When it comes to corn silk, I believe everyone is familiar with it. We often see corn silk in our daily lives. When eating corn, most people only cook the corn and throw away the silk. However, traditional Chinese medicine points out that this is actually a waste. Corn silk has the effects of reducing blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, diuresis, and stopping bleeding. By using corn silk with other ingredients to make medicinal food, it can treat various diseases. Now let me introduce several corn silk medicinal recipes for treating hypertension. Let's take a look!
I. Corn Silk and Lotus Leaf Porridge
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of corn silk, appropriate amount of lotus leaf, 80g of rice, 2g of salt.
Instructions:
1. Soak the rice in water and drain; wash the lotus leaf and cook it in water to make juice, then remove the lotus leaf; wash the corn silk and drain it.
2. Put the rice in a pot with water and cook until thick.
3. Add corn silk and lotus leaf juice to the pot and cook for a while, then add salt and mix well.
Effects:
1. Corn silk: It has the effects of reducing blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, cooling blood, promoting diuresis, clearing heat, and benefiting the liver and gallbladder.
2. Lotus leaf: It has the effects of relieving heat and dampness, invigorating the spleen and promoting yang, and dispersing stasis and stopping bleeding.
3. Rice: It has the effects of tonifying the middle, benefiting qi, harmonizing the five viscera, promoting blood circulation, improving hearing and vision, stopping irritability, quenching thirst, and stopping diarrhea.
4. Corn silk and lotus leaf porridge: This porridge has the effects of diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing heat and detoxifying, treating hypertension, and cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
II. Corn Silk and Lean Pork Soup
Ingredients: 15g of corn silk, 400g of lean pork, 50g of lentils, 3 Chinese dates, 2 white mushrooms, 6g of salt.
Instructions:
1. Wash the lean pork and cut into pieces; wash the corn silk and lentils, and soak them; wash the white mushrooms and cut into segments.
2. Boil the lean pork in boiling water to remove blood water, then remove and wash.
3. Boil water in a pot, add lean pork, lentils, Chinese dates, and white mushrooms, simmer over low heat for 2 hours, then add corn silk and simmer for 5 minutes, add salt to season, and then turn off the heat.
Effects:
1. Corn silk: It has the effects of reducing blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, cooling blood, promoting diuresis, and benefiting the liver and gallbladder.
2. Lean pork: It has the effects of tonifying deficiency, strengthening the body, nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, and improving skin complexion.
3. Lentils: It has the effects of invigorating the spleen and transforming dampness, diuresis and reducing swelling, harmonizing the middle and relieving summer heat, and clearing the liver and brightening the eyes.
4. Corn silk and lean pork soup: This soup has the effects of relieving heat and dampness, promoting diuresis, treating hypertension, invigorating the spleen and dispelling dampness, tonifying deficiency and strengthening the body, and nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness.
III. Corn Silk and Kelp Soup
Ingredients: 30g of kelp, 20g of corn silk
Instructions:
1. Wash the kelp and cut it into thin strips, rinse the corn silk with water.
2. Put the kelp and corn silk into a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook into a soup.
Effects:
1. Kelp: It has the effects of diuresis and reducing swelling, treating hypertension, high blood lipids, and preventing and fighting against cancer.
2. Corn silk: It has the effects of diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing heat, benefiting the liver and gallbladder, and also has anti-allergic effects. It can treat nephritis, edema, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis, mastitis, etc.
3. Corn silk and kelp soup: It can treat hypertension and also help with arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and blood circulation disorders.
After reading the above introduction, I didn't expect that corn silk could be such a health treasure! In the future, when cooking corn, remember not to throw away the corn silk!
