netizen asked: I have been suffering from gout for a while. Recently, a friend introduced me to a folk remedy, saying that using corn scrust to make tea can relieve gout. I want to know if it is true?
Your friend is right, making tea with corn squid can indeed relieve gout.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that corn silk has a mild nature and a sweet taste. It belongs to the bladder, liver and gallbladder meridian, and has the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, dampness and reducing yellowing.
is often soaked in corn shave, which is beneficial to the excretion of purine in patients with high uric acid.
If you soak corn silk with money grass , which has the effect of clearing dampness and heat, promoting irrigation and reducing swelling, it can also help the body's moisture be excreted.
Recommended drinks: Corn Scarf Monkey Grass Drink
Ingredients: Corn Scarf 100 grams, Monkey Grass (or Guang Jinsha ) 50 grams.
Method: Wash the monetary grass and corn squid, put it in a boiling pot and add appropriate amount of water. Cook for 1 hour, filter out the medicinal juice and drink it instead of tea.
Applicable to: Patients with gout and stones.
Contraindications: Those with cold constitution, cold hands and feet, and spleen and stomach deficiency and cold .
Note: This prescription is for daily conditioning only and cannot replace drug treatment. If you encounter gout attack, you need to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.
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