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Lilies, lilium species

Tiger lily, Lilium lancifoliumtiger lily

The bulb can be eaten cooked. Somewhat bitterish. Fairly pleasant, when properly cooked they are highly esteemed as a vegetable and somewhat resemble parsnips in flavour.

The bulbs are up to 8cm in diameter. They are a good source of starch.

The bulb can be dried and ground into powder.

The flowers are eaten raw or cooked. Used fresh or dried in salads, soups, rice dishes etc.

The bulb is used to relieve heart diseases, pain in the cardiac region and angina pectoris.

They are used in Korea to treat coughs, sore throats, palpitations and boils.

The flowers are used to strengthen the eyelid muscles.

A tincture made from the flowering plant, harvested when in full flower, is used in the treatment of uterine neuralgia, congestion, irritation and the nausea of pregnancy.

It relieves the bearing-down pain accompanying uterine prolapse and is an important remedy in ovarian neuralgia.

Fire lily, Lilium bulbiferumfire lily

This bulb can be eaten cooked. Sweet and mealy, they make very fair eating and can be used as a potato substitute.