Corn is a favorite food for many people. In general, when eating corn, many people will throw away corn whiskers directly. In fact, corn whiskers have their own unique function. Do you know the function of corn whisker water? Let's have a look.
It is found that corn whiskers are rich in selenium and lysine, so if you stick to eating, it can play an antioxidant role. For some beauty loving female friends, if they can insist on drinking more in their daily life, their wrinkles may be reduced. In addition, drinking water with corn whisker can also relieve diarrhea. Generally speaking, if you can drink it while it is hot, the effect is often more significant.
It should be noted that corn should be good, but when you eat it, you should also pay attention to the dosage and remember not to overdo it. When taking corn tea, you should choose fresh corn as much as possible.
In addition to soaking corn in water for drinking, you can also try to put corn in a pot and add water to boil it. What many people don't know is that if you use boiled water to brew corn and green tea together, it is also conducive to weight loss. Therefore, in our daily life, we might as well choose according to the actual situation of the body, so as to fully realize the effect of corn whisker.
Effect and function of corn whisker water
1. Clearing away heat and diuresis
Corn must be sweet and light in taste, mild in nature, and return to kidney, liver and bile channel. It has diuretic effect on human body, which can increase the excretion of chloride, and the diuretic effect of corn whisker is night out, so it has certain effect on edema caused by various reasons, and can be used to treat chronic nephritis and nephrotic syndrome, but the effect is limited.
2. Reduce blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid
Corn whisker has a certain dilation effect on peripheral blood vessels, so it can be used to reduce blood pressure. There are many beneficial ingredients in corn, among which saponins, flavonoids and chromium have the effect of lowering blood sugar.
3. courage
Corn must be able to promote the secretion and excretion of bile, reduce the organic matter and residue in bile, so it can be used as a choleretic medicine for chronic cholecystitis without complications or cholangitis with bile excretion disorder. It can also be used to treat jaundice caused by hepatitis.
4. hemostasis
Corn whisker can accelerate blood coagulation, increase the number of platelets, and resist hemolysis. Therefore, corn whisker can be used as hemostatic and diuretic, for urinary tract stones and bladder stones, and for acute hemolytic anemia.
5. anti allergy
Corn must have antiallergic effect, can be used to treat asthma, urticaria, allergic rhinitis.
6. appetizers
For patients with anorexia after operation, chemotherapy and serious illness, the appetizer effect of soaking corn in water or cooking rice porridge is very good. It's hot in summer without appetite. A cup of corn whisker tea can also be appetizing.