The effect and consumption of corn silk boiled water

Today I will tell you in detail about the effects of boiling corn silk in water:

Small functions of corn silk

When eating old corn, many people will pick off the corn silk, which makes their mouths full of hair and affects the taste. Or when buying, just buy the corn that has been picked by the merchant. Don't underestimate the effect of corn silk. Chinese medicine believes that corn silk has diuretic, heat-relieving, liver-calming and bile-promoting effects. It can be used to treat nephritis edema, athlete's foot, jaundice hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, hematemesis, epistaxis, nasal sinusitis, mastitis and other diseases. Boiling corn silk in water and drinking it can assist in the treatment of edema and hypertension caused by nephritis. For example:

Corn Silk Hypoglycemic Tea

Recipe: 3g corn silk, 3g purslane, and 1 litchi kernel.

Drinking hypoglycemic tea every day has a good blood sugar lowering effect for patients with high blood sugar.

Application of corn silk

1. It is now used for icteric hepatitis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, etc. It can be used alone in large doses, or with Lysimachia chinensis, Artemisia capillaris, Curcuma aromatica, etc.

2. Modern use for nephritis edema, liver cirrhosis ascites, as well as heat stranguria, urinary incontinence, etc. The former can be used together with wax gourd peel, red bean, verbena, etc.; the latter can be used together with plantain, lianqian grass, etc.

3. Used for epistaxis, gingival bleeding, hemorrhagic purpura, etc. It can be used in combination with Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Imperatae, Radix Scutellariae, etc.

In addition, it can also be used for diabetes and hypertension. It can be taken alone in large doses.

If this product is cut into short strips, mixed with angelica tail powder, and then lit and smoked, it will have a certain effect on chronic sinusitis.

How to eat corn silk

1. Job's tears and corn silk porridge

50g coix seed, 50g rice, 15g fresh corn silk, 15g Imperata root. Boil Imperata root and corn silk first, remove the residue after 20 minutes, add coix seed and rice and cook into porridge for consumption. It can clear away heat and dampness, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. It is used for patients with erythema nodosum of damp-heat accumulation type.

2. Corn Silk and Imperata Root Soup

30g corn silk, 30g Imperata root, 8 red dates. Soak the above three ingredients in cold water for 1 hour, simmer for 40 minutes, eat the dates and drink the soup twice. It can clear away heat, promote bile secretion and remove stones, and is suitable for cholelithiasis of liver and gallbladder damp-heat type.

3. Dendrobium and corn silk tea

10g of Dendrobium, 15g of Phragmites australis, 20g of Corn Silk. Decoction the above medicines and drink as tea, one dose per day. It can nourish Yin, clear away heat and promote diuresis. It is suitable for patients with oliguria, anuria, dry mouth, dry and wrinkled skin, and sunken eye sockets.

4. Corn silk stewed turtle

100g corn silk, 1 turtle, a little onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt, MSG and other seasonings. Boil the turtle meat, turtle shell and corn silk with water for 1 hour, add seasonings, eat the meat and drink the soup, eat 1-2 times a week, and take it for about 1 month. It can nourish yin and blood, reduce blood sugar and lipids, and regulate blood sugar metabolism. It is suitable for patients with Yin deficiency, turbidity and blood stasis type sleepiness.

5. Corn Silk Shepherd's Purse Soup

30g fresh corn silk, 15g shepherd's purse flower, 18g Imperata root. Decoction of the above three ingredients. It can nourish yin, clear away heat, cool blood, stop bleeding and promote diuresis. It is especially suitable for treating patients with yin deficiency, hematuria and edema.

6. Boiled eggs with corn silk

100g corn silk, 2 eggs. Wash the corn silk and eggs separately, add water and cook together, peel the eggs after they are cooked, boil them again for a while, eat the eggs and drink the soup. It has the effects of calming the liver, clearing heat, diuresis and removing dampness, and is suitable for patients with liver depression and qi stagnation type prostatic hyperplasia.