Drinking corn water, you must know this

Folk has long known how to use corn stubble in combination with threads, sugarcane or pineapple leaves to cook warm water in hot days. Although it is benign food, when using corn water, you also need to avoid the following negative health effects.

Dehydration by drinking too much

On the hot days of the past, seeing the grandchildren who were famous for being full of irritated, itchy, and annoying, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Be (in Hanoi) heard that the neighbors had told them to boil all the stubble to the code, lemon roots for I drink all day and change water. After a few days, seeing my grandson often tired, inactive, she took me to check. At that time, the new nurse knew she had to be hospitalized for "dehydration". The doctor said, because her nephew drinks too much water that has diuretic effects such as corn beard, which leads to frequent urination and urination plus hot weather that causes a lot of sweat to lead to dehydration for the body.

General medical assistant Vu Quoc Trung (Vietnam Oriental Medicine Association) said that the cause of this situation is because the corn stubble has a very good diuretic effect, so when young children drink a lot, it will lead to frequent urination. , urinate a lot, causing dehydration. Corn stubble has a diuretic effect that increases urine output 3-5 times, increases bile secretion and reduces the amount of bilirubin in the blood.

Corn beard has diuretic effect, so avoid drinking too much.(Photo: TL).

According to traditional medicine, corn stews are sweet, average. Precious kidney, bladder have diuretic, diuretic, blood pressure, calm, regret, blood only. Cases of urinary retention and edema are very good.

The Chinese doctor said that there are rare types of plants with high nutrient content such as corn stover. Not only does it work as a refreshing tea, cool down in summer, it is also a mixture of vitamins and micronutrients in the natural form needed for antioxidant body better than any medicine. any add

Corn whiskers contain vitamin K, vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C . bitter substances, fatty oils, essential oils and many other trace elements. So when drinking corn water, it usually feels sweet, cool and cool. Drinking water from corn stubble daily helps to increase the amount of bile secretion, reducing the viscosity of bile to facilitate bile passage into the intestine easily. In addition, it also lowers blood sugar, causing blood to clot. The rate of potassium salts and calcium is high, so drinking corn water is not afraid of losing mineral salts.

In medicine, corn stub is still known to treat cholecystitis, hepatitis and can be combined with vitamin K to stop bleeding. Regular use of corn stalk for people with kidney stones or bladder stones and ureters will dissolve stones produced by urat, phosphate, carbonate. In addition, it helps to prevent the frequent urination of prostate or hypertrophy patients. Thanks to the diuretic effect, corn stubble can also lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure.

Should only be taken continuously for 10 days

According to Luong Trung Luong, using corn beard as a folk-based beverage is a good habit because the drink is relatively benign, cheap and very beneficial for health. However, when using it, care should also be taken to avoid harmful health.Corn whiskers are susceptible to pesticides from spraying, so when using hot and cold water, wash them thoroughly.

Many people who have a habit of using corn stalks to dry and replace tea are also good, but using corn stalks in fresh form is still best because it contains more nutrients. Choose big, shiny, silky, and brown velvet beards. In order to increase the effect, it is also possible to coordinate with other diuretics such as thread code, scratched grass, roots of reed, reed root, and primitive needle .

For young children, when using cool water to cool summer days, avoid using daily water changes.

Experts also recommend that in the case of taking another medicine to treat the disease, it should not be used with corn stover tea . Care should be taken not to use with any other diuretic, the advice of a specialist. When using corn stubble to treat the disease should only be used for about 10 days and then stop taking about a week and then reuse, avoid electrolyte disorders. In addition, it is necessary to avoid using these diuretics too much in the evening that will make it difficult to sleep because of frequent urination at night.

For young children, when using cool water to cool summer days, avoid daily use of filtered water instead , only for a short time. Use a lot, long-term drugs with diuretics can cause electrolyte imbalance, increase elimination, poor absorption of some essential substances for the body such as calcium, potassium . The amount of about 20gr of fresh corn stalks Again, dry corn stalk is 10gr. Young children should only drink 1-2 small glasses of about 200-300ml daily. Sufficient amount of water supplement is when the child's urine is clear, only pale yellow.

Pregnant women who drink corn beard are also very healthy. In the first few months, women often have heat. To remedy this situation, pregnant women can use cool medicinal herbs such as corn stubble, sugarcane, thread code. When using corn stubble in combination with sugarcane, pregnant women should note that corn stubble has a strong diuretic, if taken too much, it will lead to excessive urination and amniotic fluid. To be safe, pregnant women should only drink twice a week , women who are diagnosed with amniotic fluid are less likely to use this water.