with sugar, and take it twice a day.

Treatment of bronchial asthma in children: 500 grams of lily, 0/20 grams of medlar/kloc-,* * * fine powder, honey pills, 6 pills a day, used in the interval of onset.

Treat children's head and face eczema, pemphigus, etc. : Dry wild lily is ground into fine powder, mixed with sesame oil and applied to the affected area.

Treatment of neurasthenia: For those who are restless and easy to wake up, take 3 liang (150g) of raw lily and 2 spoonfuls of honey, mix them and steam them, and eat a proper amount (half a spoonful) before going to bed.

Treatment of neurasthenia: dry lily15g, 20g of Ziziphus jujuba seed are decocted together, and the juice is taken twice a day.

After treatment, neurosis, fidgeting or female hysteria (hysteria): 7 lilies are soaked in water for one night, and Mingdan cooks a bowl with spring water to remove residue, and rushes into 1 egg yolk, taking half a bowl twice a day.

Mash the raw salt and apply externally to pemphigus 1-2 times a day, and it will heal in 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.

Lily sponge is made of lily, which is used to treat epistaxis, nasal polypectomy and hemostasis after middle and lower turbinate surgery. More than 100 cases were observed. Lily sponge is dissolved in nasal cavity, absorbed by tissues, has no allergic reaction, and has hemostatic effect.

Taking lily regularly can strengthen the body and prolong life.

Lily syrup: fresh lily100g, appropriate amount of sugar, decoction to get juice, which has certain auxiliary treatment effect on insomnia, palpitation, tuberculosis and late fever.

Lily porridge: Lily, lotus seeds and barley are boiled in moderation, which has the effects of nourishing, calming the heart and benefiting the stomach.

Lily Sliced Meat: fresh lily 100g, moderate lean meat, stewed with the same food, suitable for patients with physical weakness, bronchitis and edema.

Lily steaming: mix fresh lily with honey, steam and chew, and treat cough due to lung heat.

Lily and Sydney two juice soup: lily100g, Sydney100g (peeled and pitted), half a cup of sugarcane juice and radish juice, and a proper amount of honey. First, wash the lily, put it into the pot with Sydney, and add water to boil it; Then add sugarcane juice, radish juice and honey, boil and take it before going to bed. This soup can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and dispel autumn dryness, with good effect.

Lily porridge: take 50 grams of lily and 0 grams of japonica rice. First, wash lily and japonica rice separately, put them in a pot, add water and simmer with low fire. When lily and japonica rice are ripe, add some sugar and you can eat them. It is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and those who are weak, upset, insomnia, low fever and irritable after illness. In addition, adding tremella to lily porridge has a strong effect of nourishing yin and moistening lung; Adding mung beans can strengthen the efficacy of clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Lily porridge: Lily and japonica rice are cooked together and eaten after cooking. Has the effects of treating pulmonary tracheitis and neurosis.

Lotus root and loquat soup: fresh lotus root100g, lily and loquat 0g each, and proper amount of sugar. Peel fresh lotus root, wash and slice; Peel and core loquat, put it into the pot of 100 contract, boil it with strong fire, stew it with low fire until cooked, and season it with white sugar. It can nourish yin and moisten lung, clear away heat and relieve cough.

Stir-fried lily: take 50g of lily and 50g of tenderloin slices, mix them with salt, egg white and wet starch, stir-fry them in an oil pan until cooked, and add a proper amount of seasoning. This dish is mellow but not greasy, crisp and sweet, and has the functions of nourishing the five internal organs, nourishing yin and clearing away heat. People with poor appetite and decreased appetite can eat this dish to increase their appetite.

Lily soup: remove impurities from the lily, rinse it repeatedly with clear water, add water to the pot, cook it until it is extremely rotten, add appropriate amount of sugar, and serve it with soup. Although it tastes a little bitter, it is bitter and sweet to taste carefully, with endless aftertaste; If you keep it in the refrigerator for a while, it is an excellent iced drink.

Lily, chrysanthemum and fish balls

Ingredients: lily, cuttlefish, chrysanthemum, salt, monosodium glutamate, white pepper, high-grade broth, egg white.

Method: chop lily and cuttlefish into mud, add seasoning, add egg white and stir to form glue. Put water in the pot and squeeze the cuttlefish glue into fish balls with uniform size. Boil the broth and add chrysanthemum and fish balls to taste.

Efficacy: nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting qi and blood, nourishing yin and calming the liver.

Lily yam

Raw materials: lily, yam, medlar, green pepper, carrot, refined salt, oil, monosodium glutamate and broth.

Method: Peel and cut the yam, peel and wash the lily, slice the green pepper, soak the medlar until soft, blanch the carrot and put it on the plate. Put oil in the pan, stir-fry all the ingredients for a while, season and stir well.

Efficacy: invigorating qi and spleen, benefiting lung and solidifying essence, and delaying aging.

Lily millet porridge: fresh lily 50g, millet 100g, crystal sugar 50g. When the millet is cooked to maturity, add lily and crystal sugar to cook until it is mature, and eat it at lunch and dinner, which has a therapeutic effect on lung dryness and cough.

Honey lily soup: 10g lily, add 25g honey. Wash the lily and put it in a bowl. Add honey and water 100g. After the water in the pot is boiled, put it in a steamer for 50 minutes and take it out. It has the effect of moistening lung and relieving cough.