What is the difference between medicinal lilies and edible lilies? How can you tell?

Lily can be used for fresh food and dry use, it is a traditional Chinese export specialty. But the market is divided into medicinal lilies and edible lilies, so what's the difference between them? How to identify it? In fact, they are different in color, price and effect, so let's learn about them together.

I. the difference between medicinal lily and edible lily

1. Different colors:

Edible lily, white in color, glossy, plump in scales, delicate in texture, rich in nutrition, sweet and fragrant in taste.

Medicinal lily, the color compared with edible lily yellowish, lack of gloss, sexual taste sweet, slightly bitter and flat.

2. The effect is different:

Edible lily has high nutritional value and can cook porridge into rice. It is a good tonic for both medicine and food. It can be used in all seasons, but it is more suitable for consumption in autumn.

Medicinal lilies have the functions of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, clearing the heart and calming the mind, tonifying the heart and tonifying qi, and can treat tuberculosis and chronic cough, sputum and blood, vexation, palpitations, trance, edema of beriberi and so on.

3. The price is different

The price of edible lily is much higher than that of medicinal lily.

4. Different places of origin

Jiangsu Yixing, Zhejiang Jiaxing, Zhejiang Huzhou, Hunan Longhui, Jiangxi Wanzai and so on, these producing areas are medicinal lily varieties.

Lanzhou, Gansu Province is a variety of edible lilies.

5. According to the research, edible lily can not be used clinically as medicinal lily.

The two prices are different, and the price of edible lilies is much higher than that of medicinal lilies.

The content of water extract and polysaccharide of edible lily is much higher than that of medicinal lily, which is consistent with the title of sweet lily, and its meat is delicate, soft and waxy with high nutritional value, in addition to being a delicacy, it also has the potential to be developed as a health product.

Second, how to identify

1. Look at the color

Edible lily, white in color and glossy.

Medicinal lily, yellowish in color and lack of gloss.

two。 Look at the price

Medicinal lily is lower than edible lily.

Attached: edible method of lily

1. Lily honeysuckle porridge

Wash 50 grams of lily, then take 10 grams of honeysuckle and bake for the last reserve.

First clean 100 grams of japonica rice, cook until the porridge is thick, then boil the lilies for 10 minutes, before starting the pot, put in the powder and the right amount of sugar to eat. Suitable for sore throat, easy to "internal fire" exuberant crowd.

Efficacy: heat-clearing and anti-inflammatory, Shengjin to quench thirst.

2. Mung bean lily porridge

100 grams of mung beans, japonica rice or glutinous rice, add water to cook the right amount, and then add 50 grams of washed fresh lilies to cook for a while.

Before eating, season with granulated sugar or rock sugar.

It is suitable for the treatment of throat dry cough, residual heat after fever, restlessness and insomnia.

Efficacy: clearing heat and detoxification, promoting diuresis and detumescence.

3. Steamed lilies

Wash some fresh lilies and steam them to eat.

Suitable for hepatitis, stomach disease, anemia, body deficiency and other diseases.

Efficacy: replenish qi, nourish yin and moisten the lungs.