Corn Silk

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Background

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.

Corn silk is used in a variety of allopathic medicine treatments including prostate disorders, a diuretic as well as for bedwetting and obesity.

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.

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. Some of those uses have continued into modern times; Corn Silk is a contemporary remedy for all conditions of the urinary passage.
Drinking Corn Silk tea is a remedy to help children stop wetting their beds, a condition known as enuresis. It is also a remedy for urinary conditions experienced by the elderly.

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 irritation 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. Eventually, overuse can lead to drug-resistant bacteria. Also, these drugs can cause complications in children.

Furthermore, Corn Silk is used in combination with other herbs to treat conditions such as cystitis (inflammation of the urinary bladder), urethritis (inflammation of the urethra), and parostitis (mumps).

Corn Silk is said to prevent and remedy infections of the bladder and kidney. The tea is also believed to diminish prostate inflammation and the accompanying pain when urinating.

Since Corn Silk is used as a kidney remedy and in the regulation of fluids, 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 of fluids).

Corn Silk is used to treat urinary conditions in countries including the United States, China, Haiti, Turkey, and Trinidad. Furthermore, in China, Corn Silk as a component in an herbal formula is used to treat diabetes.

Health Benefits

Corn silk is used for the following:

• diuretic
• bladder and kidney problems
• edema (water retention)
• obesity
• prostate disorders
• bed-wetting
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• PMS
• reducing stone formation in kidneys
• clear boils

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