Can children drink water boiled with corn silk?

Many people are reluctant to throw away corn silk when eating corn. Instead, they use corn silk to boil water to drink. If you use corn silk to boil water and drink it, it can bring many benefits to the body. Boiling corn silk to drink can improve the abnormal blood pressure and blood sugar of many people. Corn silk can also give people plenty of energy. In short, eating corn silk is very good for the body. However, many people will boil corn silk for their children to drink. So, can corn silk boiled water be given to children?

Yes, corn silk can promote bile excretion, so it can be used as a choleretic for uncomplicated chronic cholecystitis or cholangitis with bile excretion disorders. Combined with Artemisia capillaris, it can also treat jaundice caused by hepatitis. It can also be used for acute hemolytic anemia. Therefore, drinking corn silk water should be effective, but it needs to be used in combination with Artemisia capillaris.

Benefits of corn silk water:

1. Treatment of chronic nephritis

Take 50 grams of dried corn silk, add 600 ml of warm water, and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes over low heat to obtain about 300 to 400 ml of medicinal liquid. Filter and take orally once a day or in divided doses. 9 cases of chronic glomerulonephritis were treated. After more than 10 months of observation, 3 of them were cured, 2 improved, and the remaining 4 had no obvious effect. The effects of corn silk are mainly manifested in diuresis, improvement of kidney function, disappearance or reduction of edema, disappearance or reduction of urine protein, etc. In some cases, no toxic side effects were observed after taking the drug for 6 consecutive months.

2. To treat nephrotic syndrome, use 60 grams of dried corn silk each time, wash and boil it for oral administration. Twice daily, morning and evening. At the same time, take 1 gram of potassium chloride, 3 times a day. Twelve cases were clinically treated, of which 10 had severe systemic edema, or pleural effusion and ascites, and 2 had mild edema. After 3 months of treatment, 9 cases had completely subsided edema, and 2 had mostly subsided edema. In one case, edema completely disappeared 15 days after taking the medicine. Generally, diuresis will begin to occur 3 days after taking the medicine. At the same time, urine protein and non-protein nitrogen will decrease to varying degrees. In a few cases, plasma protein will increase. In some cases, phenol red test and blood pressure will return to normal.

If you use corn silk to boil water, children can drink it, don't worry. Giving children this corn silk water can help them digest and treat food accumulation. It is very good for children. However, if you just give it to children to drink, it is best to let them drink less. This is best for children. Of course, giving children water boiled with corn is also very good.