April 23, 2024
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Corn silk is used in traditional medicine to make drinking water with the effect of clearing heat and cooling the liver. Along with the sweet taste of corn silk, people consider it a summer elixir.
Many people like to eat corn because this food is quite cheap and brings many health benefits.
Besides, cooking corn silk to drink tea is also very good. In addition , not everyone knows about the medicinal uses of corn silk .
However, if you overuse it, it will lead to some harmful effects on your health, especially for women.
Corn vegetables have many good uses but not everyone knows
Experts explain how good corn silk is?
According to MSc. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan (Former Head of Medical Examination Department - Central Traditional Medicine Hospital): Corn silk has many natural micronutrients that are very good for the body, such as antioxidants - better than any tonic. Naturally sweet, easy to drink, corn silk has a lot of Vitamin K, A, B1, B2, B6, C, nutrients good for the body. Especially the potassium content, lipidem tannin, essential oils, and various micronutrients create a sweet, cool, refreshing feeling on summer days.
With the nutritional content and nutrients that corn silk brings, corn silk has many effects from this folk food, specifically:
Cools the liver and relieves heat
Supports diabetes treatment
Treats hepatitis, cholecystitis and gallstones, jaundice, cirrhosis and ascites
Treat kidney inflammation and cystitis.
Great uses of corn silk
Provides Vitamin C and other nutrients
Few people would expect that those small corn silk fibers contain many nutrients such as: Vitamin C, Beta-carotene, Riboflavin, Menthol, Thymol, Selenium... These substances are quite important for your body, in addition to their duties. The main function is to nourish the body, they also help you fight oxidation, prevent symptoms related to heart disease, and stimulate blood circulation.
Corn silk has many great uses
Supports weight loss
Corn silk tea is a type of tea that can help you lose weight effectively. Because they help the body absorb fewer calories into the body, and help the body's detoxification process go faster. Therefore, when losing weight, if you combine it with corn silk tea, your weight will decrease very quickly.
Prolong youth
To combat aging or increase vitality, many people often buy quite expensive supplements. But few people would expect that the relatively cheap corn silk can help prolong youth and ensure health safety because it contains many vitamins such as vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin B1, B2, B6, vitamin C...
Reduce headaches
If you have chronic headaches, you should use cooked corn silk to drink instead of water. Because corn silk has the ability to reduce stress, circulate blood, soothe pain, and relax the mind. Helps the body reduce fatigue and high pressure.
Treatment of high blood pressure
Every day, use corn stubble, agarwood, aloe vera, oxtail... to make a decoction to help maintain stable blood pressure. You can also simply use corn silk to make a decoction and drink it instead of water every day if you have difficulty finding other herbs that are also very good for the disease.
Effectively stops bleeding
It's unbelievable that corn silk has the ability to stop bleeding. However, they contain very high levels of Vitamin K. This vitamin has the ability to control bleeding, especially for pregnant women very well. Therefore, when injured or have cuts, corn silk is used to treat it very effectively.
Treat joint pain
For patients with Gout, the joints will be very painful and uncomfortable. The situation will get worse if you do not treat it properly. You should drink at least 2 cups of corn silk tea every day, your joints will no longer hurt or ache.
Diabetes
Every day, use 50g of corn silk combined with medicinal herbs such as stevia, buckwheat, thien mon, tri mother and boil it to drink instead of filtered water. You will see positive changes in diabetes symptoms.
Extremely good for the kidneys
According to Oriental medicine, corn silk is effective for people with a history of kidney disease. Besides, related diseases such as: cystitis, urinary system inflammation, kidney stones, urinary tract infections... corn silk still has an effective healing effect.
Note when using corn silk
Corn silk is very good, but if you overuse it, it will bring harmful effects to your health. According to physician Quoc Trung, you should not use corn silk for more than 10 days in a month, because if you overuse it, it can cause electrolyte disorders.
Fresh corn silk is better than dried corn silk, so when using it, you should choose clean, trustworthy corn silk because the remaining pesticide content may not be good for your health.
Should not be used at night because corn silk has a diuretic effect. If used too much, it will make you urinate frequently at night, making it difficult to sleep.
For young children, if using corn silk, you should consider the content if you do not want your child to have kidney problems, as well as electrolyte disorders.
The usual dosage is about 20g of fresh corn silk and 10g of dried corn silk. Young children drink about 200-300ml which is enough for 1 day.
If you have blood clots, you should also say no to corn silk. Corn silk has a hemostatic effect, so it will not be suitable for people with this disease.
In addition, elderly people with blood fat must also limit or consult a doctor or physician to avoid unwanted consequences.
People who are in their menstrual period should not drink corn silk water. The reason is that, if you are menstruating, using corn silk water can cause blood clots to form, causing unwanted complications.