Corn is also a kind of food suitable for all ages. There are many ways to eat while roasting, but it will be more medicinal to add a little trick before peeling corn-that is, to leave corn whiskers.
Corn silk is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, liver-clearing and gallbladder-benefiting. Can be used for treating jaundice, cholecystitis, hypertension, diabetes, etc.
Just pick the corn beard clean and cook it with the corn in the pot. Corn water can be left instead of tea, which can eliminate edema and diuresis.
Stigma Maydis can also be compatible with different medicinal materials and can treat different diseases.
According to the records of Sichuan traditional Chinese medicine, corn must be burned to ashes and mixed into fermented grains, which has the effect of treating rash and heat toxicity. Stigma Maydis, watermelon peel and banana are cooked together, which has the effect of treating essential hypertension.
Watermelon peel, also known as watermelon Cui Yi, has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, relieving restlessness, quenching thirst and inducing diuresis, and is mainly used to treat summer heat, polydipsia, edema and sores on the mouth and tongue.
Corn silk is compatible with dandelion root, Rosa roxburghii and Polygonatum odoratum root, and has the functions of eliminating fire, diminishing inflammation, reducing blood sugar and eliminating dampness, and preventing diabetic complications.
Material: corn stigma 1g, dandelion tea 0.5g, Polygonatum odoratum root 0.5g and rose 0.3g, all of which are dried products. After crushing, it can be made into dandelion corn stigma teabag, which is brewed in one bag every day.
Corn silk contains corn silk polysaccharide, which can not only lower blood sugar, but also promote insulin secretion and repair the damage of diabetic metabolic organs.
Dandelion enters the liver and stomach meridian and contains dandelion polysaccharide, which also has the effect of lowering blood sugar. Dandelion also has the function of repairing damaged liver cells, has a good repair effect on liver injury after drinking, and has a good protection effect on hepatitis and fatty liver.
Dandelion also has broad-spectrum bactericidal effect, and has inhibitory effect on Helicobacter pylori infection caused by gastroenteritis. Dandelion, also known as "bed-wetting grass", has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on female urinary tract infection.
The thorn rose refers to the double-petal red rose, which has the effects of soothing the liver and regulating qi, relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The temperature of roses can neutralize the cold of dandelion, which is neither cold nor dry, and is suitable for more people to drink.
Polygonatum odoratum root is sweet, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Vitamin A contained in Polygonatum odoratum can improve the dry and rough skin and make the skin soft and smooth. Polygonatum odoratum contains steroid glycoside, which has cardiotonic effect.
This season is the time to drink dandelion corn beard tea, and it can also get rid of dampness.
Corn silk is a good thing. Don't throw it away at will. You can also boil water to soak your feet.