The magic "corn husk" effect is too powerful! Don't throw it away!
The use of corn beard
Summer eating corn, we all love to light cook corn, the corn husk thrown away. Experts point out that this is actually a waste. In traditional Chinese medicine, corn beard is also known as "dragon beard", which is mild in nature and has a wide range of preventive health uses. Leave the beard of corn into the pot to boil the soup and pour out, is the "dragon beard tea". "Dragon beard tea" taste good, drink sweet, and affordable, can do the whole family's health tea. High blood fat, high blood pressure, high blood sugar patients drink, can lower blood fat, blood pressure, blood sugar. Summer summer heat, dragon beard tea has the effect of cooling the blood, diarrhea, can go to the body of damp heat. It can also promote water retention and reduce swelling. In gynecology, it can be used to prevent habitual miscarriage, pregnancy swelling, and breast milk obstruction.Chinese medicine that corn beard, sweet and flat, can be water, swelling, heat, liver and gallbladder, but also anti-allergic, treatment of nephritis, edema, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis, mastitis, etc.. Corn husk has a diuretic effect on people, which can increase chloride excretion. Its diuretic effect is extrarenal, so it is effective for edema caused by various reasons, it can be used to treat chronic nephritis or nephrotic syndrome, but the effect is not too strong. Cornhusk has a dilating effect on peripheral blood vessels, so it has a weak antihypertensive effect. Cornus officinalis promotes bile excretion, so it can be used as a cholagogue in chronic cholecystitis without complications or in cholangitis with impaired bile excretion. In combination with the anti-yellowness inchi, it can also treat jaundice caused by hepatitis.
Because of its ability to accelerate the blood clotting process and increase the platelet count, corn beard can be used as a hemostatic and diuretic for bladder and urinary tract stones, as well as for acute hemolytic anemia, because it is able to resist hemolysis. Because of its anti-allergic effect, it can also be used to treat hives and asthma, etc. The detoxifying properties of cornhusk can be used to treat mastitis, etc. In addition, corn husk has an appetizing effect. In the hot summer, it is quite good to drink a cup of corn husk tea.
The folk applications of cornhusk
In autumn, farmers in the harvest of corn, most of the corn beard thrown away, in fact, quite a pity, did not know that it is a good medicine. Ancestral medicine, corn beard taste sweet and light, into the liver, kidney, bladder, has a diuretic swelling, liver and gallbladder function, the main treatment of acute and chronic nephritis, edema, acute cholecystitis, bile duct stones and hypertension. Modern pharmacological research shows that corn beard contains a large amount of potassium nitrate, vitamin K, gluten sterols, soy sterols and a volatile alkaloids. It has diuretic, hypotensive, hypoglycemic, hemostatic and choleretic effects. If you don't know, please search the public number pulse health consultation attention, disease search, doctor online consultation. 1. cirrhosis of the liver: corn beard, eastern melon seeds, adzuki beans, decoction.2. high blood pressure, dizziness: corn beard 50g, chrysanthemum 10g, decoction. This is a 1 day dose, divided into morning and evening twice orally.
3. Vertigo: 50g of corn mullein, decoction for tea, 1 daily dose, divided into morning, midday and evening three times.
4. Gum bleeding: 50g of corn husk, placed in a thermos bottle, brewed with the appropriate amount of boiling water, cover smothered for more than 10 minutes, 1 day as several times to drink, 1 dose per day, 7 days for a course of treatment.
5. cough: corn husk 30g, Chen Pi 9g, water decoction, 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening oral.
6. Hemoptysis: 50g of corn husk, 50g of rock sugar, decoction. 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening twice orally, 5 days for a course of treatment.
7. Epistaxis, vomiting blood: 30g of corn mullein, 30g of banana peel, 9g of gardenia, decoction, 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening twice orally, 5 days as a course of treatment.
8. Idiopathic edema: that is, edema for which no etiology can be found. 50g of corn husk, 5 jujubes, brewed with boiling water and drink as tea, 1 dose daily, can even drink and serve for 1 month.
9, jaundice (jaundice hepatitis): 30g of corn husk, 20g of Artemisia inchi, decoction. 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening twice orally, 7 days for a course of treatment.
10. Cholecystitis: 30g of corn mullein, 20g of Artemisia annua and 10g of dandelion, decoction. This is a 1 day dose, divided into morning and evening oral twice, 5 days for a course of treatment.
11. Diabetes mellitus thirst, excessive drinking, polyuria: 50g of corn mullein, 150g of fresh water spinach, decoction of water to remove the dregs and juice. Take 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening twice internally.
12. Nephrolithiasis, edema and urine: 50g of corn husk, 10g of yellow essence, decoction. 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening.
13. Cystitis, yellow urine: 50g of corn husk, 9g of psyllium (each package), 6g of licorice, decoction. 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening twice orally, 5 days for a course of treatment.
14. Low urine, frequent urination, urinary urgency, burning pain in the urethra: 50g each of corn husk and corn cob, decoction of water and dregs for tea. Daily 1 dose, divided into morning, midday and evening three times to drink.
15. Blood in urine: 50g of corn husk, 18g of white foxglove, decoction in water. 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening, 5 days for a course of treatment.
16. Postpartum abdominal pain: 50g of corn mullein, water immersion for 20 minutes, and then decoction to extract juice. This is a 1 day dose, divided into morning and evening two oral. When you take it, you can add 20g of brown sugar each time. treat women with postpartum abdominal contracture pain, the pain stops after serving, and the milk increases.
What are the effects of corn beard
Corn beard taste sweet, light, flat; to the kidney, liver, gallbladder meridian; light quality seepage down. It has the effect of diuretic and swelling, calming the liver and gallbladder. Mainly used to treat edema, urinary drip, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, hypertension, diabetes, lactorrhea.
1, corn beard for acute nephritis: corn beard 60g, watermelon peel 30g, mole cricket 7, raw groundnut 15g, cinnamon 1.5g. decoction, every other day 1 dose, even 4 to 5 doses, after the symptoms subside, take Jisheng kidney pill, twice a day, 6 to 9g daily.(National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
2, corn beard to prevent habitual miscarriage: after pregnancy, take 1 corn beard decoction daily as a substitute for drinking, to the last miscarriage of the month of pregnancy, double the dosage, serve until the full term. ("National Compendium of Chinese Herbs")
3, corn beard treatment of schistosomiasis cirrhosis, ascites: corn beard 30-60g, 15g winter melon seeds, adzuki beans 30g. water decoction, 1 dose daily, 15 doses for a course of treatment. ("Food Chinese medicine and convenient recipe")
4, corn beard treatment of chronic paranasal sinusitis: corn beard dried, shredded, mixed with dried angelica tail powder, into the pipe light smoking, 5-7 times a day, 1 to 2 pipes each time. ("National Compendium of Chinese Herbs")
5, corn beard for urinary tract infection: corn beard 15g, money grass 45g, dioscorea 30g. water decoction. ("Hubei herbal medicine zhi.
6, corn beard for diabetes Formula 1: corn beard 30g, astragalus 30g, yam 30g, mugen bark 12g, smallpox 15g, maitake 15g. decoction. (Szechuan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1982) Recipe 2: Corn Husk 60g, Coix Seed, Mung Bean 30g each. decoction with water. (Journal of Fujian Medicines)
7, corn beard treatment of nephritis, early kidney stones: corn beard, the amount of unrestrained, decoction of thick soup, served frequently. ("Guiyang city secret recipe")
8, corn beard for gallstone disease (hepatic bile duct and total bile duct sediment stones, or bile duct smaller stones in the stationary phase): corn beard, reed root 30g each, 15g of insecticide. decoction, 1 dose daily. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
9, corn beard for the treatment of blood in urine: corn beard 30g, caper flower 15g, white foxglove 18g. decoction with water to remove the slag, 1 day 2 times divided. ("Food Chinese medicine and recipes")
10, corn beard treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis: corn beard, prickly ginseng 30g each. water decoction, 1 dose daily, morning and evening divided eye. If you have jaundice, add inoceramus with boiling; chronic cases, add jinjier root (or tiger scepter root) 30g with decoction. ("National Compilation of Chinese Herbs")
11, corn beard treatment of hypertension, with epistaxis, vomiting blood: corn beard, banana peel 30g each, yellow gardenia 9g. water decoction after cooling. (Food Chinese medicine and recipes)
12, corn beard orange peel for cough: corn beard, orange peel each appropriate amount. Add a total of water decoction, served 2 times a day; cough, cough, curing wind-cold cough, phlegm.
13, corn beard for diabetes: take corn beard 30 grams, 200 grams of pig pancreas, water decoction, eat pig pancreas, drink soup, 1 dose per day.
14, corn beard for gum bleeding: corn beard 50g, placed in a thermos bottle, with the right amount of boiling water, cover smothered more than 10 minutes, 1 day for several times to drink, 1 dose daily, 7 days for a course of treatment.
15, corn beard treatment of chronic prostatitis: take corn beard 6 grams, Amaranthus 10 grams, brewed with boiling water for tea, 2 doses a day.
16, corn beard treatment of vertigo: corn beard 50g, decoction of tea, 1 dose daily, divided into morning, noon and evening three times to drink.
17, corn beard for acute cystitis: take 50 grams of corn beard, 20 grams of plantain, 6 grams of licorice, water decoction juice warm, 2 doses a day.
18, corn beard treatment of hypertension, dizziness: corn beard 50g, chrysanthemum 10g, decoction. This is a 1 day dose, divided into morning and evening two oral.
19, corn beard treatment of nephritis edema: take 30 grams of corn beard, 30 grams of plantain, decoction, juice for tea, 1 dose per day.
20, corn beard treatment idiopathic edema: take 50 grams of corn beard, 5 jujube, brewed with boiling water for tea, 1 dose per day, and served for 1 month.
21, corn beard treatment of pregnancy edema: corn beard 30 grams, 60 grams of winter melon skin, add 1000 ml of water, decoction of 300 ml, divided into 2 servings, and served for 5 days.
Corn beard to the bladder meridian, water and laxative, especially in the bladder damp heat urinary short red astringent pain, can be a large number of single-flavored decoction, corn beard can also be used with plantain, pearl grass; corn beard for stone lung, such as the "Guiyang City secret recipe" to this product single-flavored decoction of thick soup to serve, can also be used with sea gold sand, money grass. Corn husk is sweet and light permeable, and its function is specialized in water permeation dampness and swelling. Corn beard to treat edema, urinary discomfort, can be used alone corn beard decoction in large doses, corn beard or with zedoary, winter melon skin, red beans and other water-relieving drugs used together; can also treat spleen deficiency edema, and white atractylodes, poria, etc.; corn beard can benefit dampness and retreat yellow, medicinal properties and calm, so Yang Huang or Yin Huang are available. It can be taken as a single decoction in large doses, and cornus can also be used with money grass, Yu Jin, Yin Chen.
Nutritional Knowledge of Corn Husk
Corn beard is the stigma and flower head of corn, a genus of corn in the family Gramineae. Marshmallow annual herb, cultivated throughout the country, harvested in the fall when the corn harvest, dried or dried.
Corn beard often assembled into loose clusters, stigma linear or whisker-like, intact up to 30 cm long, 0.5 mm in diameter, light green, yellow-green to brownish red, lustrous, slightly transparent, stigma bifid, forked, soft, gas-free, tasteless. The soft and shiny ones are preferred.
Corn beard for people
General population can be eaten
Corn beard therapeutic effect: taste sweet, light, flat; to the kidney, liver, gall bladder; light quality seepage down. It has the effect of diuretic and swelling, calming the liver and gallbladder. Mainly for edema, urine dripping, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lactorrhea.
How to make Corn Husk Pork Ribs Soup
Ingredients
60 grams of corn husk, 150 grams of fresh pork ribs.
Method
1, first the corn husk washed with water to remove debris, mud and sand.
2, the fresh pork ribs washed with water to remove blood, chopped into small pieces with a knife, set aside.
3、After all the soup ingredients are ready, put all the soup ingredients into the casserole, add the right amount of water and cook the soup with medium heat. Pork ribs in the soup can be eaten as a dish. Remove the corn husk residue from the soup, the remaining soup can be consumed as a drink in normal times, or in three meals a day.
Caution
1, soup in the corn beard diuretic power is strong, if hypertensive patients, frequent urination, should pay attention to drinking.
2, the amount of herbs in this soup is the amount of an adult. Expert advice: corn beard in the corn harvest season, available fresh
The effect is better. Fresh corn beard dosage should be doubled (i.e. 120 grams)
Can I still drink corn husk when it is dried?
Corn husk can also be dried to drink.
① diuretic effect: corn husk has a diuretic effect on humans or rabbits, can add chloride excretion, but the effect is weak. Its water infusion methanol insoluble local after dialysis (A) diuretic effect is the strongest, whether oral, subcutaneous or intravenous injection have obvious effects. Diuretic effect is secondary to the extra-renal, the role of the kidney is very weak.
②The effect on circulatory fragments: anesthetized dogs with intravenous decoction had a significant hypotensive effect, but in dogs with chronic carotid skin bridges, daily dosing for 3 weeks did not have a hypotensive effect. A has a dilating effect on peripheral blood vessels at low concentrations.
③Lowering effect on blood sugar: The fermented preparation of corn mullein had a very obvious lowering effect on blood sugar in rabbits.
Cholestatic and hemostatic effects: corn mullein preparation can promote bile excretion, reduce its viscosity and increase its bile pigment content, so it can be used as a cholestatic drug for uncomplicated chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis patients with bile drainage obstruction. It can also slow down the blood clotting process, increase the content of prothrombin in the blood, and improve the platelet count, so it can be used as a hemostatic drug and diuretic for bladder and urinary tract stones.
