The effect of corn silk soaked in water

Corn is a grain crop that everyone must be familiar with. After being used to eating rice, eating corn occasionally can help intestinal digestion. Corn kernels have high nutritional value, but don’t ignore the value of corn silk. Regularly drinking corn silk in water can effectively lower blood lipids and remove moisture. Let’s take a look at the specific effects of corn silk.

In traditional Chinese medicine, corn silk tea is also called dragon's beard. It tastes sweet and has a neutral nature. It has a wide range of preventive and health-care uses. Since corn is wrapped in corn husk during its growth, it needs to absorb nutrients from corn silk. Therefore, corn silk contains many vitamins and other nutrients. It can not only cool the blood and relieve heat, but also remove dampness and heat from the body, and can promote diuresis and reduce swelling. After being made into tea, it is a very good drink for weight loss.

Corn silk has a diuretic effect on humans and can increase the excretion of chloride. Its diuretic effect is extrarenal, so it has a certain effect on edema caused by various reasons. Although it can be used to treat chronic nephritis or nephrotic syndrome, its effect is not very strong. Corn silk has a dilating effect on peripheral blood vessels, so it has a weaker antihypertensive effect. Corn silk can promote bile excretion, so it can be used as a choleretic for uncomplicated chronic cholecystitis or cholangitis with bile excretion disorders. Combined with Artemisia capillaris, it can also treat jaundice caused by hepatitis. Because corn silk can accelerate the blood coagulation process, increase the number of platelets, and resist hemolysis, it can be used as a hemostatic and diuretic, applied to bladder and urinary stones, and can also be used for acute hemolytic anemia. Because it has anti-allergic effects, it can also be used to treat urticaria and asthma. The detoxification function of corn silk can be used to treat mastitis, etc. In addition, corn silk has an appetite-stimulating effect. The author often uses it to boil water and cook rice porridge to treat patients with loss of appetite after surgery, chemotherapy, and serious illness, and the effect is very good. Corn silk is usually used as a decoction and the usual dosage for internal use is 50 to 100 grams per day.

Although corn silk can be soaked in water and drunk, you must be careful to choose safe corn. Do not choose corn silk that has been sprayed with pesticides, as this will leave residual pesticides that harm human health. At the same time, when soaking corn silk, you must use relatively hot water. If the temperature is not high, the corn silk cannot be completely soaked, and it will be difficult for its nutrients to be brought into play.