Medicinal value of corn silk

Corn silk

Corn silk is sweet, mild and flat in nature. It enters the liver, kidney and bladder meridians. It has the medicinal functions of diuresis, swelling, liver calming and gallbladder promoting. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, edema, acute cholecystitis, bile duct stones and hypertension. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that corn silk contains a large amount of potassium nitrate, vitamin K, sitosterol, stigmasterol and a volatile alkaloid. It has diuretic, antihypertensive, hypoglycemic, hemostatic and gallbladder promoting effects. Therefore, there are many prescriptions composed of this product as the main medicine, and it can treat a wide range of diseases.

Medicinal value of corn silk

Corn silk is sweet and mild in nature. According to Chinese medicine, it can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, relieve heat, soothe the liver and promote bile secretion. It can also resist allergies and treat edema caused by nephritis, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis, mastitis, etc. 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 too strong.

Corn silk has a dilating effect on peripheral blood vessels, so it has a weaker antihypertensive effect. Corn silk can promote

Since it can be used as a choleretic for chronic cholecystitis without complications or cholangitis with bile excretion disorder, it can also be used to treat jaundice caused by hepatitis when combined with Artemisia capillaris, which can relieve jaundice.

Corn silk application

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.

4. It can also be used for diabetes and hypertension. It can be taken alone in large doses.