中国的母亲花——萱草 xuancaoyouming"xuancao"、"jinzhen"、"yinancao"deng，《jiuhuangbencao》jiaota"chuancaohua"；《gujinzhu》chengzhiwei"danji"；《shuowen》jizaiwei"wangyoucao"；《bencaogangmu》mingzhiwei"liaochou"。zaiyingmingday lilyshi"yiribaihe"deyisi，dianchulexuancaohuaqizhiyouyitiandeduanzan。
xuancaozaiwoguoyoujiqiannianzaipeilishi，xuancaoyoumingxuancao，xuanjiushiwangdeyisi。zuizaowenzijizaijianzhiyu《shijing﹒weifeng﹒boxi》："yandexuancao，yanshuzhibei"。zhuxizhuyue："xuancao，lingrenwangyou﹔bei，beitangye。"lingyichengtawangyou，laizi《bowuzhi》zhong："xuancao，shizhilingrenhaohuanle，wangyousi，guriwangyoucao。"shijingshucheng："beitangyouan，keyizhongxuan"；beitangjidaibiaomuqinzhiyi。gushihoudangyouziyaoyuanxingshi，jiuhuixianzaibeitangzhongxuancao，xiwangmuqinjianqingduihaizidesinian，wangquefanyou。tangchaomengjiao《youzishi》xiedao："xuancaoshengtangjie，youzixingtianya；cimuyitangmen，bujianxuancaohua。"wangmian《oushu》"jinchaofengrihao，tangqianxuancaohua。chibeiweimushou，suoxiwuxuanhua。"taoqiandeyinjiushi："fanciwangyouwu，yuanwoyishiqing"。lidaiwenrenyechangyizhiweiyongyindeticai，caozhiweizhizuosong，sudongpoweizhizuoshi，xiahouzhanweizhizuofu，yiyidedianchuxuancaozaishenghuozhongdediwei。
xuancaoyoujiaozuoyinancao。minjianyouyichuanshuo，dangfunvhuaiyunshi，zaixiongqianchashangyizhixuancaohuajiuhuishengnanhai，gumingyinan。tangxuanzongshi，xingqinggongzhongzaizhongleduozhongxuancao，yourenzuoshijifengshuo："qingxuandaochubisansan，xingqinggongqiansebeihan；jiewenhuangjiahezhongci？taipingtianziyaoyinan。"
xuancaojikeruyao，youkezuocaiyao。beifangrenhuanzuohuanghuacai，guangdong renjiaozuojinzhen﹔《bencaogangmu》zaiyue："jindongrencaiqihuaerhuozhi，mingweihuanghuacai。"ladingxuemingdezhongmingfulva，jiushi"huanghese"deyisi。youqihuasixizhang，zhuangrugushijinzhen，youmingjinzhencai。
lidaiyishutaolunxuancaoshenweixiangxi，《bencaozhu》wei："xuancaoweigan，lingrenhaoxi，leerwangyou。"jindaijikangzai《yangshenglun》zhongxiedao："hehuanjuanfen，xuancaowangyou，yuzhisuogongzhiye。"（juantong"juan"，shipaoqizhiyi）。《bencaoqiuzhen》wei："xuancaoweiganerqiweiliang，nengqushilishui，churetonglin，zhikexiaofan，kaixiongkuange，lingrenxinpingqihe，wuyouyouyu。"qingtongzhiqijian，chengzhejiangnandefeiboxiongyu《yifanglun》shuo："laozhe，wuzangjilaoye。shangzhe，qiqingshoushangye。baiyouganqixin，wanshilaoqixing，youchoutaiguo，huhubule……xuancaowangyoutangzhuzhi。"1993nianwangchuqiao、fanbindengbaodao《xuancaohuazhiliaoshimianzhengdelinchuangyushiyanbaogao》，renweiciyaoyouzhenjinganmianzuoyong，qieshaoyoufuzuoyong，duigezhongyuanyinyinqideshimianzheng，youqishigangongnengzhangaibanyoushimianzhe，shiyizhongbijiaolixiangdeyaowu。
xuancaohuayouyaoshitonggongdeshuangzhonggongneng，budanyingyangjiazhijigao，qieyoujihaodejiannaoxiaoguo，zai ribenchengweijiannaocai，bingliewei"zhiwuxingshipinzhongzuiyoudaibiaoxingdejiannaoshipinzhiyi"。lingwai，juwulijiuhuazai《yanshoukao》zhongyun："nenmiaoweishu，shizhidongfeng，lingrenhunranruzui，yinmingwangyou"。《qunfangpu》jizai："chunshimiao，xiashihua，qiyayahuadefujiekeshi。danxinglengxiaqi，bukeduoshi"。《zhongyaodacidian》zaiqihanyoushengwujian、huangtonglei。jucedingmei100keganzhipinzhonghandanbaizhi9.14ke、zhifang0.4－0.25ke、tangfen50－60.2ke、gai300－463haoke，binghanyouweishengsua、b、cjiduozhongweiliangyuansu。
药食俱佳的金针菜，传说与神医华佗有关。华佗生在社会混乱瘟疫流行的东汉末年。有一年，华佗到 江苏泗阳行医时，忽然曹操派人来请华佗为他治疗头疼之疾。华佗不从，曹兵以刀相逼。当天夜里，华佗转辗反侧不能入眠，朦胧中见一仙人，吩咐华佗如此这般，然后把金针向他怀里一扔，便飘然飞走。华佗醒来，果然在胸前摸到一把金针。翌日华佗含泪向送别的人说："今有一束金针，送与你们解救灾难！"说完手一扬，一束金光，飞向四面八方。众人随着金光望去，只见漫山遍野长满了叶青青，花黄黄的植物。人们采其花蕾煮水喝下去，慢慢地止住了瘟疫。金针菜从此传遍各地，经过人们的尝试，不仅能治病，而且还是一道可口的菜肴呢！ 送母亲一个浪漫的节日 母亲节寄语 
