Corn as a cereal crop is cultivated all over the world and is considered a medicinal and food plant. In traditional medicine, for the treatment of many diseases, its columns and corn stigmas are used. The healing properties of this product have been known since ancient times. For the manufacture of medicinal raw materials, ripe ears are used, which have acquired a milky-wax color.
Corn stigmas: healing properties
Stigma extract is used to treat gallstone disease, cholangitis, hepatitis and cholecystitis. They have a diuretic and choleretic effect, and also help reduce the content of bilirubin and bile in the body. The medicinal value is determined by the content of selenium, vitamin K, pantothenic and ascorbic acids. In addition, stigmas are rich in fatty and essential oils, bitter glycosides, sugary and resinous substances, tannins and other useful elements.
As a hemostatic agent , corn stigmas can be used. User reviews say the following: stigmas help to cope with excess weight and restore metabolism. They dull hunger and reduce appetite. You can prepare a decoction for weight loss at home: pour one teaspoon of crushed stigmas with a glass of hot water and boil for several minutes. Then the broth is infused, filtered and taken before meals in 1/3 cup.
Traditional medicine recommends using columns and stigmas of corn for the treatment of impotence, infertility, diarrhea. Columns with stigmas are still used as a mild sedative. Decoctions and infusions have a beneficial effect on the central nervous system, improve mood, relieve insomnia, relieve irritability and normalize the functioning of the brain. The product relieves muscle rheumatism and can be used to treat worms and diabetes.
A long and regular intake of the decoction helps to dissolve small stones in the ureters and the bladder. Before starting treatment, consult your doctor. To normalize the menstrual cycle, relieve swelling and reduce unpleasant manifestations during menopause, it is recommended to take corn stigmas. The healing properties are not inferior to drugs. Extracts help neutralize intoxication from alcohol and fatty foods. You can buy infusions at any pharmacy at a fairly low cost.
We prepare healing infusions:
1. To get rid of cystitis, it is necessary to take in equal proportions the leaves of bearberry, birch, licorice root and corn stigmas. The healing properties of these plants are unique in composition. We grind all components in a coffee grinder and pour 10 g of the mixture with hot water, warm in a water bath for half an hour and insist an hour. The solution needs to be filtered and drunk 50 g 3 times a day before meals.
2. The second recipe. 1: 1 we take rose hips, oats, stigmas and licorice root, prepare and take according to the above recipe.
3. In case of urolithiasis: dill seeds (150 g), angelica root (200 g), wild rose (400 g), mint (50 g), stigmas (100 g), horsetail (50 g). For 20 g of the mixture, 500 ml of water. Drink in the morning and evening hours for at least two months.
Contraindications
Individual intolerance to the component. It is not recommended to take decoctions and infusions from corn stigmas with thrombosis, dystrophy and loss of appetite.