Corn, also known as maize, is one of the favorite foods of people. Do you know what other benefits corn has besides being delicious? I guess many people don't know, including corn silk. Do you know that corn silk can treat diabetes? So let's take a look at the benefits of corn!
Benefits of Corn
1. Refreshes and stimulates appetite, delays aging
According to traditional Chinese medicine, corn is neutral in nature and has a sweet taste. It enters the liver, kidney, and bladder meridians, and has functions such as diuresis and reducing swelling, calming the liver and promoting bile, invigorating the spleen and dispelling dampness, regulating the middle burner and stimulating appetite, nourishing the lungs and calming the mind, and clearing damp-heat. Eating corn during the seasonal transition to autumn can not only relieve dryness, but also help delay aging.
2. Prevents cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Modern medicine believes that corn contains abundant unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, trace elements, and amino acids. Modern research has confirmed that the unsaturated fatty acids in corn, especially linoleic acid, account for more than 60% of the total, and it works synergistically with vitamin E in corn germ to lower blood cholesterol levels and prevent its deposition on the blood vessel walls. Therefore, corn has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.
3. Improves eyesight
Corn contains flavonoids, which have a certain effect on the macula of the retina, so eating more corn can improve eyesight.
4. Beauty and weight loss
Because vitamin E in corn germ can promote cell division in the human body and prevent wrinkles, corn silk has a diuretic effect and is also beneficial for weight loss.
5. Boosts brain health
The glutamate in corn has certain brain-boosting functions.
Corn Silk
Reduces edema and manages chronic diseases. Many people throw away corn silk when they eat corn. But in fact, corn silk is also a good medicine.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, corn silk has a sweet and mild taste and a neutral nature. It has the effects of diuresis, reducing swelling, calming the liver, and promoting bile. It can be used for various conditions such as edema, difficulty in urination, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, hypertension, diabetes, insufficient lactation, and chronic nephritis.
How to Use Corn Silk?
Generally, you can soak it in water and drink it: take 50 grams of corn silk, rinse it with water twice, then put it in a cup, pour boiling water, cover it, let it sit for a few minutes, and drink it as tea. Alternatively, you can boil it to make a concentrated solution and take it warm twice a day.
When collecting corn silk, it is generally best to wait until after autumn when the corn is ripe, and harvest the dried corn silk. If you use fresh and tender corn silk, it will affect the growth of corn kernels.
【Home Remedies for Lowering Blood Sugar with Corn Silk】
1. Wash the corn silk and put it in a pot, add water and boil for 5 to 10 minutes until the water in the pot turns yellow. After cooling, you can add rock sugar to drink it three times a day.
2. For diabetes patients with dry mouth, you can also boil corn silk and pumpkin blossoms to make a daily drink.
3. You can cook porridge with corn silk and rice, or boil soup with corn silk and lean pork as a daily recipe.
4. Take corn silk and mung beans in a 2:1 ratio, boil them with water, and take it orally.
