Can corn silk be eaten How to eat corn silk silk

Corn silk is not edible, it will have diarrhea, but a small amount of food is still OK and has medicinal effects!

When winter comes, we often have corn in our breakfast, which not only warms your hands and is delicious, but at the same time it is often overlooked. Corn silk is known as the "dragon's beard" and has a wide range of preventive health care uses. Let's take a look at some of its benefits.

What is the effect of soaking corn silk in water?

The fresh corn you bought, peel off the skin, and each corn grain has soft thorns that are actually corn whiskers of corn, which can be eaten normally, not corn variation, please feel free to eat.

Corn silk is used as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine in our daily life, for example, as early as the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia", there is a use of corn silk as a common Chinese medicinal material, and many people like to eat some corn silk in ordinary life, because it has many effects and effects, so how should corn silk be eaten? How to eat healthier?

The most common way to use corn silk is to brew it into a tea, which can play a very good role and effect, such as diuresis and swelling, blood pressure lowering, blood sugar and so on. I would like to introduce you to several ways to drink corn whisker tea, for example, sitting red dates and corn whiskers together is very delicious, and I have a sweet taste. First of all, we will collect some fresh corn stalks, dry them and clean them, then boil water to prepare some red dates, remove the pits inside, and then put the corn stalks and red dates together and slowly boil them for a period of time, and then we will take out the corn stalks after boiling, and then pour the boiled water into a teapot for drinking, which is very delicious.

Corn silk has a very good effect, we put corn silk and brown sugar together can play a very good role in blood circulation and blood stasis, so it is also very helpful to our health. First of all, we prepare some fresh corn whiskers, clean it and dry it, and then prepare some brown sugar ginger water and pour it into the pot, after the water boils for a period of time, we pour the brown sugar into the pot, and then put the corn whiskers into it and boil it slowly over low heat. In ordinary life, for people during the ** period, drinking some corn silk tea can also play a role in assisting**, and can also supplement some nutrients needed by the body.

The above is how to eat corn whiskers introduced to you, corn whiskers as corn spit out of the filament, it has a lot of ways to eat, the most common is to make tea, in daily life we can also choose to make tea to drink.

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Corn is a common ingredient in our lives, but as everyone knows, the corn silk wrapped in the outer layer of corn is also a valuable ingredient. So can corn whiskers really be eaten? How to eat corn silk to taste better? I will explain them one by one for you below, I hope it will be helpful to you.

Corn silk can be eaten, corn silk, Ganping, traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can reduce swelling, heat discharge, liver and gallbladder relieving, and can also be anti-allergic, **nephritis water reflux, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis, mastitis.

1. Corn silk has a sweet and flat taste, enters the liver, kidney and bladder meridians, has the function of diuretic and swelling, flat liver and gallbladder reliever, and mainly treats acute and chronic nephritis, edema, acute cholecystitis, biliary stones and hypertension. Drinking corn silk water is good for health, and it is not good for the body.

2. Corn silk can accelerate the coagulation process of blood, increase the number of platelets, can resist hemolysis, can be used as a hemostatic drug and diuretic, applied to the bladder to drink urinary tract stones, and used for acute hemolytic anemia. The anti-allergic effect of corn silk can be used for hives and asthma, etc.

Dendrobium corn whisker tea: 10 grams of dendrobium, 15 grams of reed root, 20 grams of corn silk. Decoction of the potion instead of tea, one dose per day. It can nourish yin, clear heat and diuretic. It is suitable for patients with oliguria and anuria with dry mouth and desire to drink, **dry wrinkles, and orbital collapse symptoms.

Corn whisker pot tortoise: 100 grams of corn whiskers, 1 turtle, a little green onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings. Add water to boil turtle meat, turtle shell and corn whiskers for 1 hour, add seasonings to taste, eat meat and drink soup, eat 1 2 times a week, and take it for about 1 month.

It can nourish yin and blood, lower blood sugar and lipids, and regulate blood sugar metabolism. It is suitable for patients with yin deficiency and turbidity and stasis type sleepiness.

Corn silk porridge: 50 grams of coix seeds, 50 grams of rice, 15 grams of fresh corn silk, 15 grams of white grass root. Boil white grass roots and corn whiskers first, remove the slag after 20 minutes, add coix seeds and rice and cook into porridge.

It can clear away heat and dampness, diuresis and reduce swelling. It is used for patients with damp heat polypolygenous erythema nodosum.

Corn silk white grass root soup: 30 grams of corn silk, 30 grams of white grass root, 8 red dates. Soak the above three flavors in cold water for 1 hour, simmer for 40 minutes, and eat dates and drink soup in two parts. It can clear heat and retract cholelithids, and is suitable for hepatobiliary damp-heat cholelithiasis.

Corn silk refers to the filament spit out of corn, corn as a very important crop, is widely planted in the country, corn silk is rich in pharmacological effects are also very strong, can play a role in clearing heat and detoxifying, etc., but according to the common sense of life, we can understand that some foods can not be eaten together, so corn silk can not be eaten with what?

As a food rich in dietary fiber, corn silk can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, so it can promote bowel movement and prevent constipation. However, she should not eat it with other foods rich in dietary fiber, such as sweet potatoes, because if they are eaten together, excessive dietary fiber may cause bloating. In addition, corn whiskers should not be eaten together with snails, as they are easy to cause poisoning if they are eaten together, which will have a certain adverse effect on health.

In addition, if we eat corn silk in our daily life, we can rest assured that it can be matched with many foods, for example, when making corn silk tea, you can choose to match it with Gongju or some red dates, which can not only play an important role, but also have a very good blood tonic effect. Although the nutritional value of corn silk is very comprehensive, we should also pay attention to the appropriate amount when we eat it in our daily life, not too much, three to four times a week. In daily life, we can also choose to use corn whiskers to make soup, for example, we can put it with other pork or loach to make soup, and we can also supplement some protein that our body needs.

Although corn silk as a Chinese herbal medicine has a very comprehensive effect and effect, we still have to pay attention when eating, and it can not be eaten with some foods rich in dietary fiber.

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When the corn silk is cooked with the corn, the corn silk can be eaten. Corn whisker, Ganping, traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can reduce swelling, heat dissipation, liver and gallbladder reticulance, and can also be anti-allergic, **nephritis edema, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis, mastitis, etc.

Corn silk has a diuretic effect on people, can increase chloride discharge, and its diuretic effect is extraneal, so it has a certain effect on edema caused by various reasons, although it can be used for ** chronic nephritis or nephrotic syndrome, but the effect is not too strong.

Corn silk has a dilating effect on peripheral blood vessels, so it has a weak antihypertensive effect. Corn silk can promote bile excretion, so it can be used as a choleretic for uncomplicated chronic cholecystitis or cholangitis with bile excretion disorders. In conjunction with the yellowing of Yin Chen, it can also lead to jaundice caused by hepatitis.