Winter melon skin corn husk boiled water can be diuretic swelling, summer drinking can also clear the heat.
Winter melon rind taste sweet, cool, to the small intestine and spleen meridian, with the effect of diuretic swelling, can treat edema and fullness, urinary disadvantage (urine is not smooth), urinary short red (urine is small, dark yellow) and summer heat and thirst and other diseases.
Cornhusk is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and belongs to the liver, gallbladder and bladder meridians. It has the effect of inducing diuresis (removing dampness and jaundice), inducing diuresis and reducing edema. Cornhusk can be used to treat edema, urinary incontinence or urinary shortness, astringency and pain, and can also be used to treat jaundice due to dampness-heat. It can be used alone in large doses in decoction and soup, or used together with other medicines to promote water retention and eliminate edema, and to promote dampness and reduce jaundice.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not known. Boiled water with winter melon rind and corn husk can diuretic and relieve summer heat, but it can’t be used as a substitute for medicine, so if you want to treat the disease it is still recommended to consult a doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor.