The efficacy, function and usage of corn silk

Corn is a food we often see, so corn silk is usually thrown away by people. In fact, corn silk is also very powerful and has a wide range of preventive and health care uses. Below is what I have collected for you about the effects and functions of corn silk, I hope you will like it.

Effects and effects

Hypolipid-lowering effect

Corn silk decoction also has a blood-lipid-lowering effect on patients with hyperlipidemia, thus protecting the heart and brain

Antihypertensive effect

Corn silk can dilate peripheral blood vessels and has a long-lasting antihypertensive effect, especially for cold-blooded animals. The antihypertensive effect lasts the longest. When corn silk is combined with Duowu Decoction , its antihypertensive effect is greatly enhanced, and the action time is also extended.

Hypoglycemic effect

"Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine" records that the folk application of corn silk to treat diabetes has achieved good results, and its fermentation preparation has a very significant hypoglycemic effect on rabbits. . At present, most domestic research focuses on the hypoglycemic effects of corn silk water extract, corn silk total saponins and corn silk polysaccharides.

Diuretic and anti-stone formation effects

Corn silk polysaccharide has obvious diuretic effect. Corn silk extract has an inhibitory effect on calcium oxalate crystals in urine, and is positively correlated with the concentration of the extract. Patients with early-stage diabetic nephropathy were selected to be treated with corn silk decoction (cooked from corn silk, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, flat wood, and red dates) for 3 months. Preliminary results show that it has a certain effect in lowering urinary microalbumin levels.

How to use

1. Treat acute nephritis: 60g corn silk, 30g watermelon rind, 7 mole crickets, 15g raw rehmannia glutinosa, 1.5g cinnamon. Decoction in water, take 1 dose every other day, and take 4 to 5 doses continuously. After the symptoms subside, take Jisheng Shenqi Pills, 2 times a day, 6 to 9g per day.

2. Treatment of schistosomiasis, liver cirrhosis, and ascites: 30 to 60g of corn silk, 15g of winter melon seeds, and 30g of adzuki beans. Decoction in water, take 1 dose per day, 15 doses constitute a course of treatment.

3. Treat urinary tract infection: 15g of corn silk, 45g of Desmodium, and 30g of wormwood. Decoction in water.

4. To treat nephritis and early kidney stones: Corn mustard, in any amount, decoct into thick soup and take frequently.

5. Treat hematuria: 30g corn silk, 15g shepherd's purse flower, 18g Imperata root. Decoct in water to remove residue and take twice a day.

6. Treat high blood pressure, epistaxis, and vomiting blood: 30g each of corn silk, banana peel, and 9g yellow gardenia. Decoct in water and take after cooling.

7. Treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis: 30g each of corn silk and heterophylla. Decoction in water, take 1 dose daily, morning and evening. For patients with jaundice, add artemisia and boil it together; for chronic patients, add 30g of Caragana root (or Polygonum cuspidatum root) and decoct it.

8. Treatment of cholelithiasis (sand-like stones in the hepatobiliary duct and common bile duct, or smaller stones in the biliary tract in the quiescent stage): 30g each of corn silk and reed root, 15g of artemisia. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

Nutritional value

At present, the compounds isolated and identified from corn silk mainly include flavonoids and their glycosides, sterols, alkaloids, sugars, organic acids, volatile oils, trace elements and Multivitamins, etc.

Corn silk contains 11 kinds of trace elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium, iron and so on. Mineral elements not only play an important role in cell metabolism, biosynthesis and physiological and biochemical functions in the human body, but also participate in the structure and activation of various enzymes in the human body, forming important carriers in the body. Among them, Fe and Cu are catalysts for the synthesis of hemoglobin and participate in hematopoietic function. Their complexes have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects; Ca, in addition to being the main component of bone, can also increase the density of capillary walls and reduce their permeability. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling effects; when the human body absorbs less Mg, it is susceptible to hypertension and arrhythmia; the presence of Mg, Cu, Zn, and Mn has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular disease; Cr is A trace element necessary for normal glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism, the relationship between Cr and diabetes has been studied more in recent years.