Efficacy and function of corn stigma
What are the functions and functions of corn stigma? Corn silk is sweet and light, and enters the liver, kidney and bladder meridian. Chinese medicine believes that corn must be beneficial to water swelling, cooling blood and purging heat, eliminating damp-heat in the body, calming the liver and benefiting gallbladder, and can also be used for antiallergic treatment, such as nephritis edema, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis and mastitis.
In China traditional medicine, corn beard tea is also called asparagus tea, which has a wide range of preventive and health care functions. Take fresh corn stigma or dried corn stigma, add water and decoct it for future generations to drink tea, which has a certain weight loss effect. The efficacy and function of corn stigma are also shown in the following five aspects:
1, the diuretic effect of corn stigma can increase chloride ion excretion, and it has certain curative effect on edema caused by various reasons.
2. Corn stigma can dilate peripheral blood vessels, and its hypotensive effect is weak.
3. Corn beard can promote bile excretion and can be used as a cholagogic drug for chronic cholecystitis without complications or cholangitis with bile excretion disorder.
4. Corn silk can accelerate the process of blood coagulation, increase the number of platelets and resist hemolysis. It can be used as hemostatic and diuretic, and can be used for urinary calculi caused by drinking water in bladder and acute hemolytic anemia.
5. The anti-allergic effect of corn silk can be used to treat urticaria and asthma; The detoxification of corn stigma can be used to treat mastitis.
Side effects of corn stigma
Corn silk has a wide range of functions, but do eating corn silk or drinking corn silk tea have side effects? Corn silk is mild in nature and has no side effects, as long as you pay attention to the dosage when taking or drinking. Generally, 3-5g of dry corn should be used each time, and more fresh corn should be used.
Corn stigma is sweet and flat, and belongs to liver meridian, gallbladder meridian and bladder meridian, which is beneficial to diuresis and detumescence, calming liver and gallbladder, lowering blood pressure and promoting lactation. It can be eaten by the general population, especially for patients with hypertension, hyperglycemia, jaundice and gallstones, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on people with edema and urinary incontinence.
Can be used in reasonable compatibility with other Chinese herbal medicines such as Plantago asiatica, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Poria, and waxgourd peel. The combination of corn stigma and Artemisia capillaris with yellowing effect is helpful to treat jaundice caused by hepatitis. Corn must be diuretic to relieve stranguria. It is especially suitable for short urine and red pain in damp heat. It can be taken by decoction alone, or combined with Plantago and Lysimachia christinae.
Corn silk boiling water
When cooking corn, it's best not to throw it away. Corn silk has a wide range of health care and disease prevention functions, and it can be used to boil water or make tea.
Corn tea
Material: fresh corn stigma 30g( 10g dry product).
Method: remove impurities from corn, wash it, put it in a pot, add 250ml of water, and cook for a while to make tea.
In addition to simply boiling water with corn stigma, you can also make soup with wax gourd. Wax gourd is warm, slightly cold and sweet. It has the effects of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, eliminating phlegm, quenching thirst, eliminating carbuncle, promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and summer heat, removing toxic substances and expelling pus. Especially suitable for taking in summer.
Corn silk contains a lot of nutrients and medicinal substances, such as tartaric acid, malic acid, picroside, polysaccharide, β -sitosterol and stigmasterol. The application of corn stigma has a good effect on diabetes, and corn stigma lean meat soup is a good food therapy for diabetes.
Does corn silk lose weight?
Corn silk not only cools blood and purges heat, but also can dispel damp-heat in the body, induce diuresis and reduce swelling, and relieve summer heat and clear heat. Regular drinking can reduce weight, which is of great benefit to the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis and hypertension. Corn must be boiled and drunk with green tea, and the weight loss effect is better.
Practice: Now the corn must be cleaned, dried in the shade, put into a cup filled with green tea, pour in boiling water, stew it a little, let the taste come out, and you can drink it. Stigma Maydis and green tea are both foods that help to reduce swelling. After adding green tea, not only the taste is better, but also the effect of clearing the intestines and relaxing bowels is better.
Material selection points: The color of corn silk is generally light green, yellow-green to brownish red, with no special smell, especially soft and shiny.
It is worth reminding that patients with diabetes and hypertension need to control the amount of corn silk, and when it is used for diuresis, properly replenish water to prevent the loss of body fluids. Use with caution for people with hypoglycemia and hypotension.
Can pregnant women drink corn silk water?
There is a folk saying that "pregnant women drink corn stigma to hydrolyze fetal toxin", in fact, this refers to the role of corn stigma in promoting bile excretion and preventing cholecystitis and jaundice. Generally speaking, pregnant women can drink corn silk water, but it is best to consult an obstetrician first. Even if they drink, they should not overdo it and be too frequent, 2-3 times a week, 200-300ml each time. When brewing corn silk tea, you can add a small amount of sugar or chrysanthemum, which makes the taste easier to eat.
In the late pregnancy, the burden on the kidneys of pregnant women is obviously aggravated, and the edema situation is getting more and more serious. At this time, drinking corn silk tea in moderation has the effect of improving intelligence and diuresis. Moreover, modern medical research shows that corn must contain vitamin K, brass-like, sterols, sugars, alkaloids, trace elements and organic acids, which can provide a variety of essential amino acids and other nutrients for the human body. In addition, corn stigma can effectively lower blood pressure because it can dilate peripheral blood vessels. At the same time, it can also increase the number of platelets and accelerate blood coagulation. Stigma Maydis can also promote bile excretion and prevent cholecystitis and jaundice.