Benefits of corn and corn silk

It is not easy to find proteinaceous plants among plants. However, the health benefits of corn include protein. And although it is less than in meat, 10-12% is also a good indicator.

It is thanks to this that corn can be taken into account by people who limit themselves to meat. The beneficial properties of corn are not limited to the presence of protein; the grains contain potassium, phosphorus, vitamins C, B and PP. True, cooking reduces their number, but still 20 percent remains.

The main medicinal value of the "gold" of the Incas, as the corn is called, is in the light brown hairs, similar to tow, which frame the cob. A person mercilessly throws these stigmas into a bucket, while pharmacists use the beneficial properties of corn in this raw material to make an effective medicine - corn stigmas.

1. Corn silk improves the flow of bile, making it less viscous. This property helps to alleviate the suffering of those who suffer from chronic cholecystitis, dyskinesia, or periodically feel heaviness in the right hypochondrium.

2. The beneficial properties of corn, hidden in corn silk, have a mild diuretic effect, having a beneficial effect on those suffering from hypertension, edema.

3. The ability of stigmas to lower blood sugar should be taken into account by diabetics.

4. The haemostatic effect of stigmas is useful for women with excessive bleeding on critical days and for everyone who suffers from bleeding.

5. It should be said about corn oil. The content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in it is almost the same as in olive, and one tablespoon of it is sufficient for the prevention of atherosclerosis.