Who is not suitable to eat lily?

We usually place lilies as ornamental plants, but we don’t know that lilies are helpful to our human body. This is mainly because lilies are cool medicinal herbs. They can moisten the lungs, relieve coughs, nourish the heart and calm the nerves. However, for patients with cold body, you cannot eat lilies. It is recommended that you should find out who should not eat lilies, especially those who usually drink lily water, to avoid taking it indiscriminately and causing physical discomfort.

Lily is a plant of the genus Lilium in the family Liliaceae. Lily is a traditional Chinese export specialty, and Chinese people's self-consumption has been rising year by year. Lily itself combines ornamental, edible and medicinal value. There are more than 100 species of lily in the world and more than 60 species in China. According to their growth years, lilies can be divided into annual, biennial and perennial lilies. There are many excellent varieties all over the country.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, fresh lilies have the effects of nourishing the heart and calming the mind, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, and are very beneficial for people who are weak after illness. In addition to 21.29% protein, 12.43% fat, 11.47% reducing sugar, 1.61% starch, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, 1.443 mg of vitamin B and 21.2 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams, lily also contains some special nutrients, such as colchicine and other biological alkaloids. These ingredients act combinedly on the human body, not only have good nutritional and nourishing effects, but also have a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on various seasonal diseases caused by the dry climate in autumn.

Who should not eat lily?

1. Suitable for people with weak body and lung, menopausal women, neurasthenia and those with restless sleep. People with cold cough, weak spleen and stomach, and loose stools should not eat too much. Apart from other people, generally speaking, you can eat lilies, but pregnant women are generally not recommended to eat them because it affects the health of the baby and the pregnant woman herself. If you want to eat them, you should do so under the guidance of a doctor.

2. Lily is not suitable for people with kidney yang decline. This is because lily has a good effect of nourishing yin. The yin and yang in Chinese medicine are the yin and yang in the human body. Eating lily will aggravate the situation for men with insufficient masculinity. Therefore, men with weak kidneys should not eat too much lily or not eat lily at all! For friends with healthy kidneys and sufficient yang, eating a little lily is okay and can also moisten the lungs, throat and whiten the skin!

3. People with loose stools should not eat too much lily. Lily contains some cooling ingredients that will make diarrhea worse! Because lily is cooling, it is not suitable to eat too much lily. Eating too much will cause physical discomfort. Although lily can replenish qi, don't eat too much, because eating too much lily will also damage the lung qi, so be sure to eat lily in moderation!