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Useful properties of corn
Corn (maize) is a cereal, annual plant. Homeland – Southern Mexico and Guatemala. The first Europeans who saw this plant were the sailors of Christopher Columbus. On our lands, corn has been growing for about 500 years.
Blossoms in August; fruits ripen in September. The stem of this plant reaches a length of 1 to 5 meters! The ears are a favorite food for people and animals.
Corn can be considered a dietary food, it contains a lot of fiber. In 100 grams of fresh grains, the energy value is only 86 Kcal. Boiled grains – more high-calorie, 100 gr. already 123 Kcal.
Almost everyone loves boiled corn, and its unique and mouth-watering flavor is incomparable! Children and adults alike love cornflakes and popcorn. Canned corn is a good side dish and is added to a variety of salads.
Corn is used to make flour and cereals; it is a raw material for making paper, linoleum, resins, acetic acid and other products.
Corn oil
Corn oil is obtained by pressing from corn germ. It has a beneficial effect on metabolism, is a valuable food and medicine.
The value of this oil is determined by the content of unsaturated fatty acids (80%) and phosphatides – 1,5 g. per 100 gr. oils. Our body simply requires phosphatides!
Unsaturated fatty acids: linoleic, linolenic, arachidonic are involved in many metabolic processes. They are among the substances that regulate cholesterol metabolism. Unsaturated fatty acids form soluble compounds with cholesterol and prevent its deposition in the vascular wall.
Patients with coronary atherosclerosis, whose food is rich in linoleic acid, reduce the risk of blood clots.
Corn oil in raw, unrefined form is recommended as an auxiliary dietary agent for the prevention and treatment of general and regional atherosclerosis, obesity, obliterating arterial diseases in diabetes mellitus.
Surprisingly, corn oil is equally popular in cosmetics:
- face masks, hand masks;
- hair treatment;
- fight against cellulite.
Corn silk: application
The stigmas are fibers that look like filaments around the cob. They are harvested during the ripening period of the plant. Dried in the open air or on the veranda, spreading out in a thin layer. Store in paper or cloth bags. You can buy dry corn silk at a pharmacy. It is not expensive at all. Expiration date 1 year.
The use of corn stigmas in the form of decoctions and infusions has been known in medicine for a long time. They are used as a choleretic agent. Used for cholecystitis, cholangitis and hepatitis. They are especially effective in case of delayed bile secretion.
Preparations of corn stigmas increase the secretion of bile, reduce its viscosity and the content of bilirubin. Increase the content of prothrombin in the blood and accelerate blood coagulation. Sometimes corn silk is used as a styptic.
Stigma is also used as a diuretic:
- with kidney stones;
- bladder stones;
- with inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract;
- edema of various nature.
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