Corn silk is corn grasses of style and stigma. Chinese medicine believes that corn silk, Gan Ping, can benefit water swelling, Xiere, Liver and gallbladder, but also antiallergy treatment of nephritis, edema, hepatitis, hypertension, cholecystitis, gallstones, diabetes, sinusitis, mastitis, etc. .

^{Corn silk has a diuretic effect on the person, you can increase the amount of chloride discharge its diuretic effect is outside of the kidney, so the various causes of edema have a certain effect. Corn silk also appetizing effect. Hot summer, can have a cup of corn silk tea to be pretty good health.}

^{1. It can increase the excretion of chloride. The diuretic effect is mainly outside of the kidney, to the kidney function is very weak;}

^{2. It has lowering blood pressure and blood glucose effect, the fermentation preparation of corn stigma has a very significant reduction in blood sugar to rabbit;}

^{3. It has a choleretic effect, increase bile secretion and promote bile excretion, can reduce organic and impurity in bile;}

^{4. It has hemostasis effect, can accelerate the process of blood coagulation, increase blood levels of thrombin increased platelet count.}

1. Applied in food field, corn stigma extract antimicrobial activity in a specific environment is stability, therefore can be used as a potential food preservative;

2. Applied in health care food field, it can be made into preparations to play diuretic and antihypertensive function;

3. Applied in pharmaceutical field, because of its choleretic effect, can be used as medicine to treat uncomplicated chronic cholecystitis.