Avoid day lily poisoning and try not to eat fresh day lily. If you want to eat, fresh daylily can be soaked in 10% salt water for one hour, and the colchicine content will be reduced by 65%. Fresh daylily is soaked in clear water for two hours, then soaked in boiling water, and colchicine can disappear. It should also be noted that the consumption of fresh day lily should not exceed100g each time, and it should not be eaten continuously.
Medicinal value
The flowers of day lily have the effects of invigorating stomach, promoting lactation and enriching blood. Those who have insufficient milk secretion during lactation can eat them, which can play the role of promoting lactation and lowering milk. Roots have diuretic and repercussive effects, and can be used to treat edema and dysuria; Leaves have the effect of calming the nerves, and can treat neurasthenia, restlessness, physical weakness and edema. Traditionally, the roots of all kinds of HEMEROCALLIS HEMEROCALLIS are used as medicine, but only the flower buds of HEMEROCALLIS HEMEROCALLIS are used as food.
Day lily has good brain-strengthening and anti-aging effects, because it is rich in lecithin, which is a component of many cells in the body, especially brain cells, and plays an important role in enhancing and improving brain function. At the same time, it can remove deposits in arteries, and has special effects on symptoms such as inattention, memory loss and cerebral artery occlusion, so people call it "brain-strengthening dish".
Day lily is an important cash crop. Its flowers are steamed and sun-dried, and processed into dried vegetables, that is, day lily or day lily, which are exported at home and abroad. It is a very popular food and has the effects of invigorating stomach, diuresis and detumescence. Roots can make wine; Leaves can be used to make paper and weave straw mats; The dried flower buds can be used as paper coal and fuel.
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Reference to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Daylily (Chinese medicine), Baidu Encyclopedia-Daylily, People's Health Network-Fresh Daylily is poisonous! Soak in salt water for 2 hours before eating