Corn stigmas are filamentous fibers of brown or light green, bordering the grain. They have no nutritional value and usually throw them away. But having dried corn hair, you can provide yourself with a cure for many diseases for a whole year.
What is corn silk
Threadlike columns growing from the cob of the ovary are necessary for the fertilization of maize, thanks to them yellow, grain-filled fruits appear on the top of the stems. Corn flowers are divided into male and female. The wind carries pollen from one to another, it is held by a tuft of hair (stigma) protruding from under the leaves on the cob.
Corn fiber after harvest, as a rule, discarded as unnecessary. But in folk medicine, such plant raw materials are considered very valuable. It is used for the preparation of medicinal herbal remedies that have a therapeutic effect. Herb in dry form can be purchased at the pharmacy chain or procure at home.
Application
Fibrous shoots of corn cobs are not used in cooking, as they do not have the necessary taste and nutritional qualities. But it was useful in many other industries:
- pharmaceuticals;
- herbal medicine;
- medicine.
For treatment, the fibrous part of corn cobs can be used in the form of a liquid extract (50 drops 3 times a day), tablets, powders, hot extracts.
How to independently prepare corn silk
To go to the collection of the fibrous part is necessary in the interval between the milky and full ripeness of the ears. This period, as a rule, falls on July-August. To get high-quality corn hair, you must:
Without breaking, carefully unscrew the leaves.- Collect all filamentous processes in one bundle.
- Carefully separate the corn hair from the cob (cut, tear off).
- Go through the stigma and throw away the blackened specimens.
- Spread in a thin layer on a moisture-absorbing surface (paper, cotton fabric).
Without breaking, carefully unscrew the leaves.While the corn hair is still damp and wet, it is necessary to turn it more often, so as not to rot and evenly dry. In favorable conditions for drying will be enough for several days, a maximum of a week.
Another option is to form small bundles from the fibrous part. Hang them on a rope stretched in a room with good circulation of dry air. So it will not be necessary to turn anything. Moist wet hair from all sides will be under the influence of dry warm air. The harvesting process will be much easier, faster and more efficient.
You can resort to using a special dryer or a conventional oven (oven). It must be remembered that more than +40 ° C temperature should not be set. The grass in such conditions simply burns down or loses its original composition.
Medicinal properties
A wide range of therapeutic properties of stigmas due to a rich set of biologically active elements in them. The list of useful ingredients includes:
- fatty oil - 2.5%;
- gum-like substances - 3.8%;
- saponins - 3.18%;
bitter glycosides - 1.15%;- essential oil - 0.12%;
- resin - 2.7%;
- cryptoxanthin;
- vitamin C;
- vitamin K;
- pantothenic acid;
- inositol;
- sitosterol;
- stigmasterol;
- alkaloids of unexplored composition - 0.05%.
bitter glycosides - 1.15%;All of the above components of plant materials have an impact on its biological activity. As a result, corn stigmas have the following properties:
- choleretic (with hepatitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis);
- hemostatic (for example, with hypothrombinemia);
- diuretic (with stones in the urinary tract, edema, cardiovascular diseases);
- anti-inflammatory (with cystitis, pyelonephritis, urolithiasis).
Corn stigmas are well combined with other herbs, medicines of natural origin, such as repeshkom, immortelle, centaury, and others.
Decoction and infusion of corn stigmas
Hot extracts are the most effective of all preparations based on corn stigmas, since it is these dosage forms that help to preserve to the maximum extent the beneficial elements inherent in the plant initially.
For liver
The hair of corn is used to stimulate bile secretion and restore the functions of the liver. Many liver charges, sold in a pharmacy, contain corn silk. Raw materials can be used in an independent form.
Put two tablespoons of crushed corn sticks with stigmas into the enamel container, steam a cup of freshly boiled water. Put in a water bath. After 1/4 hours remove from heat, cool. The filtered solution is topped up to the original volume. During the week, drink four times a day in a tablespoon, a break - a month, and then the treatment can be repeated.
Slimming
When a person eats a lot, the liver gets used to producing an appropriate amount of bile. When switching to dietary nutrition, bile already needs less, because fat no longer enters the body in the same quantities. But the liver continues to produce the usual amounts of bile, while the signal from the digestive tract about its delivery is not received. It remains, and there may be an overflow of liver bile.
During this transitional period, there may be pressure, pain in the right hypochondrium, as well as nausea, bitter taste in the mouth. In this case, you need to help the liver get rid of bile. It is precisely here that corn columns are needed to accomplish this task — to derive the secret of the biliary ducts into the digestive tract.
A concentrated infusion (30 g / 200 ml of water) of corn stigmas, recommended to be taken in a tablespoon six times a day, will help to accomplish this task. In addition, the components of the solution will help free the solution and from excess liquid.
To lose weight is easy and pleasant, you can brew ordinary green tea, adding to it corn poles and currant leaves. All ingredients are taken in equal parts, insist in a thermos: two spoons of the mixture per cup of water.
Another delicious recipe for those who want to lose those extra pounds. Freshly harvested corn hair chop with a knife, pour honey. Keep refrigerated. Eat a teaspoon on an empty stomach before eating.
For the gallbladder
Preparations based on corn stigmas dilute bile secretion, reduce its viscosity, specific mass, dense residue, and concentration of bilirubin. Increase blood clotting and prothrombin content.
Corn silk crushed gallstones in the sand. They are used alone or in the form of medicinal fees. For cooking means will be required:
- haricot beans;
- bearberry leaves;
- corn silk.
All take in equal quantities. Boil 40 g of the obtained collection in a liter of water and cook for a quarter of an hour. Filter the precipitate, drink the resulting solution per day, divided into six doses.
During pregnancy
Corn hair helps to solve many health problems in pregnant women. The list of drugs in this period is very limited, so with any disease, the choice often falls on herbs and other remedies of natural origin.
In the period of gestation, it is better to use hot extracts of corn hair. It is undesirable to take its concentrated extracts, especially alcohol. Alcohol even in small doses can sometimes cause irreparable harm to the fetus. With cystitis, which often worries pregnant women, this herbal collection is prepared:
- licorice and wheatgrass roots;
- corn stigmas;
- bearberry;
- birch leaves.
All ingredients are taken in equal proportions, ten grams. Boil one spoonful of collection (dining room) over low heat in a cup of water. Drink for the day, distributed into several receptions.
How to drink corn silk
To use drugs derived from vegetable raw materials, in most cases taken on an empty stomach, since the absorption of biologically active substances is much better. Do not make an exception to the general rule and corn silk. Typically, their reception is appointed on average three times a day for 20-30 minutes before meals.
Contraindications and side effects
The hairy part of corn cobs tends to neutralize the feeling of hunger, therefore, funds based on it are not prescribed for poor appetite. Since raw materials affect blood clotting, it cannot be taken during menstruation, with varicose veins, thrombosis and thrombophlebitis. Uncontrolled medication can cause an allergic reaction, manifested by skin rashes and other signs.
Children under 12 years old, as they say in the instructions, preparations of corn silk are contraindicated. But in practice, doctors prescribe them at an earlier age. The dosage is prescribed in half. Frequent use of infusions of corn hair can harm during pregnancy. The diuretic effect of the product leads to the loss of large amounts of fluid. Along with it, the nutrients needed by the body are also released: magnesium, potassium. If a patient has stones larger than 1 cm in size, taking herbs may cause complications.
Corn silk - an affordable, safe and potent therapeutic agent. Unlike synthetic drugs, it has a healthy effect on the entire body as a whole, without causing damage to internal organs.
