Corn silk (Stygmata Maydis)

are the long filamentous stigmas of the female flowers of the maize plant, which are collected after pollination during the period of milk ripeness. This part of the maize is used for medicinal purposes. It is a widely used medicine in folk medicine. The length of the corn silk is between 10 and 20 cm, it has a faint smell and a sweetish taste.

It is harvested very slowly to avoid damaging the corn cobs.

It is dried in the sun at the beginning and then dried in the shade or in a drying oven at a low temperature of maximum 45 degrees with a wind speed of 5-7 m/s.

Mainly helps with stones and sand in the kidneys and bladder, chronic inflammation of the kidneys and edema, bile stasis and liver and gall bladder diseases. In diabetes, as an appetite suppressant for weight loss, as a sedative, in atherosclerosis.

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