Health Benefits Of Lily

New Delhi, 26-Sep-2020

Lily has antispasmodic, diuretic, emetic, laxative, purgative, cardiac tonic, sedative and antipyretic by nature. It is mostly used in the form of tea, tincture, extract, infusion and essential oil. The famous seventeenth-century botanist and physician Nicholas Culpeper said that �It, without doubt, strengthens the brain and renovates a weak memory. The distilled water dropped into the eyes helps inflammations thereof. The spirit of the flowers, distilled in wine, restored lost speech, helps the palsy, and is exceedingly good in the apoplexy, comforted the heart and vital spirits.� Some of their benefits are:

1. Reduces Scars:
An ointment made of lily of valley is used for treating burns and other wounds without leaving any scars. It is also helpful in healing the scar tissues quickly and effectively.
2. Lightens Skin Tone:
The flowers of this herb are infused with water to prepare a tonic called Aqua Aurea. This tonic has been used for skin lightening from medieval times. It acts as a skin astringent too.
3. Heart Diseases:
Lily of the valley is known as a cardiac tonic. This herb is safer for the treatment of heart ailments of elderly people than digitalis or foxglove. It is combined with hawthorn and motherwort for these purposes. It also helps to treat valvular heart disease, cardiac debility, dropsy and congestive heart failure. The flavonoids present in the herb stimulate the arteries, help in dilation of blood. Its diuretic properties help in lowering the blood pressure level. It is also useful in the treatment of arrhythmia as it increases the muscular action of the heart while at the same time slowing down and regulating the heartbeat rate.
4. Mental Problems:
Legends say that if a person puts the oil of lily of valley on his forehead, it would impart common sense into him! Now, without being superstitious, we can safely say that the oil of this flower does help ease mental problems. The essential oil of lily of valley is used in aromatherapy to treat headaches, depression, and melancholy. It can also be used to treat memory loss, apoplexy and epilepsy. It is used to strengthen the brain cells and improve the cognitive processes of the brain.
5. Treatment Of Chronic Lung Diseases:
This herb is used for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) like emphysema and asthma. It is also used to make medicines for pulmonary edema, which if not treated leads to congestive heart failure.
6. Treatment Of Angina Pectoris:
Lily of the valley is used to lessen chest pain caused by spasms of the coronary arteries and by lack of oxygen in the heart muscle.
7. Antipyretic Properties:
Lily of valley decreases heat production in the body by reducing circulation rate. It is also used to treat fever.
8. Treatment Of Urinary Tract Infection:
The tincture prepared with lily of valley flowers is used to treat UTI as it cleans obstructions from the urethra.
9. Keep Digestion Healthy:
This herb is known to be used as a substitute for aloes because of its purgative and laxative qualities. This in turn keeps the body�s digestive process smooth.