Nutritional value of daylily

Many people dry day lilies and use them to make soup, or stir-fry chicken. They are very nutritious.

Nutritional Value

Daylily has good brain-boosting and anti-aging effects because it is rich in lecithin, which is a component of many cells in the body, especially brain cells. It plays an important role in enhancing and improving brain function. It can also remove deposits in the arteries and has special effects on symptoms such as inattention, memory loss, and cerebral artery blockage. Therefore, people call it "brain-boosting vegetable". According to other studies, daylily can significantly reduce serum cholesterol levels, which is beneficial to the recovery of patients with hypertension and can be used as a health vegetable for patients with hypertension. Daylily also contains active ingredients that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells, and rich crude fiber can promote the excretion of stool, so it can be used as a food for preventing and treating intestinal cancer.

Daylily

Target Group

1. It is especially suitable for pregnant women, middle-aged and elderly people, and those who are overworked;

2. People with skin itching should avoid eating it. Daylily contains a lot of crude fiber, so people with gastrointestinal diseases should eat it with caution.

Dosage

1. Fresh daylily contains colchicine, which can cause symptoms of gastrointestinal poisoning, so it cannot be eaten raw. It must be processed and dried. Before eating, blanch it in boiling water and then soak it in cold water for more than 2 hours. When eating, use high heat to heat it thoroughly. Do not eat too much at a time.

2. Daylily is suitable for cold dishes (should be blanched first), stir-frying, boiling soup or as an ingredient.

3. It should not be stir-fried alone and should be eaten with other ingredients.

4. In addition, it is better to use cold water.

Edible effects

Daylily is mild in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and enters the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians; it has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and reducing swelling, stopping bleeding and relieving restlessness, relieving chest tightness, nourishing blood and calming the liver, promoting diuresis and promoting lactation, relieving sore throat and widening the chest, clearing away dampness and heat, and promoting lactation; it is mainly used to treat dizziness and tinnitus, palpitations and depression, red and astringent urination, edema, hemorrhoids and bloody stools.

Introduction:

Daylily, also known as daylily, daylily, forget-me-not, is a plant of the lily family. It has been cultivated in my country for more than 2,000 years. Its flower buds, also known as daylily, have been a delicacy since ancient times. Because of its thick petals, golden color, rich fragrance, fresh, smooth, tender and glutinous taste, it is often as famous as fungus, and both are "treasures on the table". Daylily has high nutritional value. According to analysis, it contains 14.1 grams of protein, 1.1 grams of fat, 62.6 grams of carbohydrates, 463 milligrams of calcium, 173 milligrams of phosphorus, and a variety of vitamins per 100 grams, especially carotene, which is the richest content. The content of dry product is 3.44 milligrams per 100 grams, which ranks among the best among vegetables. It is very beneficial to human health, especially fetal development, so it can be used as a must-have food for pregnant women and postpartum women.

In recent years, scientific experiments have confirmed that daylily has better brain-boosting and anti-aging functions, which has attracted the attention of the world. In his monograph, Japanese Professor Setsuo Iino listed eight kinds of brain-boosting side dishes, and the first one is forget-me-not (daylily). He said: "Daily lily has the effect of achieving nutritional balance and brain-boosting effects, so it can also be called a brain-boosting vegetable... For modern humans with excessive nerve fatigue, it should be eaten in large quantities." Daylily is undoubtedly a good medicine for preventing intellectual decline in the elderly. Recently, a domestic study showed that daylily has the effect of significantly reducing animal serum cholesterol, so it is also a good vegetable for preventing diseases in the middle-aged and elderly and delaying the aging of the body.

Daylily contains ingredients such as asparagine, which has the functions of hemostasis, anti-inflammatory, diuresis, stomachic and tranquilizing. Its flowers, stems, leaves and roots can be used as medicine. The root end swelling is used to stew meat or chicken, which has a good effect on treating anemia, senile dizziness, etc.

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