The therapeutic effect of golden needle vegetable

The yellow flower we are talking about today is not the yellow flower that "people are thinner than yellow flowers", but the daylily we often eat:

Introduction to Lily

Daylily is the flower bud of a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Liliaceae family. Daylily is fresh and tender, rich in nutrients, and contains abundant pollen, sugar, protein, vitamin C, calcium, fat, carotene, amino acids and other nutrients necessary for the human body. The carotene it contains is even several times more than that of tomatoes. Daylily is sweet and cool in nature, and has the effects of stopping bleeding, anti-inflammatory, clearing heat, promoting dampness, digesting food, improving eyesight, and calming the nerves. It is effective for vomiting blood, bloody stools, urinary obstruction, insomnia, and milk retention, and can be used as a tonic after illness or childbirth. Daylily is often cooked with vegetarian dishes such as black fungus, and can also be made into soup or fried with eggs, chicken, meat, etc. It is rich in nutrients.

The therapeutic value of golden needle vegetables

The flower buds of the herbaceous plants of the Liliaceae family, such as daylily and yellow daylily. Also known as daylily flower, golden needle flower, deer onion flower, daylily calyx, etc. It is cultivated in many areas of my country. The flowers are picked in summer and dried or used fresh.

[Properties] The leaves are sweet and slightly cold in nature. They can clear away heat and cool blood, eliminate dampness and heat, calm the mind and improve eyesight.

[Reference] Contains vitamins A, B, C, protein, fat and other ingredients.

[Use] Used for blood heat bleeding; red and astringent urine; restlessness; liver deficiency with heat and blurred vision.

[Usage] Decoction, cooking, or stir-frying.

[Note] Fresh products are more effective when used as medicine.

People who are related to day lily

It is edible for general population.

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

Selection of daylily

Characteristics of High-Quality Daylily

(1) Appearance: Light yellow or golden yellow in color, fresh and free of impurities, with tight, long, uniform and strong strips.

Characteristics of poor quality daylily

(1) Appearance: The color is dark yellow with a slight reddish tint. The strips are of different lengths and thicknesses, mixed with foreign matter, and may even be black in color, moldy, and deteriorating.

(2) Feel: Hard and easy to break, poor elasticity, high water content

(3) Odor: Smoke, sulfur or mold.