The flowers and roots of fresh yellow cauliflower contain a toxic alkaloid, with the stamens containing the most toxin. Eating it may cause food poisoning, causing nausea, vomiting abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Fresh cauliflower needs to be removed from the toxin before eating, so it is safer to eat dried cauliflower because the drying process destroys the toxin contained in it.

After human consumption in the body is easy to oxidize and produce toxic dicolchicine and cause poisoning. Studies have found that adults who consume 50-100g of fresh cauliflower (which contains 0.1-0.2mg of colchicine) will experience acute poisoning symptoms, manifested by thirst, dry throat, nausea, vomiting, etc., and in severe cases, bloody stools and hematuria will occur.

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The flowers of cauliflower have the effect of stomachic, lactation, blood tonic, lactating women with insufficient milk secretion of food, can play the role of lactation; root diuretic, swelling effect, can be used for the treatment of edema, urinary incontinence; the leaves have the role of tranquillity, can treat neurasthenia, insomnia and weakness of the body, swollen and other diseases. The root of the daylily is used for the treatment of edema. It is customary that the roots of various daylilies are used in medicine without distinction, and as food only the flower buds of yellow daylilies are used.

The yellow daylily has better brain health, anti-aging effect, is because it contains rich lecithin, this kind of material is many cells in the organism, especially the composition of the brain cells, to enhance and improve the function of the brain has an important role, and at the same time can clear the arterial deposits, on the inattentiveness, memory loss, cerebral arterial obstruction and other symptoms have a special therapeutic effect, it is people called "brain-healthy vegetables".

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