Can eating golden needles help you conceive a boy? 3 Cool Summer Daylily Recipes

Daylily, also known as "day lily", is low in calories and is not only a common ingredient in dietary cooking, but can also be used for health and wellness to relieve depression. Chinese medicine practitioners said that although daylily flowers are not medicinal herbs, they are very nutritious ingredients. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, daylily flowers contain a large amount of protein and iron, and have high nutritional value. They also have the effects of hematopoiesis, blood tonic, strengthening internal organs, and diuresis, hemostasis, and swelling reduction. It can be said to be a good cool summer dish that is both therapeutic and delicious. (Video/Photographer Huang Zhiwen)

In the hot summer, the Hualien County Government vigorously promotes the daylily season, turning local food ingredients into a tourism industry. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

Dr. Chen Junming, supervisor of the New Taipei City Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association, pointed out that in addition to being called "daylily" and "forget-me-not", it is said that if a pregnant woman wears it or eats it, she will give birth to a boy, so it has another name called "boy-friendly grass." Interestingly, the edible golden needles must be picked before the flower buds bloom and dried, otherwise they will have no edible value once they bloom. Therefore, when farmers harvest the flower buds, it is like a race against time, every second counts.

3 Cool Summer Daylily Recipes

【Stir-fried black fungus with lily of the valley】

Material:

1. 3 pieces of black fungus.

2. About 30 dried golden needles.

3. 1 small piece of young ginger.

Seasoning:

1. 1 tablespoon of black vinegar.

2. 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

3. A little soy sauce.

practice:

1. Soak the black fungus in clean water, remove impurities, wash and cut into shreds for later use.

2. Wash and soak the dried golden needles in clean water, blanch them in hot water and set aside.

3. Heat the pan, add a spoonful of oil, add shredded ginger and black fungus and stir-fry.

4. Then pour in the blanched golden needles and other seasonings, stir well and serve.

[Stir-fried black fungus with golden needles]: low in fat and healthy. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

【Wolfberry and golden needle sweet tea】(1 serving)

Material:

1. 30 wolfberries.

2. 3 red dates.

3. 6 dried golden needles.

4. Appropriate amount of rock sugar.

practice:

1. Wash wolfberries and red dates, clean dried golden needles with clean water, blanch them in hot water and set aside.

After 2.500CC of cold water is boiled, add wolfberry, red dates, and appropriate amount of rock sugar according to personal preference.

3. Simmer for 5 minutes, add the golden needles and turn off the heat.

【Goji Berry and Lily of the Valley Sweet Tea】: Relieves heat and quenches thirst. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

【Golden Needle Chicken Soup】

Material:

1. 1/2 chicken leg.

2. 50 dried golden needles.

3. 12 red dates.

4. 60 wolfberries (about 5 cents).

5. 2 green onions.

6. 3 slices of old ginger.

Seasoning:

1. 1/2 spoon of salt.

2. 4 tablespoons of rice wine.

3. 6 large glasses of water.

practice:

1. Chop the chicken into pieces and cut the green onions into sections.

2. Add chicken, golden needles, red dates, wolfberries, onions, ginger and seasonings into the pot in order.

3. Place the pot lid in boiling water and simmer over medium heat for about 40 minutes before serving.

【Golden Needle Health Chicken Soup】: Replenishes Qi and nourishes blood. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)