Lily was first recorded in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, Compendium of Materia Medica, Compendium of Materia Medica and so on. Sweet, slightly cold, belonging to the lung and heart meridian, it can moisten the lung and relieve cough, clear the heart and soothe the nerves. It is mainly used for treating cough due to lung heat, fatigue cough, hemoptysis, dysphoria, palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess. Lily bulbs contain colchicine, starch, protein, fat and other alkaloids. With the in-depth study of chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of lily, the efficacy range of lily has become more extensive, and its main functions are: (1) anti-cancer; Lily contains a variety of active alkaloids, and tissue culture in vitro can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells at the concentration of 1 μ g/ml. Has obvious anticancer effect. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that lily has a strong inhibitory effect on experimental mouse sarcoma-180 and cervical tumor-14. Studies have confirmed that eating lily is helpful to enhance physical fitness, inhibit the growth of tumor cells and alleviate the reaction to radiotherapy. For example, adding coix seed can improve the anti-cancer ability.

Enhance immune function; Protein, amino acids and polysaccharides in lily can improve human immunity. Taking lily water extract twice a day for 10 days can significantly enhance the vitality of the body, inhibit the delayed allergic reaction caused by 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene, and significantly increase the number of white blood cells in peripheral blood. Co-culture of lily polysaccharide 250 μ g/ml with lymphocytes can significantly promote the synthesis of DNA and RNA and improve the survival rate of lymphocytes.

Sedation and hypnosis; Lily contains lilioside, which has sedative and hypnotic effects. Experiments show that taking lily soup before going to bed every night can obviously improve sleep and improve sleep quality;

Adjuvant treatment of gout attack: Lily is rich in colchicine, which can be used for adjuvant treatment of joint pain during gout attack. Colchicine does not affect the excretion of uric acid, but reduces the urate deposition formed by uric acid by inhibiting the activity of autologous cells and phagocytes, which plays a rapid anti-inflammatory and effective analgesic role and has an auxiliary treatment effect on acute joint inflammation caused by gout attack.

Anti-fatigue and anti-pressure; Lily contains minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, which can promote human nutrition metabolism, enhance human anti-fatigue and hypoxia ability, remove harmful substances in the body and delay aging; Protect gastric mucosa; Lily contains pectin and phospholipids, which can protect gastric mucosa and treat stomach diseases after taking it.

Lycium barbarum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to liver and kidney meridians. Has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing liver and improving eyesight. It is often used with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Flos Chrysanthemi, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Corni Fructus. Lycium barbarum is the treasure of the whole body. Lycium barbarum can replenish deficiency and produce essence. Can be used as medicine, tea, wine and soup. If you can drink it regularly, you can keep fit. The leaves, flowers and roots of Lycium barbarum are also excellent food supplements. Modern medical research shows that it contains carotene, betaine, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and iron. It has pharmacological effects of increasing leukocyte activity, promoting hepatocyte regeneration, and lowering blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid.

Lycium barbarum L. is a kind of commonly used nutritional tonic, which is commonly used by the people to cook porridge, boil ointment, soak in wine or eat with other drugs and foods. Lycium barbarum has been a top-grade tonic since ancient times, and it has the effect of delaying aging and resisting aging, so it is also called "Quelaozi". According to "Cramming for Buddha", in ancient times there was an alien named "Barefoot Zhang" who taught an old man in Yixian how to eat Lycium barbarum. The old man insisted on eating and lived 100 years old. "Walking like flying, turning white and turning black, teeth falling and updating, yang is strong." Health-preserving physicians and medical scientists of all ages have attached great importance to the nourishing function of Lycium barbarum. "Materia Medica Yan Hui" holds that Lycium barbarum can make "invigorating qi, enriching blood, giving birth to Yang Can, nourishing yin and removing rheumatism, which is perfect." Li Shizhen summarized the main function of Lycium barbarum in Compendium of Materia Medica as "nourishing kidney, moistening lung and improving eyesight", which was concise and practical. Deficiency of kidney yin, liver blood deficiency, causes soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, nocturnal emission and other symptoms, so Lycium barbarum should be used. Lycium barbarum pill, a famous prescription for nourishing kidney and liver recorded in the records of ancient and modern prosecutors, takes Lycium barbarum as the main medicine, and is compatible with Rehmannia glutinosa and asparagus. Lycium barbarum is also suitable for patients with lung yin deficiency and frequent dry cough. It can be used together with nourishing yin and moistening lung such as Ophiopogon japonicus, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Fritillaria.