"Although the feelings are bitter, the day lily forgets the worries", so it is said that the girl has no worries.
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Hemerocallis, also known as the girl without sorrow, is a perennial herb of Liliaceae. Having short rhizomes and spindle-shaped fleshy roots. Basal leaves, arranged in two rows, strip-shaped, up to 80 cm long. Flowering from June to August, stamens are stout, about 100 cm high, spiral cymes, dozens of flowers, corolla funnel-shaped, with a diameter of 12 cm, orange-red, and maroon spots in the middle of petals. Originated in southern China, southern Europe and Japan. Hemerocallis grandiflora, which is widely cultivated at present, is a new polyploid variety. Its colors are light white green, deep golden yellow, light beige, scarlet, light pink, deep rose red, lavender, deep red blue and so on. The number of flowers has increased to more than 40. The diameter of the flower is 19 cm, which is very beautiful. Reproduce by splitting plants or sowing seeds. Cold and drought-tolerant, lax soil selection. It is best to use soil rich in humus and well drained. It has strong adaptability, easy cultivation and long flowering period, and is very popular with people.
Hemerocalliscithrina, the scientific name of HEMEROCALLIS, also known as HEMEROCALLIS, HEMEROCALLIS, is a perennial herb of HEMEROCALLIS in Liliaceae.
"Flower Mirror" said: "Hemerocallis can be used as a mirror, one is suitable for men, and the other is forgetful." Cui Bao's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times also called Hemerocallis a girl without worries. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica said: "Xuan, it is advisable to go to the wetland, the winter and the moon are crowded, and the leaves are tender as cattails. The old and the new are the same generation, the stems are green at four o'clock, bloom in May, drooping at six o'clock, and autumn is over ... Today, orientals pick their flowers and dry them in the sun. They are called day lilies. " Daylily is named after its golden yellow flowers and because it looks like daylily. Call the day lily "Xie Yi Qiang Nuo"? Nine? UH huh? Hey? It is believed that more boys can be born, so there is a saying in the Book of Songs that "how to get grass, say the back of the tree".
Hemerocallis are called girls without sadness because people can forget this flower no matter how sad they are. Although this statement is exaggerated, according to "Notes on Materia Medica", "Hemerocallis are sweet and make people relaxed and forget their worries." "Life-prolonging Book" records: "Seedlings are vegetables, and the wind of eating makes people intoxicated, so they forget their worries." Ji Kang, a health care scientist in Jin Dynasty, also said, "Emotion leads to anger, while day lilies forget their worries." Regarding the medicinal use of girls without worries, "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 relieve stranguria, quench thirst and relieve annoyance, open the chest and expand the diaphragm, making people calm and have no sense of depression." Materia Medica says: "Hemerocallis are everywhere in the fields. Pick flowers in May and take root in August. Today, with its tender seedlings, the clouds benefit the chest and diaphragm. " Fei recorded in "Medical Wine and Righteousness Injury": "If you work hard, the five internal organs will accumulate fatigue. The wounded, seven emotions are also injured. All troubles have a heart, everything has its shape, and the limited qi and blood are exhausted. ..... Too much sadness, suddenly unhappy, ... Hemerocallis forget sorrow soup. " Fei self-made Hemerocallis Forgetting Worry Decoction, and used one or two decoctions of Hemerocallis instead of water to decoct other drugs. Compendium of Materia Medica holds that it has the functions of "widening the chest and diaphragm, calming the five internal organs, removing insomnia and depression, clearing heat and nourishing the heart". Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that the law of the growth and decline of yin and yang in nature corresponds to the law of the growth and decline of yin and yang in human body. Hemerocallis, on the other hand, have the characteristics of opening in the morning and closing at dusk, which can conform to the law of the growth and decline of yin and yang in nature, wither at night and suffocate during the day. The ancients used it to treat insomnia and sadness.