What are the functions of corn silk? 21 functions of corn silk

What are the functions of corn silk?

Many people do not think that corn silk is edible. In rural areas, corn silk is not used during the corn harvest season. In fact, corn silk is rich in nutritional value. Reasonable use can prevent and cure diseases. Many ancient medical books have recorded the effects of corn silk. So, what are the effects of corn silk? Let's take a closer look.

1. Corn silk treats nephritis and early kidney stones: Take any amount of corn silk, boil it into a thick soup, and take it frequently. (Guiyang Secret Recipe)

2. Corn silk is used to treat cholelithiasis (mud-like stones in the hepatobiliary and common bile ducts, or smaller stones in the bile duct in the dormant phase): 30g each of corn silk and reed root, and 15g of Artemisia capillaris. Take it in decoction, 1 dose per day. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

3. Corn silk treats acute nephritis: 60g corn silk, 30g watermelon peel, 7 mole crickets, 15g raw rehmannia, and 1.5g cinnamon. Decoction in water, 1 dose every other day, for 4-5 doses in a row. After the symptoms subside, take Jisheng Shenqi Pills, 2 times a day, 6-9g per day. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

4. Corn silk treats chronic sinusitis: Dry the corn silk, cut it into shreds, mix it with dry angelica tail powder, put it into a pipe and light it to smoke, 5 to 7 times a day, 1 to 2 pipes each time. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

5. Corn silk treats urinary tract infection: 15g corn silk, 45g centipede, 30g radix polygoni multiflori. Decoction in water. (Hubei Chinese Herbal Medicine)

6. Corn silk treats diabetes. Recipe 1: 30g corn silk, 30g astragalus, 30g yam, 12g wood root bark, 15g trichosanthes, 15g ophiopogon. Decoction in water. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica, 1982)

7. Corn silk can prevent habitual abortion: After pregnancy, take corn silk of one corn every day and boil it into a decoction to drink instead. Continue taking it until the month of the last miscarriage, then double the dosage and continue taking it until full term. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

8. Corn silk is used to treat schistosomiasis, liver cirrhosis and ascites: 30-60g corn silk, 15g wax gourd seeds and 30g red beans. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, 15 doses as a course of treatment. (Food Chinese Medicine and Prescriptions)

9. Corn silk treats hematuria: 30g corn silk, 15g shepherd's purse flower, 18g Imperata root. Decoction in water, remove the residue and take twice a day. (Food Chinese Medicine and Prescriptions)

10. Corn silk treats acute and chronic hepatitis: 30g each of corn silk and Pseudo-ginseng. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening. For those with jaundice, add Artemisia capillaris and boil them together; for chronic cases, add 30g of Caragana root (or Polygonum cuspidatum root) and decoct them together. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

11. Corn silk is used to treat high blood pressure accompanied by nosebleed and hematemesis: 30g each of corn silk and banana peel, 9g of gardenia. Decoction in water and then drink after cooling. (Food Chinese Medicine and Prescriptions)

12. Corn silk and tangerine peel treat cough: appropriate amounts of corn silk and tangerine peel. Add water and boil together, take twice a day; it can relieve cough and reduce phlegm, treat wind-cold cough and excessive phlegm.

13. Corn silk treats diabetes: Take 30 grams of corn silk and 200 grams of pig pancreas, boil them in water, eat the pig pancreas and drink the soup, one dose per day.

14. Corn silk treats bleeding gums: Place 50g of corn silk in a thermos, brew with an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and simmer for more than 10 minutes, drink several times within a day, 1 dose per day, 7 days as a course of treatment.

15. Corn silk treats high blood pressure and dizziness: 50g corn silk, 10g chrysanthemum, decocted into soup. This is a daily dose, taken orally twice a day, morning and evening.

16. Corn silk treats edema caused by nephritis: Take 30 grams of corn silk and 30 grams of plantain, decoct them in water, take the juice and drink it instead of tea, 1 dose per day.

17. Corn silk treats idiopathic edema: Take 50 grams of corn silk and 5 dates, brew with boiling water and drink instead of tea, 1 dose a day for 1 month.

18. Corn silk treats edema during pregnancy: 30 grams of corn silk, 60 grams of winter melon peel, add 1000 ml of water, boil and extract 300 ml, take in 2 times, take for 5 consecutive days.

19. Corn silk treats chronic prostatitis: Take 6 grams of corn silk and 10 grams of purslane, brew with boiling water and drink as tea, 2 doses a day.

20. Corn silk treats dizziness: 50g corn silk, decocted into a water chestnut soup and consumed as tea, 1 dose per day, divided into morning, noon and evening.

21. Corn silk treats acute cystitis: Take 50 grams of corn silk, 20 grams of plantain, and 6 grams of licorice, decoct them in water to obtain the juice and drink it warm, 2 doses a day.

Corn silk belongs to the bladder meridian, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. It is especially suitable for short, red and painful urination caused by damp-heat in the bladder. It can be decocted and taken alone in large quantities. Corn silk can also be used together with plantain, pearl grass, etc. Corn silk is used for stranguria caused by stones. For example, the "Guiyang Secret Recipe" uses this product alone to make a thick soup and take it all at once. It can also be used together with sea sand, money grass, etc. Corn silk is sweet and mild in nature and has the special function of dispelling moisture and reducing swelling. Corn silk can be used alone to treat edema and difficulty urinating. It can be decocted in large doses or used together with diuretics such as Alisma orientalis, wax gourd peel, and adzuki bean. It can also be used to treat edema due to spleen deficiency, and can be used together with Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos. Corn silk can eliminate dampness and reduce jaundice, and has a mild medicinal property, so it can be used for both yang jaundice and yin jaundice. It can be taken alone in large doses as a decoction; corn silk can also be used together with Centella asiatica, Curcuma aromatica, and Artemisia capillaris.

Therapeutic effects of corn silk: sweet and light in taste, neutral in nature; enters the kidney, liver, and gallbladder meridians; light in texture and has the ability to penetrate and descend. It has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, calming the liver and promoting bile secretion. It is mainly used to treat edema, dribbling urine, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, hypertension, diabetes, and milk obstruction.

It can be seen that corn silk has many functions. It not only has a therapeutic effect, but also has medicinal value. Therefore, people should really make good use of corn silk to strengthen their bodies. Especially those who are sick should use corn silk appropriately to prevent and treat diseases according to the doctor's advice. Corn silk is cheap and useful. Why should we abandon it?