Corn is considered to be a unique cereal.
It has great benefits for the human body, and now more people are paying attention to this product.
The most valuable are corn stigmas, due to their properties, they are used in medicine.
- Healing properties
- Benefits
- liver Traditional recipes, cooking
- against atherosclerosis
- struggle with kidney disease
- Hair Strengthening
- harvesting rules
- Caution and contraindications
Healing properties
As part of corn stigmas are many beneficial vitamins, minerals needed by the bodyhormones and tannins.
Fibers replenish protein deficiency, provide carbohydrates, ascorbic acid, which increases immunity.
Composition rich:
- tannins,
- essential oils,
- pantothenic acid.
The substance of selenium, which is saturated with corn stigmas, supports:
- protein exchange at the proper level,
- prevents obesity,
- makes the body stronger,
- eliminates harmful substances coming from outside.
In order to prevent the appearance and growth of tumors, corn stigmas are used for food.
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Drugs containing corn fibers:
- are decontaminated,
- reduce the volume of sugar in the blood,
- have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the liver, pancreas, CNS.
Diuretic and choleretic effects, decrease in appetite, improvement of metabolism, removal of edematous syndrome, elimination of symptoms of biliary dyskinesia - all this allows to include the product in the diet, in order to improve the body and get rid of excess kilograms.
Stigmas are used to make medicinal infusions, decoctions, herbal teas, extracts.
They are able to fight with diabetes and reduce the high cholesterol level in the blood, treat tuberculosis and atherosclerosis. Decoctions can be drunk at night to sleep well.
Patients with disorders of the nervous system use a medicine to calm and get rid of irritability.
Benefits for the liver
Most often, corn stigmas are used to treat hepatic diseases and gallbladder diseases.
Studies have shown that the reception of decoctions favorably affects the activity of these internal organs.
If there are such diseases as:
- cholecystitis,
- hepatitis,
- cholelithiasis,
then together with effective drugs doctors prescribe corn stigmas, which reduce the volume of bilirubin, dilute bile and help it to leave the body.
Folk recipes, cooking
From the corn stigmas, as already said, prepare a decoction, infusion and tea. Let us consider in more detail how to do this at home.
To remove bile, stigmas insist on water.
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To do this, pour one spoonful of corn fibers into a glass, just boiled water. - Close the lid and put it in a dark place.
- After an hour, pass through the cheesecloth.
- Drink 3-4 times a day for one spoonful.
- The course is 14 days.
Broth is recommended for the elimination of symptoms of hepatitis and cholecystitis, but only, in parallel, with other drugs.
For preparation:
- 2 spoons stalk is poured in 200 ml of boiled warm water,
- is put on a water bath with the lid closed and held for about 20 minutes.
After that, cool, filter and add more boiled water to make 200 milliliters.
Drink 3-4 times a day for one spoon after eating. Before you drink, the broth is shaken well.
The course of treatment lasts 14 days. Then you need to rest for at least a month, a maximum of three. A repeat course is held if the desired result is not achieved.
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Tea on herbs is prepared as follows:
- in 200 milliliters of boiling water, it is necessary to stir one small spoon of collecting dried herbs,
- eg
- black currant( useful properties of leaves),
- thyme( useful properties are described here),
- yarrow( photo),
- peppermint( use and harm).
- Add corn stigmas, leave to infuse for a quarter of an hour.
Drink half a cup 3-4 times a day.
To ease the symptoms of diabetes will help extract corn fibers. He is in any pharmacy.
It is desirable to take 15-20 drops of the extract, mixed in water, 3-4 times a day, on a full stomach.
Course duration is 30 days.
Rest - 14 days, then a new course.
Diabetes is treated with corn stigmas no less than six months .
If you want to prepare a home remedy for diabetes( about the properties of the medicinal medicinal read here), take two spoons of stigmas, pour boiling water( half a liter) and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.
Insists half an hour.
Drink 3 times a day on a spoon for a full stomach.
Patients with diabetes mellitus, who are treated with decoctions and tinctures according to the prescriptions, talk about improving the well-being, reducing blood sugar.
Against Atherosclerosis
If such an unpleasant disease as atherosclerosis has overtaken, funds from corn fibers will help with it.
They are used for preventive purposes, when there is a high risk of getting atherosclerosis.
The reception of decoctions and infusions reduces the amount of cholesterol, eliminates pain in the head, painful noise in the ears.
The patient falls asleep more easily and sleeps more calmly, forgetfulness leaves.
The course is 21 days, the break is 14 days.
Atherosclerosis requires long-term treatment - up to six months .
Fighting kidney disease
It is easy to get rid of cystitis, urolithiasis if you regularly take corn stalks with stigmas in the form of broths and tinctures.
They give a diuretic effect and stop the inflammatory processes.
Sand, stones are more easily and quickly removed from the organs of the urinary system, and patients feel a significant improvement in their well-being.
One of the most common recipes is a decoction of corn fibers and herbs. Suitable:
- craps,
- gold-thousand( photo of grass),
- immortelle sandy( about the application of flowers written in this article).
These herbs should be taken in equal amounts, mixed with corn stigmas and pour a large spoonful of the mixture with 400 milliliters of water.
Hold in a water bath for a quarter of an hour, cool, filter, add water to the original volume and drink ¼ cup three times a day for a full stomach.
Strengthening of hair
With the help of tincture of corn fibers it is possible to cure weakened and fragile hair.
To do this, you will need stigmas and dry crushed nettles. The components are taken in equal volumes, filled with water in the calculation of half a cup of the mixture per liter of water.
After brewing, it is insisted for 15 minutes, filtered with marlechka and rinsed with hair, after washing out with usual shampoo.
Rules of harvesting
Despite the fact that it is now easy to find corn stigmas in pharmacies in the form of tablets, teas, extracts, many prefer to cook them themselves at home.
The best time to harvest corn is the end of summer, early September. Corn is just filled with milk maturity and is full of various useful substances.
After collection, the drying is carried out. Spread corn stigmas on the street, in the fresh air. It is possible and indoors, but only if it is well ventilated.
Dry it comfortably and in the oven or specially designed dryer, but here you need special care:
- stigma periodically turn over, do not allow a temperature increase of more than 40 degrees.
Such measures are necessary to ensure that the fibers do not burn.
Properly dried stigmas have a yellowish-brown hue.
Caution and contraindications
The average price of pharmacy corn stigmas in a 40-gram pack is 50-70 rubles. But the cost can be higher, at the discretion of the manufacturer.
The reception of corn fibers is unacceptable if there is an individual intolerance of the components in their composition.
Women who are expecting a child, and young mothers during lactation, use of fibers is strictly prohibited.
With care it is necessary to approach to reception and those who have a propensity to an allergy, as fibers I can provoke reaction.
A number of diseases and problems in which stigmas are contraindicated:
- varicose veins;
- thrombophlebitis and thrombosis;
- increased blood coagulation;
- poor appetite.
In these cases, any preparations that contain corn stigmas in one or another quantity are prohibited.
Because of the ability of the fibers to reduce appetite, it is undesirable to take people of lean physique and those who already eat little.
Patients who use corn stigmas for medicinal purposes should be cautious.
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