What is the function of boiling corn husk water?

The water for cooking corn not only has the fragrance of corn, but also has good diuretic and anti-inflammatory, urinary tract infection prevention, liver-clearing and fire-purging effects.

The main components of corn husk are fiber, starch and protein. Corn husk is hydrolyzed by enzyme to make dietary fiber, also known as the seventh nutrient, which has moisture retention and water absorption, can generate sol and gel in the body, delay the diffusion of food components in digestive organs, and promote the absorption of sugar, inorganic and organic substances.

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Benefits of drinking corn boiled water:

1, diuretic effect: Stigma Maydis has diuretic effect on both humans and rabbits, which can increase chloride ion excretion, but the effect is weak. The methanol-insoluble part of its water extract (A) has the strongest diuretic effect after dialysis, and it has obvious effect no matter oral, subcutaneous or intravenous administration. The diuretic effect is mainly outside the kidney, and the effect on the kidney is very weak.

2. Effect on circulatory system: Intravenous injection of decoction in anesthetized dogs has obvious hypotensive effect, but it has no hypotensive effect on dogs with chronic carotid bridge. Take medicine every day for 3 weeks. At low concentrations, nails can dilate peripheral blood vessels.

3. Hypoglycemic effect: Corn silk fermentation preparation has a very significant hypoglycemic effect on rabbits.

4, cholagogic hemostasis: Corn silk preparation can promote bile excretion, reduce its viscosity, and reduce its bile pigment content, so it can be used as a cholagogic drug for patients with chronic cholecystitis and cholangitis without complications. Corn silk can also accelerate the process of blood coagulation, increase the content of prothrombin in blood and increase the number of platelets, so it can be used as a hemostatic and diuretic for bladder and urinary calculi.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Corn husks