There is no authoritative research pointing out that the corn tumor has medicinal value, but corn husk, corn cobs have medicinal value, the former can diuretic swelling, etc., the latter can strengthen the spleen and dampness.
Cornhusk is the style and stigma of corn in the grass family, which has the effect of diuretic to reduce edema, diuretic to remove dampness and jaundice (dispel dampness and jaundice), and can be used to treat or improve edema and jaundice.
Guangdong Provincial Standard for Chinese Materia Medica has recorded that corn cobs can be used medicinally, as the dried fruiting axes of corn, family Gramineae, with the effect of invigorating the spleen and inducing dampness, and can be used to treat water and dampness stagnation resulting in urinary incontinence, oedema, athlete’s foot, children’s summer fever, and mouth and tongue eruption diseases.
The adverse effects of taking cornhusk and corn cob are unclear. Currently, there is no authoritative research that clarifies that cornhusks have medicinal value. In addition, the disease is not usually treated with a single herb, and it is often necessary to ask a doctor to combine herbs to treat the disease. Therefore, it is recommended to use Chinese herbs rationally under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis and not to use Chinese herbs indiscriminately by oneself.