Corn stigmas are considered the most valuable part of the cob of corn, which is a protruding long silky fiber. Their collection and harvesting is carried out during the period of the dairy and wax ripeness of the ears, when the sticks with the stigmas dry up. Corn stigmas are widely used in both traditional and traditional medicine. What is useful for corn stigmas and what is being treated with this remedy, we will consider further.
Composition and useful properties of corn stigmas
The value of corn stigmas is due to their rich and unique chemical composition, which includes the following substances:
- derivatives of vitamin K1 (naphthoquinone);
- vitamin C;
- vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid);
- tannins and bitterness;
- glycosides;
- saponins;
- alkaloids;
- sterols;
- essential oil and fat, etc.
The listed substances have allocated corn stigmas following basic medical properties:
- diuretic;
- choleretic;
- antispasmodic;
- decongestant;
- restorative;
- hemostatic.
This medicine of plant origin helps to increase the outflow of bile and prevents its stagnation, decrease in viscosity and bile density. Substances that are part of the corn stigmas, promote the dissolution and excretion of small stones from the ureters, kidneys, bladder.
The use of corn stigmas has a positive effect on metabolic processes in the body, helps to fight with various infections, reduce the content of bilirubin in the blood. Increasing the content of prothrombin and platelets in the blood, corn stigmas help accelerate its coagulation. It also helps to reduce appetite and fight excess weight.
Medicines based on corn stigmas
From corn stigmas, they make means in the form of liquid extracts, infusions and decoctions, which are used to treat and prevent a variety of diseases.
Indications for use of corn stigmas:
- urolithiasis disease;
- cholecystitis ;
- nephritis;
- cystitis;
- hepatitis;
- edema of various etiologies;
- obesity and so on.
Corn stigmas with pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, the main symptoms of which are acute pain in the abdomen and digestive disorders. In the treatment of this disease, phytotherapy prescriptions, which recommend the use of corn stigmas to reduce the inflammatory process and remove the pain syndrome, have a good effect.
At a pancreatitis it is necessary to accept broth from stigmas of corn, prepared as follows:
- Pour a tablespoon of chopped raw material into a glass of cold water.
- Insist for one hour.
- Put on a slow fire and boil for 5 minutes.
- Cool and drain.
Take the broth three times a day for one glass.
To restore the secretory function of the pancreas, it is recommended to take an infusion of herbal tea, prepared according to the following recipe:
- Mix the following medicinal plants, taken in equal proportions: corn stigmas, St. John's wort, grass of the mountaineer bird, three-color violet grass, anise fruits and celandine grass
large. - A tablespoon of collection pour a glass of boiling water.
- Insist for about 20 minutes in a sealed container.
- Strain.
Take infusion in a warm form for one glass for 30 - 40 minutes before meals three times a day.
Corn stigmas - contraindications:
- increased coagulability of blood;
- thrombosis;
- thrombophlebitis;
- anorexia ;
- obstructive jaundice;
- phlebeurysm;
- hypersensitivity to the agent.