Traditional Chinese medicine believes that corn stigma, sweet in taste and flat in nature, can induce diuresis, reduce swelling, clear away heat, calm the liver and promote gallbladder function, and can also be used to treat nephritis, edema, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis and mastitis. Corn silk has diuretic effect on people and can increase chloride excretion. Its diuretic effect is outside the kidney, so it has certain curative effect on edema caused by various reasons. Although it can be used to treat chronic nephritis or nephrotic syndrome, its effect is not very strong. Corn silk can dilate peripheral blood vessels, so its antihypertensive effect is weak. Corn silk can promote bile excretion, so it can be used as a cholagogic drug for chronic cholecystitis without complications or cholangitis with bile excretion disorder. It can also be used to treat jaundice caused by hepatitis.
Because corn beard can accelerate the process of blood coagulation, increase the number of platelets and resist hemolysis, it can be used as a hemostatic and diuretic for bladder and urinary calculi, and can also be used for acute hemolytic anemia. Because it has anti-allergic effect, it can also be used to treat urticaria and asthma. The detoxification function of corn stigma can be used to treat mastitis. In addition, corn silk also has an appetizing effect. In hot summer, drinking a cup of corn silk tea has a very good health care effect.
Folk application of corn stigma In autumn, when farmers harvest corn, most of them will be thrown away. It's a pity, but I didn't know it was a good medicine for treating diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that corn stigma is sweet and light, and enters the liver, kidney and bladder meridian, which has the functions of diuresis and detumescence, calming the liver and benefiting gallbladder. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, edema, acute cholecystitis, gallstones and hypertension. Modern pharmacological research shows that corn silk contains a lot of potassium nitrate, vitamin K, sitosterol, stigmasterol and a volatile alkaloid. It has diuretic, antihypertensive, hypoglycemic, hemostatic and cholagogic effects. If you don't understand anything, please consult the public for pulse health consultation, disease search and doctor's online consultation. 1. Cirrhosis: Stigma Maydis, melon seeds, red beans, decocted. 2. Hypertension and dizziness: 50g of corn stigma, 0 g of chrysanthemum/kloc-0, decocted in water. This is a daily dose 1, which is taken orally twice in the morning and evening.
3. Dizziness: 50g of corn beard, decoction instead of tea, daily 1 dose, three times in the morning, noon and evening.
4. Gum bleeding: 50g of corn must be put into a thermos, brewed with boiling water, covered with 10 for more than 0 minutes, and drunk several times within 1 day, daily 1 dose, 7 days 1 course of treatment.
5. Cough: 30g of corn stigma and 9g of dried tangerine peel, decocted in water, daily 1 dose, taken orally twice in the morning and evening.
6. Hemoptysis: 50g of corn beard and 50g of rock sugar are decocted. Daily 1 dose, taken orally twice in the morning and evening, with 5 days as 1 course of treatment.
7. Bleeding due to epistaxis: 30g of corn stigma, 30g of banana peel and 9g of gardenia are decocted in water, and taken orally twice in the morning and evening, with 5 days as 1 course of treatment.
8. Idiopathic edema: edema without cause. 50g of corn stigma and 5 pieces of jujube are brewed with boiling water instead of tea, daily 1 dose, and can be taken continuously 1 month.
9. Jaundice (icteric hepatitis): corn stigma 30g, Artemisia capillaris 20g, decocted in water. Daily 1 dose, taken orally twice in the morning and evening, 7 days for 1 course of treatment.
10. Cholecystitis: Stigma Maydis 30g, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae 20g, Herba Taraxaci 10g decocted in water. This dose is 1 day, which is taken orally twice in the morning and evening, and 5 days is 1 course of treatment.
1 1. Diabetic thirst, drink more and urinate more: 50g of corn stigma, 0/50 g of clear water spinach, appropriate amount of clear water, decoction, residue removal and juice extraction. Daily 1 dose, taken orally twice in the morning and evening.
12. Nephritis edema and oliguria: 50g of corn stigma, 0/0 g of Polygonatum sibiricum/kloc, decocted in water. Daily 1 dose, taken twice in the morning and evening.
13. Urine for cystitis Huang Chi: 50g of stigma Maydis, 9g of Semen Plantaginis (per package) and 6g of Radix Glycyrrhizae, decocted with water. Daily 1 dose, taken orally twice in the morning and evening, with 5 days as 1 course of treatment.
14. Oliguria, frequent micturition, urgent micturition, and burning pain in urethra: 50g of corn stigma and 50g of corn cob respectively, and decocted with water to remove residues to replace tea. Daily 1 dose, three times in the morning, noon and evening.
15. Hematuria: 50g of corn stigma and 0/8 g of cogongrass rhizome/kloc-0, decocted in water. Daily 1 dose, taken twice in the morning and evening, with 5 days as 1 course of treatment.
16. Postpartum abdominal pain: 50g of corn stigma, soaked in water for 20 minutes, and then decocted in water to get juice. This is a daily dose 1, which is taken orally twice in the morning and evening. 20 grams of brown sugar can be added each time. It can be used for treating postpartum abdominal pain in women. After taking it, the pain stops and the milk increases.
What is the function of corn stigma? Corn silk is sweet, light and flat; Return to kidney, liver and gallbladder; Light weight, seeping downwards. It has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, calming liver and benefiting gallbladder. Indications: edema, urinary leakage, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, hypertension, diabetes and breast obstruction.
1, corn beard to treat acute nephritis: 60g of corn beard, 30g of watermelon peel, 7 moles, Radix Rehmanniae 15g, Cortex Cinnamomi 1.5g ... decocted in water, 1 dose, once every other day, taking 4-5 doses continuously. After the symptoms subside, take Jisheng Shenqi Pill twice a day, 6 ~ 9g each time. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
2, corn must prevent habitual abortion: take 1 corn after pregnancy, you must cook soup every day until the last pregnancy month of abortion, and double the dose until full term. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
3. Corn silk can cure schistosomiasis cirrhosis. Ascites: 30 ~ 60g of corn stigma, 0/5g of winter melon seeds and 30g of red beans. Decoct with water, daily 1 dose, 15/course of treatment. (Food, traditional Chinese medicine and convenient prescription)
4. Corn beard is used to treat chronic sinusitis: the corn beard is dried, shredded, mixed with angelica tail dry powder, lit and smoked in a pipe, 5 ~ 7 times a day, each time 1 ~ 2 buckets. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
5. Treatment of urinary tract infection with corn stigma: corn stigma 15g, Herba Lysimachiae Christinae 45g and Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae 30g. Decoct with water. (Records of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Hubei.
6. Prescription 1: Stigma Maydis 30g, Radix Astragali 30g, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 30g, Cortex Moutan12g, Radix Trichosanthis15g and Radix Ophiopogonis15g. Decoct with water. (journal of traditional chinese medicine, Sichuan 1982) Formula 2: 60g corn stigma, 30g coix seed and 30g mung bean. Decoct with water. (Fujian Pharmacology)
7, corn must cure kidney inflammation, early kidney calculi: corn must, unlimited weight, fried soup, diligent service. (Guiyang Secret Recipe)
8. Corn stigma is used to treat gallstones (siltstones in the hepatobiliary duct and common bile duct, or small stones in the bile duct at rest): 30g corn stigma, 30g reed rhizome, and 0/5g wormwood/kloc-. Decoct with water, daily 1 dose. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
9, corn beard for hematuria: corn beard 30g, shepherd's purse flower 15g, cogongrass rhizome 18g. Decoct with water to remove residue, 1, twice a day. (Food Traditional Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescriptions)
10, corn stigma is used for acute and chronic hepatitis: 30g corn stigma and 30g radix Pseudostellariae. Decoct with water, daily 1 dose, twice in the morning and evening. For patients with jaundice, add wormwood and cook together; For chronic patients, add 30 grams of Caragana korshinskii root (or Polygonum cuspidatum root) for decoction. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
1 1. Corn stigma is used to treat hypertension with nosebleeds and hematemesis: corn stigma 30g, banana peel 30g and gardenia 9g. Decoct with water, and cool. (Food Traditional Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescriptions)
12, corn beard and orange peel for cough: corn beard and orange peel are suitable. * * * decocted in water twice a day; Cough-relieving and phlegm-resolving, treating cough due to wind-cold and excessive phlegm.
13, corn stigma for diabetes: take 30g of corn stigma and 200g of pig pancreas, decoct in water, eat pig pancreas and drink soup, daily 1 dose.
14. Treatment of gingival bleeding with corn beard: 50g of corn beard is placed in a thermos, brewed with boiling water, covered with 10 minutes or more, and taken in batches within 1 day, with a daily dose of 1 dose for 7 days.
15, corn stigma treatment of chronic prostatitis: take 6 grams of corn stigma, purslane 10 grams, brew with boiling water instead of tea, 2 doses a day.
16, corn beard for dizziness: 50g of corn beard, decocted for tea, daily 1 dose, three times in the morning, noon and evening.
17, corn stigma treatment of acute cystitis: take 50 grams of corn stigma, 20 grams of plantain, 6 grams of licorice, decoct with water to get juice and take it warm, 2 doses a day.
18, corn stigma for hypertension and dizziness: corn stigma 50g, chrysanthemum 10g, decocted. This is a daily dose 1, which is taken orally twice in the morning and evening.
19, corn stigma to treat nephritis edema: take 30 grams of corn stigma and 30 grams of plantain, decoct in water, and take juice instead of tea, daily 1 dose.
20, corn stigma treatment of idiopathic edema: take 50 grams of corn stigma and 5 jujubes, brew with boiling water instead of tea, daily 1 dose, continuous service 1 month.
2 1, corn stigma to treat pregnancy edema: corn stigma 30g, wax gourd peel 60g, water1000ml, decocted 300ml, taken twice for 5 days.
Corn must belong to the bladder meridian, which promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. It is especially suitable for short, red and astringent urine in damp-heat bladder, and can be decocted in large quantities in a single taste. Corn must also be used equally with plantain and Lysimachia christinae. Corn must be used to pour stones. For example, The Secret Recipe of Guiyang can be decocted in a single flavor, and can also be used equally with Lygodium japonicum and Lysimachia christinae. The corn stigma is sweet and light, and it leaks, which makes the water wet and reduce swelling. Stigma Maydis can cure edema and dysuria, and can be decocted in large doses alone, or used together with diuretics such as Alisma orientalis, wax gourd peel and adzuki bean. It can also treat spleen edema. It is used with Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria. Corn silk can dispel dampness and turn yellow, and its medicinal properties are mild, and it can be used for both yang and yellow. Can be decocted in a single dose, and corn stigma can also be used with Lysimachia christinae, Radix Curcumae and Herba Artemisiae Scopariae.
Nutritional knowledge of corn stigma Corn stigma is the style and flower head of corn belonging to Gramineae. Corn is grown in panicum miliaceum and all over the country. When corn is harvested in autumn, it is harvested, dried or dried.
Corn stigma is often assembled into loose clusters, with linear or whisker-like style, complete length of 30 cm, diameter of 0.5 mm, light green, yellow-green to brownish red, shiny, slightly transparent, stigma 2-split, bifurcated, soft and odorless. Soft and shiny is preferred.
Corn must be suitable for people and can be eaten by the general population.
The therapeutic effect of corn stigma: sweet, light and flat; Return to kidney, liver and gallbladder; Light weight, seeping downwards. It has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, calming liver and benefiting gallbladder. Indications: edema, urinary leakage, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, hypertension, diabetes and breast obstruction.
How to make corn beard sparerib slimming soup?
Corn silk 60g, fresh ribs 150g.
working methods
1. First, wash the corn with clear water to remove impurities and sediments.
2. Wash fresh ribs with clear water to remove blood stains, and chop them into small pieces with a knife for later use.
3. After all the soup materials are prepared, put all the soup materials into the casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and boil the soup over medium heat. The ribs in the soup can be eaten as a dish. Remove the corn stigma residue from the soup, and the remaining soup can be used as a drink for three meals a day or at ordinary times.
Precautions 1. The corn stigma in the soup has a strong diuretic effect. Patients with hypertension should pay attention to drinking if they urinate frequently.
The dosage of this soup is that of an adult. Experts remind: corn must be fresh during the corn harvest season.
Corn silk is more effective. The amount of fresh corn silk should be doubled (i.e. 120g).
Can corn silk be drunk after drying? The corn must be dried and can be drunk.
① Diuretic effect: Corn silk has diuretic effect on both humans and rabbits, which can increase chloride ion excretion, but the effect is weak. The methanol-insoluble part of its water extract has the strongest diuretic effect, and it has obvious effect whether taken orally, subcutaneously or intravenously. The diuretic effect is mainly outside the kidney, and the effect on the kidney is very weak.
② Effect on circulatory collapse: Intravenous injection of decoction in anesthetized dogs has obvious hypotensive effect, but it has no hypotensive effect on chronic carotid bridge dogs after taking medicine for 3 weeks every day. At low concentrations, nails can dilate peripheral blood vessels.
③ Hypoglycemic effect: Corn silk fermentation preparation has obvious hypoglycemic effect on rabbits.
④ cholagogic and hemostatic effects: Corn Stigma preparation can promote bile excretion, reduce its viscosity and increase its bile pigment content, so it can be used as a cholagogic drug for patients with chronic cholecystitis and cholangitis without complications. It can also slow down the process of blood coagulation, increase the content of prothrombin in blood and increase the number of platelets, so it can be used as a hemostatic and diuretic for bladder and urinary calculi.