Long before carnation became a symbol of maternal love, there was also a mother flower in China, that is, day lily. Hemerocallis has always been called "Mother Flower" in China. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used day lilies to comfort their mothers. In ancient times, if a wanderer wanted to travel far away, he would plant day lilies in Beitang first, hoping that his mother would lighten her thoughts of her children and forget her troubles. "The Book of Songs Feng Wei Bo Xi" contains: "How can you get the grass as the back of the tree?" Zhu Zhu noted: "The worry of forgetting grass; The north hall also refers to the north hall where my mother lives. The north hall represents my mother's meaning. Where did I get a day lily and plant it in front of my mother's hall, forgetting the sadness caused by missing my son? " . At that time, I went to Beijing to study for exams, go out for business and travel for a long time. When I say goodbye to my mother, my son will plant day lilies in front of the North Hall. I pray that my mother will see the lilies open, which means forgetting. Hemerocallis is also called a girl who has no worries (it is said that eating Hemerocallis can make people forget their troubles). Meng Jiao has "Wandering Poems": "Hemerocallis are born in the hall, and wanderers travel all over the world; Mother is in front of the church, watching the day lily. " Wang Mian's My Book in the Yuan Dynasty says, "It's sunny today, and there are day lilies in front of the hall. Holding a cup is my mother's birthday, and there is nothing moving. " Tao Qian's drinking poem: "Forget the troubles here and leave me alone." . Scholars in past dynasties often used it as the theme of chanting things, Cao Zhi sang for it, Su Dongpo wrote poems for it, and Xiahou Zhan wrote poems for it, pointing out the position of day lily in life one by one. There are countless such ancient poems, and the house where my mother lives is also called Xuantang. Hemerocallis is synonymous with my mother since ancient times, and it is the earliest mother flower in China. In ancient times, the mother's room was called Xuantang, and later it was called [Mother's Room] because Xuantang was the mother or her mother lived there. Another example is Chen Xuan (mother's birthday); Xuanqin (another name for mother); Hemerocallis (borrowing mother) North Hall has a mystery, so why forget your worries? -A Dream of Red Mansions
Another name
Hemerocallis fulva is also known as "Su Xuan", "Live Grass", "Jin Baihe" and "Sliding Door Grass". It is called "Chuan Cao Hua" in herbal disaster relief. Ancient and modern notes call it "Dan thorn"; Shuowen is recorded as a girl without worries; Compendium of Materia Medica is called "Curing Sorrow". The English names "tawnty daylily" and "daylily" mean "lily in the daytime". It can be seen that the flower shape of day lily resembles lily, and the flowering period of day lily is short. Hemerocallis are also called suitable for men. There is a folk legend that when a woman is pregnant, she will give birth to a boy by inserting a day lily in her chest, so she is called a man. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a variety of day lilies were planted in Xingqing Palace. Someone wrote a poem sarcastically saying: "Qingxuan is full of green flowers, and the color in front of Xingqing Palace is twice as high;" What kind of royal family? The Emperor of Peace wants to be alone. " Hemerocallis is also called a girl without sadness. Wuzhong Xiucai called it treating sorrow; Ji Kang's health theory says, "Hemerocallis forget their worries". Hemerocallis can be used as medicine and vegetables. People in the north call it day lily, and people in Guangdong call it day lily. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Today, people in the East pick flowers and buy them, which are called day lilies." The Latin scientific name fulva means "yellow-brown". Moreover, its filaments are slender and shaped like ancient gold needles, also known as day lilies.
record
The medical books of the past dynasties have a very detailed discussion on HEMEROCALLIS. "Notes on Materia Medica" records: "Daylily is sweet, which makes people have a good time and forget their worries." Ji Kang of Jin Dynasty wrote in "On Health": "Acacia is angry, day lilies forget their worries, and fools know it." ("Donate" means to abandon). "Seeking Truth from Materia Medica" said: "Hemerocallis are sweet in taste and slightly cool in gas, which can dispel dampness and promote diuresis, clear away heat and stranguria, quench thirst and relieve annoyance, open the chest and expand the diaphragm, and make people calm and have no sense of depression." During the Tongzhi period in the Qing Dynasty, Fei, who was well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, said in "On Medical Prescriptions": "If you work hard, the five internal organs will accumulate work. The wounded are also hurt by seven emotions. " When you are upset, you will feel your heart and everything will go with the flow. If you worry too much, you will suddenly feel unhappy ... Hemerocallis forget your trouble and cure it with soup. "1993, Wang Chuqiao and Fan Bin reported the clinical and experimental reports on the treatment of insomnia by day lily. They think this medicine has sedative and hypnotic effects and has little side effects. It is an ideal drug for treating insomnia caused by various reasons, especially for insomnia patients with liver dysfunction.
nutrition
Hemerocallis Hemerocallis Hemerocallis has the function of both medicine and food. It not only has high nutritional value, but also has a good brain-nourishing effect. Known as brain-nourishing food in Japan, it is listed as "one of the most representative brain-nourishing foods in plant foods". In addition, according to Wu Li Jiuhua's Kao Shou, "Young seedlings are vegetables, and the wind of eating makes people intoxicated, forgetting their worries because of their names". "Qunfangpu" records: "If you eat seedlings in spring and flowers in summer, you will eat elegant flowers. But you can't eat more when you are angry with a cold. " There are alkaloids and flavonoids in the dictionary of Chinese medicine. According to the determination, every100g of dried product contains 9.14g of protein, 0.4-0.25g of fat, 50-60.2g of sugar, 300-463mg of calcium, vitamins A, B, C and various trace elements.
One legend is that ...
Daylily, which is homologous to medicine and food, is said to be related to Huatuo, a divine doctor. Hua Tuo was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when social chaos and plague prevailed. One year, Hua Tuo went to Siyang, Jiangsu Province to practice medicine. Suddenly, Cao Cao sent someone to ask Hua Tuo to treat his headache. When Hua Tuo refused, Cao Bing threatened him with a knife. That night, Hua tuo turned over and couldn't sleep. He saw a fairy in the dim light, told Hua Tuo to do so, and then threw the gold needle into his arms and floated away. When Hua Tuo woke up, he touched a handful of gold needles on his chest. The next day, Hua Tuo said to the farewell person with tears in his face: "Today, I have a bunch of gold needles for you, which can save the day!" Say that finish a Yang hand, a beam of golden light, fly in all directions. When they look with golden light, they see all the hills are covered with Ye Qingqing and yellow plants. People drank its bud and boiled water, which slowly stopped the plague. Since then, day lilies have spread all over the country. After people's attempts, it can not only cure diseases, but also be a delicious food! HEMEROCALLIS HEMEROCALLIS was a common dye before modern chemical dyes appeared. In addition, Hemerocallis fulva is very sensitive to fluoride. When the air is polluted by fluorine, the tips of daylily leaves will turn reddish brown, so it is often used as an indicator plant to monitor whether the environment is polluted by fluorine.