Jinyun Daylily

Jinyun Daylily

　　Jinyun Daylily is a specialty of Jinyun County, Lishui, Zhejiang Province.

　　　Daylily, also known as golden needle, belongs to the Liliaceae family and Hemerocallis genus, and is a perennial herbaceous plant with a long taproot. With over 600 years of cultivation history, Jinyun Daylily has traditionally been given as a gift to parents in gratitude or to friends and relatives. It ranks first in production within Zhejiang Province and second nationwide. Historical records indicate that it was planted as early as the Yuan Dynasty, and by the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it had become one of the county’s main local products. The Panlong variety of Jinyun Daylily is considered the best. The dried daylily is pale yellow or golden in color, with a glossy sheen, thick flesh, and rich nutrition, containing 18 types of amino acids. It offers benefits such as clearing heat and detoxifying, calming the nerves and strengthening the stomach, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling and water retention, making it an excellent choice for home cooking. The flower, root, and leaves of the daylily can all be used medicinally to treat hepatitis, edema, sprained waist pain, prevent motion sickness and vomiting, and help with insomnia and lactation in women. The XianDu brand daylily, also known as the “nerve-calming vegetable,” is strictly cultivated according to the Grade AA green food NY/T39 standards and is praised as “a flower to behold, a vegetable to eat, and a medicine to use.” It is naturally cool in nature and sweet in taste. Each 100 grams of daylily contains 4.2 grams of protein, 73 milligrams of calcium, 68 milligrams of phosphorus, as well as iron, carotene, vitamin C, pollen, lipids, sugars, and more. Due to its high pollen content, regular consumption helps maintain and enhance the functions of various body systems and contributes to beauty and blacker hair. It is primarily used for chest discomfort due to heat, restless sleep at night, insufficient breast milk, jaundice hepatitis, hemorrhoidal bleeding, intellectual decline, and general health and anti-aging purposes. The product is mainly sold in southeastern coastal cities of China, as well as in Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asian countries, and has won the Gold Award at the Zhejiang Provincial Agricultural Expo.