The difference between medicinal lilies and edible lilies is mainly manifested in the production process and consumption methods, etc. Please follow your doctor’s instructions for specific medication. Both medicinal lilies and edible lilies are dried fleshy scaly leaves of the lily plant (Liliaceae), and their effects include clearing the mind and calming the spirit (stabilizing the mind by getting rid of inner irritability and sullenness), nourishing yin and moistening the lungs (nourishing the lungs by replenishing the lung fluid), etc. This medicine is not recommended for people with wind-cold cough. This medicine is contraindicated for people with wind-cold cough. The difference is that medicinal lilies need to be slightly scalded in boiling water, dried or honeyed for use; whereas edible lilies are mostly fresh lilies dried to dry, and the water content of these two types of lilies is also different. The two types of lilies have different water content. Edible lilies are often consumed through stir-frying and porridge. The use of medicinal lilies is diverse, can be decocted soup, paste, etc., such as: and winter flowers, etc., made of lily cream, the main treatment of yin deficiency lung dryness (the human body yin deficiency, resulting in lung dryness can not be nourished) with heat to the pharyngeal dryness and mute, cough and less phlegm, etc.; and the Sichuan shellfish mother, the ground made of lily solid gold soup, the main treatment of lung deficiency and cough, coughing and hemoptysis, etc.. In addition, the efficacy of a single drug is limited, only play an auxiliary role, can not replace the therapeutic effect of multi-drugs used in conjunction, it is recommended to be used in conjunction. Although there is no obvious toxic side effects, but also can not be used indiscriminately, if there is discomfort, the need for medication, please go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor to use.