As a very common Chinese medicinal material, corn silk is deeply loved by many people.
Corn silk contains a large number of flavonoids, glycosides, volatile oils, resins, alkaloids, vitamins and polysaccharides and other components, which can play a role in health care and medicinal value. Therefore, in daily life, many people will soak corn silk in water instead of tea to drink, hoping that it can play a role in health care.
So, what are the benefits of soaking corn silk in water and drinking it?
What are the health benefits of soaking corn silk in water?
1. Treatment of urinary system inflammation
Corn silk contains a lot of mineral elements, such as potassium, chromium, iron, calcium, etc., these mineral elements can maintain cell metabolism in the human body, promote the excretion of excess water in the body, and participate in the activation and structure of enzymes, and also have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
If you suffer from a series of urinary tract inflammation such as prostatitis, urethritis, nephritis, cystitis, etc., you can soak corn silk in water to drink, and you can urinate to excrete metabolites and some bacteria in the urinary system, which helps to reduce inflammation.
Moreover, it has a good improvement effect on urine yellowing, burning and pain at the urethral opening, as well as urinary frequency, urgency, urine protein and other phenomena caused by urinary tract inflammation.
2. Maintain cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health
Corn silk contains a large number of glycosides, flavonoids, organic acids, alkaloids, volatile oils and other components, which can reduce blood triglyceride and cholesterol levels, and play a role in reducing blood lipid concentration.
And it can reduce the permeability of capillaries, enhance the density of blood vessel walls, not only enhance the elasticity and toughness of blood vessel walls, but also have the function of preventing a series of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and can also reduce the pressure on blood vessel walls, which has the effect of lowering blood pressure.
3. Assist in lowering blood sugar
For people with diabetes, in addition to receiving scientific and formal treatment, they can also use corn silk to boil water to drink, or use corn silk and bitter gourd and winter melon peel to soak in water to drink, which has the effect of helping to lower blood sugar.
Because corn silk contains a large amount of vitamin K, potassium nitrate and other ingredients, these ingredients can play a role in the effect of double muscle hypoglycemic drugs, but also can dredge blood vessels, and maintain kidney health, and have the effect of preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular and kidney complications.
4. Maintain gallbladder health
Corn silk can play a role in promoting bile excretion in the human body, and can reduce the content of bile pigments, reduce the concentration of bile, can reduce the burden of the gallbladder, and can also effectively prevent cholecystitis and gallstones.
In addition, for people who have suffered from chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis and gallstones, drinking some corn silk water can effectively improve a series of uncomfortable symptoms.
5. Eliminate edema
For people with high blood pressure, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, and body edema caused by excessive moisture, you can drink some corn silk water in small amounts. Because corn silk contains a large amount of potassium, it can promote the metabolism of excess water in the body and achieve the function of eliminating edema.
All in all, drinking some corn silk water appropriately has the above 5 benefits for human health. In addition, it has a variety of functions such as anti-tumor, anti-aging, antibacterial and anti-fatigue. For people with poor appetite and obesity, you can also drink some corn whisker water, which has the function of appetizing and helping to lose weight.
However, no matter what kind of people it is, when taking corn whiskers, the dosage should be strictly controlled, and the daily dosage should not exceed 5 grams.
And before taking corn whiskers, the quality of the corn whiskers must be checked, and if there is mold, they should be discarded immediately. Because this corn silk contains a large amount of aflatoxin, once soaked in water and drunk, it will cause a toxic reaction, which is very harmful to health.