Can fresh daylily be eaten? Fresh day lily is poisonous and inedible, but if it is treated in the right way and then cooked and eaten, its toxic substances can be removed and poisoning can be avoided. Because there is a substance called "colchicine" in fresh day lily, if eaten directly, this substance will undergo an oxidation reaction after entering the human body and become highly toxic colchicine, which will cause nausea, vomiting, stomachache, diarrhea and other symptoms, such as muscle weakness, numbness of hands and feet, bruising and bleeding.
How to eat daylily can avoid poisoning 1. Colchicine soaked in salt water has better water solubility. Before eating, fresh daylily can be soaked in 10% salt water 1 hour, which will reduce the colchicine content by about 65%, and then soaked in clear water for 2-3 hours. Fresh daylily is basically non-toxic and can be eaten safely in moderation.
Colchicine will lose its activity when it is boiled in boiling water. Fresh daylily can be boiled in boiling water for about 3 minutes, then the scalded daylily can be soaked in clear water for more than 2 hours, and washed with clear water when eating, so that the treated daylily can be safely eaten.
People who should avoid day lily can be eaten by ordinary people, but because day lily is a hot and humid food, people with selective injury and poor gastrointestinal function should not eat it. For example, people with excessive phlegm, especially asthma patients, must not eat day lilies.