1, appetizing effect

Corn is sweet and flat in taste, belonging to stomach and bladder meridian, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting diuresis and infiltrating dampness. Corn must have an appetizing effect. It can be used to boil water or cook rice porridge to treat patients with loss of appetite after surgery, chemotherapy and serious illness, with good effect. In hot summer, drinking a cup of corn silk tea has a very good health care effect.

2, cholagogic

Corn silk can significantly increase bile secretion, promote bile excretion, reduce organic matter and residue in bile, and reduce viscosity, specific gravity and bilirubin content. Therefore, it can be used as a cholagogic drug for chronic cholecystitis without complications or cholangitis with bile discharge disorder.

Step 3 stop diarrhea

For diarrhea caused by indigestion, especially watery diarrhea, corn stigma decoction has antidiarrheal effect.

Step 4 protect your heart

Flavonoids contained in corn stigma can inhibit the production of harmful low-density lipoprotein and protect the heart. Can reduce the concentration of cholesterol in blood, and then can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

5. Rule kidney calculi.

Corn silk can inhibit calcium oxalate crystals in urine. Many randomized controlled clinical trials also found that taking corn stigma decoction can really treat kidney calculi, and the effective rate is about 60%.

6, hypoglycemic

A large number of studies show that corn silk contains many chemical components beneficial to human body, such as saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, organic acids, volatile oils, trace elements and vitamins. Some studies believe that saponins in corn silk are the main components to reduce blood sugar in diabetic patients. In addition, corn silk also contains chromium, which is a component of glucose tolerance factor and can strengthen insulin function.

7, diuretic, detumescence

Corn silk has diuretic effect on people and can increase chloride excretion. Its diuretic effect is outside the night, so it has certain curative effect on edema caused by various reasons.

Taboo of soaking corn in water;

Corn silk has no side effects, but pay attention to the dosage. Generally, 3-5 grams of dry corn stigma can be used each time, and more fresh corn stigma can be used. Although there are no side effects, it is not recommended to drink it for a long time if you are healthy.