Medicinal value of daylily

Daylily, also known as day lily

Traditional Chinese medicine believes , daylily is sweet, cool and flat in nature. According to analysis, daylily contains protein, fat, sugar, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, etc. Pharmacological studies have shown that daylily can clear away heat and cool blood, promote diuresis and produce body fluid, calm the liver and improve eyesight, nourish blood and promote lactation, calm the mind and relieve restlessness, detoxify and eliminate carbuncle. It is suitable for symptoms such as blood heat and bleeding, painful urination, restlessness, liver deficiency and heat, blurred vision, poor urination, lack of milk, sores, carbuncles and swellings.

Medicinal value of daylily

The flowers of daylily have the effects of strengthening the stomach, promoting lactation, and replenishing blood. They can be eaten by lactating women with insufficient milk secretion to help promote lactation; the roots have diuretic and anti-edema effects, and can be used to treat edema and urinary problems; the leaves have a calming effect, and can treat neurasthenia, insomnia, physical weakness and edema. It is customary to use the roots of all kinds of daylilies as medicine, while only the flower buds of yellow daylily are used as food.

Daylily is sweet and cool in nature, and has the effects of stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation, 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. It can be used as a tonic after illness or childbirth.