▁bul b ▁is ▁sweet ▁and ▁cool ing . ▁It ▁has ▁st arch ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁cook ed ▁and ▁e aten ▁as ▁a ▁veget able ▁similar ▁to ▁pot atoes ▁or ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁wine . ▁ ▁Medicine ▁The ▁bul b ▁has ▁car min ative , ▁expect or ant , ▁sed ative , ▁ant it uss ive , ▁p ector al ▁and ▁t onic ▁qual ities . ▁It ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁treatment ▁of ▁bron ch ial ▁problems ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁u ter ine ▁flux es , ▁ch ore ic ▁aff e ctions , ▁ul cers ▁and ▁sw ell ings . ▁The ▁flowers ▁inv ig or ate ▁the ▁blood ▁and ▁are ▁used ▁as ▁pou lt ice ▁to ▁c ure ▁s ore , ▁bo ils ▁and ▁f oul ▁ul cers . ▁ ▁H ort icult ure ▁Lil ium ▁con color ▁blo oms ▁from ▁June ▁to ▁July ▁and ▁its ▁se eds ▁rip en ▁from ▁August ▁to ▁September . ▁Similar ▁to ▁other ▁l il ies , ▁it ▁pre fers ▁a ▁well - dra ined ▁location ▁with ▁full ▁sun , ▁ro tt ed ▁organ ic ▁matter ▁and ▁a ▁cold ▁period . ▁It ▁generally ▁requires ▁moder ate ▁to ▁low ▁amounts ▁of ▁mo ist ure ▁during ▁the ▁growing ▁season . ▁ ▁This ▁plant ▁pre fers ▁a ▁p H ▁range ▁of ▁ 4 . 5 ▁to ▁ 7 ▁( most ly ▁acid ic ), ▁although ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁records ▁that ▁it ▁can ▁grow ▁in ▁either ▁acid ic ▁or ▁basic ▁conditions . ▁For ▁instance ▁it ▁grows ▁in ▁two ▁regions ▁of ▁China ▁with ▁different ▁soil