Bulbus Lilii (Baihe) — Lily Bulb
Origin
Lily bulb is the dried freshy scale leaf of Lilium lancifolium Thunb. , Lilium brownii F.E. Brown var. viridulun Baler or Lilium pumilum DC. The drug is collected in autumn, washed clean , heated with boiling water briefly, and dried.
Description and Identification
Elongated elliptical, 2 ~ 5cm long, 1 ~ 2cm wide, 3 ~ 4mm thick at middle. Externally whitish, pale brownish-yellow or purplish, with several longitudinal and paralled white vascular bundles. Apex somewhat acute, base relatively broad, margins thin, undulate, slightly curved inwards. Texture hard and fragile, fracutre relatively even, horny. Odourless; taste, slightly bitter.
Chemical Ingredients
It has phospholipids, alkaloid, aminophenol amylosx, and many kinds of microelement which are needed.
Property and Channel Tropism
Property: sweet and slightly bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature. Channel tropism: heart and lung
Action and Indication
To nourish yin and moisten the lung,and to tranquilize the mind.
Deficiency of yin with chronic cough and bloody sputum; fidgetness , palpitation , insomnia. Dream-disturbed sleep and absent-mindedness.
Place of Production
Lily bulb is distributed nationwide. Comparatively speaking, Jiangsu, Hunnan, Gansu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang boast larger output and higher quality.
Recipes of Medicated Diet
1. Bai He Hong Zao Zhou
Lily Bulb and Chinese Date Porridge
[Ingredients]
30g glutinous rice
9g bai he, lily bulb (Bulbus Lilii)
10 Chinese dates (Fructus Jujubae )
suitable amount of sugar
[Preparation]
Soak bai he in the boiling water to remove the bitterness. Boil glutinous rice with bai he and Chinese dates over mild fire to make porridge. Add some cane sugar and serve.
[Effects and Indications]
Clearing deficient fire, calming the mind and relieving the symptom of insomnia.
Neurological disturbances, menopausal disorders. Administered warm and twice per day.
2. Xue Li Bai He Bing Tang Yin
Pear and Lily Bulb Decoction
[Ingredients ]
1 pear
15g bai he,lily bulb( Bulbus Lilii)
[Preparation]
Cut the unpeeled pear into little cubes. Put the pear cubes,washed bai he and crystal sugar into a pot. Boil untile bai he become soft. Serve.
[Effects and Indications]
Nourishing Yin and moistening lung to arrest cough and calm the mind.
Deficiency of lung Yin, dry cough and dyspnea, insomnia and dreaminess, etc.
3. Bai He Yang Shen Yin Er Geng
Tremella Soup with Lily Bulb and American Ginseng
[Ingrediants]
50g bai he,lily bulb ( Bulbus Lilii)
3g xi yang shen, American ginseng ( Radix Panacis Quinquefolii)
lOg tian dong,cochinchinese asparargus root ( Radix Asparagi)
25gyin’ er,tremella
50g cane sugar
200g lotus root powder
[Preparation]
Wash the first four ingredients.Have them dried and crushed. Soake them in the warm water for 30 minutes. Add lotus root starch and suitable amount of water to thicken the soup. .
[Effects and Indications]
Nourishing Yin and clearing heat , benefiting Qi for promoting production of fluid.
Chronic cough with little phlegm due to lung Yin deficience, bloody sputum, dryness of mouth and pharynx, feverishness in plams and soles, poor appetite, insomnia, dreaminess , neurosis , etc.
