Taking flowers as vegetables has been recorded in Chinese ancient books. In this respect, Gao Lian not only studied it, but also developed it. He said: Lily and flour steamed into soup cakes can replenish qi and blood. He also quoted the classics, saying that the ancients once called it "permeated with the benefits and wonderful medicine of China" to encourage people to eat lilies. He appreciates chrysanthemums better. He said: "Chamomile flowers will bloom in spring and summer." If you "pick, wash and cook, quickly enter Shui Piao for a period of time, then take it, drain and mix its food, its color will remain green, crisp, tender and more flavorful."
Gao Lian also has unique views on seasonal health preservation. He wrote in "Eight Notes on Respect for Life": jujube soup, bell milk wine, medlar cream, Dihuang soup and other medicines should be taken in winter to nourish and neutralize qi. In addition, you can also take medicated porridge to tonify symptoms, such as almond mutton porridge, red jujube porridge, Shenqi chicken sauce porridge, radish porridge and so on.
In addition to food supplement, Gao Lian also attached great importance to medicine supplement and medication, and compiled various prescriptions such as Caohuandan, Caolingdan, Xia Tian Ointment, Ligustrum lucidum Ointment, Quelao Qi Jing Powder and Wanbing Polygonatum Pill. Among them, "Wan Huang Bing Jing Wan Fang" is: "Use Polygonatum 10 kg, wash and steam, 3 kg of white honey and 3 kg of asparagus, steam". Then, "mix the three flavors evenly, put them in a stone mortar and pound them with a pestle." Divided into four doses, each dose is pounded with 10,000 pestles, and the pills are as big as buttonwood. Take warm wine every 30 capsules once every three days. Take it regularly, "it can prolong life and benefit qi, and cure all diseases."