1. Efficacy and function: Corn must have the functions of diuresis, detumescence, liver-clearing and gallbladder-benefiting, and help parturient to promote lactation, which is helpful for patients with poor renal metabolism and can treat hepatolithiasis, hypertension, hyperglycemia and other diseases.

2. How to eat:

-Corn silk tea: brewed with boiling water or boiled before taking soup, or brewed with green tea.

-Coix seed corn stigma porridge: put corn stigma, cogongrass rhizome and other materials into a pot, add water, and finally cook it into porridge before taking it.

Corn stigma tea is made by removing the stigma from the corncob and then drying it in the sun or oven. It has many functions, and the following are some common functions:

1. Diuretic and detumescence: Corn silk tea contains "corn silk glycoside", which can promote the excretion of waste, water and salt in the body and help expel toxins from the body, thus playing the role of diuresis and detumescence.

2. Lowering blood pressure: Corn silk tea also contains a certain amount of potassium, which can help regulate the function of neuromuscular system and blood volume, thus achieving the effect of lowering blood pressure.

3. Prevention of dental caries: Allantoin contained in corn stigma can inhibit bacterial reproduction in the mouth and has a certain bactericidal effect. Drinking corn silk tea can inhibit bacterial reproduction and prevent dental caries.

4. Improve hepatitis: Alkaloids contained in corn stigma can help improve the liver function of patients with hepatitis and have a certain protective effect on liver.

5. Lose weight: The dietary fiber in corn silk tea can help digestion and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus achieving the effect of losing weight.

How to eat corn silk tea:

Put the dried corn stigma into a teacup, add hot water, or add a small amount of spices such as honey or medlar, and you can drink it. Generally, drinking one or two cups of corn silk tea every day can produce certain effects.