Corn is an annual cereal plant that was brought to Europe at the end of the 15th century. In cooking, its cobs are most often used, and from a medical point of view, the most useful are corn stigmas - thin brown fibers that are located at the top of the cob.
In folk medicine, they have gained particular popularity due to their pronounced beneficial effects on the urinary and biliary system. Therefore, decoctions, infusions and other forms of this product are actively used by traditional healers for problems with the liver, kidneys, and also for some other diseases.
To achieve a positive effect of treatment, it is important to know how to brew corn silk. We will talk about this in the article. Today, pharmacists offer to purchase corn stigmas in pharmacies in the form of tablets and alcohol tinctures; they are part of many herbal teas and fees. In addition, you can buy dry raw materials. If desired, you can prepare corn stigmas yourself. Howbrew and take drugs based on them, we will describe in detail in this material.
Healing properties
It is gratifying that today representatives of traditional medicine confirm the hemostatic, diuretic and choleretic properties of corn fibers. They are able to enhance the secretion of bile, reduce its viscosity. The use of this raw material helps to reduce the level of bilirubin in the blood. Its clotting is accelerated, the content of platelets and prothrombin increases. To achieve this effect, it is important to know how to brew corn silk properly.
Many people suffering from kidney disease do not know that they can be helped by products made from corn stigmas used as part of complex therapy. They dissolve stones in the bladder, ureters, adrenals, and kidneys. Turning into sand, these hard formations are excreted naturally.
According to the reviews, overweight patients know how to brew corn stigmas for weight loss. Natural fiber helps reduce appetite, normalize blood sugar levels, metabolism and s alt balance.
Application
Knowing how to brew corn stigmas, you can get rid (or alleviate the condition) of a number of diseases. But first you need to consult with your doctor. Preparations based on this natural raw material are effective for:
- inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis);
- tissue inflammationliver (chronic hepatitis);
- violation of the biliary system (biliary dyskinesia);
- inflammation of the bile ducts (cholangitis);
- presence of small kidney stones (nephrurolithiasis);
- bleeding caused by a low amount of prothrombins.
For medicinal purposes, decoctions, infusions or teas are used, which are consumed in a certain dosage no more than three times a day. Which drug to use and how to use it depends on the disease, as well as the characteristics of the organism. Self-treatment should be abandoned - entrust this to a qualified specialist, because, like most herbal remedies, corn stigmas also have contraindications. How to brew them for certain diseases, we will describe further. For maximum effect, it is important to strictly follow the recipe and dosage.
Liver disease
Many patients claim that knowing how to brew corn stigmas for the liver, you can effectively deal with a number of diseases of this most important organ, especially if the drugs are included in complex therapy. To prepare the infusion, you will need a teaspoon of crushed fresh or dry raw materials and 250 ml of boiling water. The resulting composition is infused for half an hour. After this time, it is filtered and taken two tablespoons (tablespoons) before meals three times a day. The infusion does not lose its medicinal properties for two days when stored in a cool and dark place.
Cholelithiasis
Many patients are interested in how to brew fresh corn silk, and whether they contain more nutrients than dry raw materials. Much more often, dry chopped fibers are used for the preparation of preparations, which completely retain all the healing properties of fresh raw materials. There is no difference in preparation: in the recipes given, stigmas can be used both fresh and dried.
To combat gallstone disease, a decoction should be used. To do this, pour 1 teaspoon (tea) of raw materials with boiling water (200 ml) and place the container with the composition for 30 minutes in a water bath. After that, the broth must be cooled at room temperature and filtered. With boiled water, the liquid volume is brought to the original volume. Take it before meals three times a day.
Treatment of pancreatitis
Traditional healers know a great way to brew corn silk in combination with other medicinal herbs to treat pancreatitis. But before taking the medicinal composition, spicy, fatty and fried foods should be excluded from the diet. It should be replaced with boiled chicken, rabbit and fish. Fermented milk products, milk, cottage cheese, cheeses should be present in the diet daily. In addition to revising the diet, attention should be paid to the emotional state of the patient. To achieve a good result of treatment, it is necessary to avoid stress and nervous breakdowns.
To prepare a choleretic drug you will need:
- anise fruits;
- celandine (grass);
- corn silk;
- Highlander bird (grass);
- dandelion (root);
- tricolor violet (root).
All components in equal proportions (10 g each) are poured with boiling water (0.5 l). The mixture is put on low heat and brought to a boil. After boiling, the composition should boil for about three minutes. Take a remedy for two tablespoons (tablespoons) for fifteen days half an hour before meals. Then, within a month, you should drink another decoction, which includes: dill seeds, hawthorn fruits, mint leaves, chamomile, immortelle flowers. It is taken 30 ml before meals twice a day.
For kidney treatment
Corn stigmas have powerful anti-inflammatory properties. That is why they are successfully used to treat many kidney ailments. Preparations based on them relieve inflammation, reduce the formation of stones and sand, and accelerate their removal from the body. The most effective plant manifests itself in combination with burdock, immortelle and centaury.
How to brew corn silk? Kidneys are most often treated with a decoction of one teaspoon (tea) of stigmas and 200 ml of warm water. The resulting mixture is placed in a water bath under a lid for half an hour. Then the broth should cool to room temperature. After that, it should be strained and taken 20 minutes before each meal, two tablespoons (tablespoons) three times a day.
For the treatment of kidney stones, the decoction should be more concentrated: two teaspoons of raw materials are poured into 150ml of water and take one tablespoon four times a day.
Slimming
Many people who watch their weight and periodically take various teas for weight loss and herbal teas that reduce appetite know that they often contain corn stigmas. How to brew them at home to get the same effect? To prepare the infusion, pour half a glass of raw materials with 0.5 liters of boiling water and insist for two hours. Take the composition before meals, 150 ml each.
Weight loss is due to the fact that stigmas reduce appetite and cravings for sweets, normalize metabolism and remove fluid. In addition, such a drug is rich in B vitamins. However, everyone who wants to lose weight needs to know that this folk remedy can also cause a negative effect. For example, only with constant use does the appetite decrease, but even two missed doses will nullify all efforts.
With prolonged intake of infusion, some trace elements (magnesium and potassium) are excreted from the body. They will have to be replenished by taking drugs. Another disadvantage of this method of losing weight is the risk of developing cystitis due to frequent urination.
Contraindications
Treatment with corn stigmas, as with any other herbal preparations, has a number of contraindications. Changing the dosage, self-medication can harm the body. People with low body weight and poor appetite should stop taking this remedy. In addition, a contraindication tothe use of stigmas is varicose veins, thrombosis or thrombophlebitis, high blood clotting.
