百子櫃THE HUNDRED DRAWERS
Dried daylily buds
金針
Dried daylily buds: slender, pale gold, sold in bundles. Soak them soft and tie each one in a knot before it goes in; they turn up in steamed chicken, braised pork hock and soups.
TCM properties
Nature · neutral
Cautions: read first
- Medical evidenceBuy the DRIED buds, which is the form the tradition uses and the form sold here. Fresh, undried daylily buds contain colchicine-like compounds and have caused poisoning; drying and cooking is what makes them a food. Widely stocked in Australian Asian grocers, for example Henghui Dried Lily Flowers 100g at Umall and Golden Bai Wei 100g at Homie.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
