Health Benefits of Corn Silk
Corn Silk is an herbal remedy made from stigmas, the yellowish thread-like strands found inside the husks of corn. The stigmas are found on the female flower of corn, a grain that is also known as maize and is a member of the grass family (Gramineae or Poaceae). The stigmas measure 4–8 in (10–20 cm) long and are collected for medicinal use before the plant is pollinated. Corn Silk can also be removed from corn cobs for use as a remedy.
#1. Traditional herb
Corn meal has been used by Native Americans for a wide range of ailments. It makes an effective poultice and has been used in Mayan, Incan, and American folk medicine to treat bruises, swellings, sores, boils, and similar conditions. Vogel in American Indian Medicine (1970) stated that "the Chickasaw Indians treated itching skin, followed by sores when scratched, by burning old corncobs and holding the affected part over the smoke."
#2. Urinary remedy
Partly due to its significant potassium content, corn silk is a useful diuretic for almost all problems of the urinary system. Corn silk soothes and relaxes the lining of the urinary tubules and bladder, relieving irritation and improving urine flow and elimination. Corn silk is also helpful for frequent urination caused by irritation of the bladder and urethral walls, and for difficulty in passing urine such as in prostate disorders.
#3. Kidney stones
Corn silk is thought to have a beneficial effect on the kidneys, reducing kidney stone formation and
relieving some of the symptoms of existing stones.
#4. Cystitis
Chronic cystitis can be relieved with corn silk and it is a useful adjunct to other treatments for acute cystitis.
#5. Chinese remedy
In China, corn silk is used to treat fluid retention and jaundice.
#6. Other medical uses
Temporomandibular joint syndrome or disorder TMJ (TMD).
#7. Medicinal Action and Uses
Diuretic and mild stimulant. A good poultice for ulcers, swellings, rheumatic pains. An infusion of the parched corn allays nausea and vomiting in many diseases. Cornmeal makes a palatable and nutritious gruel and is an excellent diet for convalescents.
#8. Cancer; Cholagogue; Demulcent; Diuretic; Hypoglycaemic; Hypotensive; Lithontripic; Stimulant; Vasodilator; Warts.
#9. A decoction of the leaves and roots is used in the treatment of strangury, dysuria and gravel. The corn silks are cholagogue, demulcent, diuretic, lithontripic, mildly stimulant and vasodilator. They also act to reduce blood sugar levels and so are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus as well as cystitis, gonorrhoea, gout etc. The silks are harvested before pollination occurs and are best used when fresh because they tend to lose their diuretic effect when stored and also become purgative.
#10. A decoction of the cob is used in the treatment of nose bleeds and menorrhagia. The seed is diuretic and a mild stimulant. It is a good emollient poultice for ulcers, swellings and rheumatic pains, and is widely used in the treatment of cancer, tumours and warts. It contains the cell-proliferant and wound-healing substance allantoin, which is widely used in herbal medicine (especially from the herb comfrey, Symphytum officinale) to speed the healing process. The plant is said to have anticancer properties and is experimentally hypoglycaemic and hypotensive.
#11. China:
Diabetes,Diuretic,Dropsy,Hypertension,Gravel,Urogenital,Stomachic,Strangury.
#12. Elsewhere:
Analgesic,Antiseptic,Astringent,Diabetes,Diuretic,Liqueur,Lithontriptic,Litholytic,Panacea,Pneumon
ia,Shampoo Stomachache,Tumor,Wart .
#13. Corn silk is used in a variety of allopathic medicine treatments including prostate disorders, a diuretic as well as for bedwetting and obesity.
#14. Corn Silk also served as a remedy for heart trouble, jaundice, malaria, and obesity. Corn Silk is rich in vitamin K, making it useful in controlling bleeding during childbirth. It has also been used to treat gonorrhea.
#15. For more than a century, Corn Silk has been a remedy for urinary conditions such as acute and inflamed bladders and painful urination. It was also used to treat the prostate.
#16. Corn Silk is a remedy to help bed-wetting . It is also a remedy for urinary conditions experienced by the elderly.
#17. Corn Silk is used to treat urinary tract infections and kidney stones in adults. Corn Silk is regarded as a soothing diuretic and useful for irritaion in the urinary system. This gives it added importance, since today, physicians are more concerned about the increased use of antibiotics to treat infections, especially in children.
#18. Corn Silk is said to prevent and remedy infections of the bladder and kidney. It is also believed to diminish prostate infammation and the accompanying pain when urinating.
#19. Since Corn Silk is used as a kidney remedy and in the regulation of fuids, the herb is believed to be helpful in treating high blood pressure and water retention. Corn silk is also used as a remedy for edema (the abnormal accumulation on of fuids).
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