The therapeutic value and efficacy of corn

Corn has certain benefits as a dietary supplement, so today I will tell you about the therapeutic value of corn:

Treatment:

◆Corn silk drink: Wash 30g corn silk, add 500g water, cook on low heat for 30 minutes, let stand for a while, filter out the juice, add sugar and drink it in moderation. It can be diuretic, reduce swelling, reduce jaundice and lower blood pressure. It can be used as a therapeutic drink for patients with edema, hypertension and chronic nephritis.

◆Home remedy for infant eczema: Choose an appropriate amount of cabbage or white cabbage (other fresh vegetables are also acceptable), chop the leaves into small pieces, pour into boiling water and cook for 15 minutes to make vegetable puree. Cook 20-30 grams of fine cornmeal into porridge, then add appropriate amount of vegetable puree and rock sugar to make vegetable porridge, and feed the baby with appropriate amount several times.

Food:

When eating corn, you should eat the entire tip of the corn kernel, because many of the nutrients of corn are concentrated here. Corn is better when cooked. Although cooking causes corn to lose some vitamin C, it gains more nutritional value and higher antioxidant activity.

Corn can produce carcinogens after it becomes moldy, so moldy corn must not be eaten, so you must choose products produced by large manufacturers.

Eating corn (staple food) frequently will lead to malnutrition and is bad for health. If you eat it as a snack, since corn is a coarse grain, it will naturally help gastrointestinal motility and is good for health.

【Properties】: Sweet, neutral in nature. Can regulate the stomach, invigorate the stomach, and promote urination.

[Reference]: Contains protein, fatty oil, amino acids, alkaloids, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins B1, B2, B6, zeaxanthin, corn oil, niacin, pantothenic acid, carotene, quercetin and other ingredients.

Corn oil is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and is an inhibitor of cholesterol absorption. It plays a certain role in lowering plasma cholesterol and preventing coronary heart disease.

[Uses]: It can be used to regulate the appetite, treat weak spleen and stomach, benefit the lungs and calm the mind, clear away dampness and heat, benefit the liver and gallbladder, and delay aging! It can invigorate qi, harmonize the middle, stop diarrhea, loss of appetite, reduced food intake; stagnation of water and dampness, difficulty urinating or edema; it can also be used to treat hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and cholera diarrhea.

[Usage]: Decoction, cooking, or grinding into powder and cooking porridge, etc.

【Additional prescription】：

1. Corn and sea buckthorn soup: 30g corn, 15g sea buckthorn. Add water to boil and drink or substitute for tea.

This product is used with roxburghii to strengthen the stomach, digest food and clear away heat. It is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, reduced appetite or diarrhea, and summer heat.

2. Corn tea: 30g corn, 15g corn silk. Add appropriate amount of water, decoct and drink as tea.

Corn and corn silk both have diuretic effects, but corn silk has a stronger effect, so they are used together. They are mainly used for chronic nephritis, edema, and urinary problems.