Cornhusk

Cornhusk is commonly used in Chinese medicine clinics, cornhusk is also relatively common in life, when used as a medicinal herb, can be used for spleen qi deficiency, dampness caused by oedema, urinary discomfort, fatigue, limb fatigue, and so on the treatment of the symptoms of its diuretic, diuresis, for the alleviation of the symptoms of the above has a good effect. In addition, cornhusk contains saponin compounds, can play a role in reducing blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, suitable for high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol patients.

Methods of consumption

Decoction

Wash the appropriate amount of cornhusk, dry, put into a pot, add 500ml of water, decoction on low heat for 10 minutes, you can add rock sugar together with the decoction to taste.

Cooking porridge

Cornhusks can be cooked with other ingredients to eat porridge, common recipes are cornhusk porridge, coix seed cornhusk porridge, cornhusk honey porridge and so on.

The effects and functions of cornhusk in water

1, diuretic detoxification

Cornhusk, although inconspicuous, but it is a kind of excellent efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, people use it to drink water, can improve kidney function and can play an important role in diuretic detoxification. Because cornhusk contains natural polysaccharides, this substance is an important ingredient that can clear heat and diuretic, it can not only prevent water retention, but also improve the health of the human urinary system, to prevent the emergence of urinary tract stones.

2, reduce blood sugar

After the improvement of people's standard of living, the incidence of hyperglycemia is increasing year by year, it has become a major problem that endangers the health of human beings, but in our daily lives adhere to the cornhusk soaked in water and drink can make the high blood sugar down, because it is rich in saponins and flavonoids, these substances is a natural ingredient of glucose, but also regulate the human endocrine. human endocrine, can let human blood sugar as soon as possible to return to normal.

3, improve liver and gallbladder function

Cornhusk in water and the human liver and gallbladder has a very positive effect, it not only repairs damaged stem cells, but also improves the liver detoxification function, but also promotes the secretion of bile, to prevent the buildup of cholesterol in the body, it is on the human hepatitis, cholecystitis, as well as gallstones and fatty liver disease have a certain preventive effect, often use it to make water to drink can improve the health of the human liver and gallbladder. Drinking it can improve the health of human liver and gallbladder.

4, reduce blood pressure

Cornhusks in water, not only can reduce blood sugar can also reduce blood pressure, because cornhusks contain trace elements of potassium and other active ingredients in the human body can be absorbed after the expansion of blood vessels, but also to promote blood circulation, can let the human blood pressure index as soon as possible to return to normal, I use it in the water, with the right amount of the absolute Bingzi and wild chrysanthemums, it will make its antihypertensive effect It will make its antihypertensive effect even more outstanding.

Precautions

Spleen qi deficiency, heavy dampness, high blood pressure patients, high blood sugar patients, high cholesterol patients.