Cornhusks are fresh or dried
Under normal circumstances, whether it is fresh cornhusks or dried cornhusks, their efficacy is the same, so there is no which one is good and which one is bad, but fresh cornhusks have seasonal, out of season, it's gone. And dry corn husk can be taken for a long time.
What part of the corn is the corn mustache
Corn is ripe at the top of the corn cob, some of the brownish-red, like the gourd like filaments, that is called corn mustache. Corn is monoecious. That is, the pistil and stamen are on one plant. The top of the corn plant for the stamen, long corn cob place called pistil. That is, when the pistil is pollinated, it grows a corncob.
Cornhusks are old or young
In general, cornhusks are used for medicinal purposes with old medicinal effects will be a little better, the old cornhusks are suitable for tea, if it is a little tender can be used to boil water to drink. Corn husk when the corn to keep the corn husk, and corn together into the pot to cook, about 1 hour or so, to take out the corn, the soup out, is the "dragon beard tea". Not only can it drain the heat, but also calm the liver and bile, is a good dietary drink for cholecystitis, gallstones.
Is cornhusk a traditional Chinese medicine
Cornhusk is the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the style and stigma of Zea mays L., a plant in the family of Gramineae. Most of the country is produced. In summer and fall, when the fruit is collected, remove impurities. Fresh or dried raw.