It is the nemesis of high blood pressure! It's such a pity that people throw it away as garbage.

Everyone likes to eat corn, but when peeling corn, many people will throw away the corn silk. Do you know that you are throwing away a great treasure for health!

What’s so magical about corn silk?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that corn silk is sweet and mild in nature, can promote diuresis, reduce swelling, soothe the liver, and promote bile secretion, and can treat edema,

Nephritis, hypertension, diabetes, bile duct stones, etc. Modern medicine shows that corn silk contains a large amount of vitamin K, potassium nitrate, sitosterol, stigmasterol and bioalkali. It has antihypertensive, hypoglycemic, hemostatic, diuretic, etc. effects.

Specifically, corn silk has the following effects:

1. Reduce edema. Corn silk has a certain diuretic effect and can increase the excretion of chloride. Since its diuretic effect is extrarenal, it is effective in eliminating edema.

2. Lower blood pressure. Corn silk can dilate peripheral blood vessels and has a certain blood pressure lowering effect.

3. Stop bleeding. Since corn silk can accelerate blood coagulation and increase the number of platelets, it can also be used as a hemostatic and help treat acute hemolytic anemia.

4. Anti-allergic. Corn silk has certain anti-allergic effects and can be used to treat urticaria and asthma.

5. Appetite. Drinking corn silk soaked in water can clear away heat and stimulate appetite, making it a good drink in summer.

Corn silk diet recipe

1. Treat diabetes

30 grams of corn silk, 30 grams of astragalus, 30 grams of yam, 15 grams of trichosanthes, 12 grams of wood root bark, and 15 grams of ophiopogon, decocted in water and taken orally.

2. Treat high blood pressure

50 grams of corn silk and 10 grams of chrysanthemum, decocted. This is a 1-day dose, taken twice a day, morning and evening.

3. Treat acute nephritis

60 grams of corn silk, 30 grams of watermelon peel, 6 crayfish, 1 gram of cinnamon, and 15 grams of rehmannia root. Decoction in water and take one dose every other day for 4-5 doses in a row.

4. Treat cough

Appropriate amounts of corn silk and orange peel. Decoction in water and take twice a day to relieve cough, reduce phlegm, and treat cough due to excessive phlegm.

Taboos of corn silk tea

In traditional Chinese medicine, corn silk is called "dragon's beard", which shows its extraordinary health benefits. Corn silk tea made by brewing corn silk with boiling water not only tastes sweet, but also has health-preserving effects.

In daily life, you might as well drink more corn silk tea, because this tea is not only simple to make and low-cost, but also has the effect of clearing away heat and lowering blood pressure. Taking it in summer can also cool the blood and relieve heat. Pregnant women drinking corn silk tea can prevent miscarriage and it also has a certain effect on unblocking milk.

Generally speaking, there is no taboo for drinking corn silk tea, but Xiaojiu recommends that the amount of tea you drink each time should not be too much, no more than 3-5 grams each time, and try to choose fresh corn silk for brewing.