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补阴药 · Yin-nourishing

Lily bulb bǎi hé · 百合

Lilium brownii / Lilium lancifolium

Nature and flavour. Sweet, slightly cold; Heart and Lung systems.

Used both as a vegetable and as a Yin-nourishing herb; the traditional categories are moistening the Lung and calming the Heart, and it is a familiar ingredient in Chinese dessert soups.

性味归经。甘，微寒；归心、肺经。

既是蔬菜也是补阴药。传统用途类别为养阴润肺、清心安神，常见于百合莲子一类的甜汤。

Classical category · no formulas, no dosages, no herb-drug combinations are given.
Safety. Food-grade in ordinary culinary amounts. Only the bulbs sold as food should be eaten — ornamental lilies are not the same product, and lilies are dangerous to cats. A cough that lasts more than a couple of weeks, or that comes with fever, breathlessness or weight loss, needs a clinician's assessment rather than a diet change.

作为日常食材在常规食用量下是安全的。只应食用作为食品出售的百合，观赏用百合不是同一种商品，且百合对猫有毒。咳嗽超过两周，或伴有发热、气短、体重下降，应由医生评估，不要仅以食疗处理。

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