In traditional Chinese medicine, corn stigma is usually used with other medicinal materials, such as dandelion or rose. Usually, the corn stigma used to make medicinal materials is used after drying, because there is a regulation on the dosage of corn stigma in the prescription, which is written according to the dried corn stigma. Therefore, Dan Cong's two functions can be concluded that drinking corn must be beneficial to health. In addition, if you believe in this benefit, it will also contribute to your health. Many friends have drunk corn stigma water, but it is not clear what benefits this corn stigma water has for us. Chinese medicine calls corn beard "corn beard", which is flat in nature, sweet and light in taste and belongs to bladder, liver and gallbladder. In short, we often use corn stigma to boil water or make tea. Corn silk can accelerate the process of blood coagulation, which we should have experienced when we were young. If our hands are cut, we will find some herbs to bite and apply them to the wound, which can stop the bleeding quickly. In fact, corn stigma also has this effect. Eating it can also increase the number of platelets and increase the content of prothrombin in the blood!
Corn must be eaten wet or dry. Dry corn must be drinkable for a long time, and wet corn must be kept fresh. Personally, I prefer to make tea with fresh corn stigma, add some freshly boiled water and soak for about five minutes. Corn silk is especially good for this damp heat, especially when summer comes. Many people will be damp and hot, such as wet and itchy scrotum, yellow and greasy tongue coating, dry mouth and bad breath, greasy hair, acne and blisters on their hands. It's a sign of damp heat.