“…unicolor (Lanzhou lily), and also a perfect food lily variety. Bulb of lily is not only a good source of nutrient substances including protein, fat, starch, and dietary fiber 1, 2, but also contains an amount of bioactive substances, such as alkaloids, polysaccharides, saponin, many kind of carotene, vitamins like B1, B2, and C, calcium, and phosphorous 3. Lily bulbs has been used as a traditional Chinese folk medicine for many centuries, and its bulb has been found to relieve cough, to moisten the lungs, expel gas from the alimentary canal thereby relieving griping or colic and many of other functions.…”