Medicinal value of day lily

Everyone is familiar with day lily , so what is the medicinal value of day lily? Here is an introduction:

Introduction to Lily

Daylily is also known as daylily, which was called "forget-me-not" and "hemerocallis" in ancient times. Because its flower buds are shaped like golden needles, it is also called "daylily".

Medicinal value of day lily

① "Commonly Used Herbs by Kunming Folks": It is mild in nature and sweet in taste.

Slightly poisonous.

② "Yunnan Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines": sweet, slightly spicy, neutral.

Functions and indications - the efficacy of daylily

Nourishes blood and soothes the liver, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling.

Treat dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, low back pain, vomiting blood, epistaxis, bleeding in the large intestine, edema, gonorrhea, sore throat, and mastitis.

① "Commonly Used Herbs among Kunming Folks": Nourishes the body and promotes lactation, soothes the liver and promotes diuresis, reduces swelling and stops bleeding.

② "Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Yunnan": sedative, diuretic, and anti-edema.

Treat dizziness, palpitations, difficulty urinating, edema, urinary tract infection, insufficient milk secretion, and swollen and painful joints.

③ "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": nourishes blood, replenishes deficiency, and clears away heat.

Lily lily【Selected recipe】

① Treat back pain, tinnitus, and lack of milk: Steam meat patties with daylily roots or boil pork kidneys. ("Commonly used herbal medicines in Kunming")

④To treat bleeding from the large intestine: Take ten swollen roots of the herb Thunbergia lappa and decoct them in water for oral administration.

⑤ Treat lung heat cough, mumps, sore throat: Take 50 cents of the swollen root of Hemerocallis fulva and decoct it in water.

Other knowledge about daylily

In modern times, Chinese and foreign scholars have made further discoveries about the medicinal value of daylily. For example, Japanese scholars call daylily "brain-boosting vegetable". my country's "Nutrition Journal" once evaluated daylily, which has the effect of significantly reducing animal serum cholesterol. People know that the increase of cholesterol is one of the important factors leading to diseases and body decline in middle-aged and elderly people. There are not many vegetables that can resist aging and are delicious and nutritious. On the contrary, daylily has these characteristics.

Eating day lily regularly can moisturize the skin, enhance its toughness and elasticity, make the skin delicate, plump, smooth and soft, reduce wrinkles, fade spots, and add beauty. Day lily also has antibacterial and immune functions, has moderate to mild anti-inflammatory and detoxifying effects, and plays a certain role in preventing infection.

Daylily is suitable for everyone

Daylily is a food that is close to dampness and heat. People with ulcers, gastrointestinal discomfort, etc. should eat less. People with excessive phlegm, especially asthma, should not eat it.