Can cornhusks cure gout?

Gout in Chinese medicine belongs to the category of “calendar, paralysis”, cornhusk can not treat gout. Cornhusk is a traditional Chinese medicine, for the graminae corn plant corn style and stigma. Cornhusk has the effect of promoting water retention and swelling, promoting dampness and jaundice (removing dampness and jaundice), and can be used to treat edema, urinary incontinence, urinary shortness and redness (small amount of urine, dark yellow), gonorrhea and astringent pain, and dampness-heat jaundice and other conditions. From the efficacy of corn husk, corn husk does not have the effect of treating gout. Therefore, cornhusk cannot be used to treat gout. If joint pain occurs, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, by the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the evidence to guide the use of symptomatic medication, do not blindly use their own medication, so as to avoid delaying the condition of the drug is not the right medicine.