Cornhusk is used to relieve water retention and edema (to facilitate urination and eliminate water retention), relieve dampness and jaundice, and treat edema and jaundice.
Cornhusk belongs to a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, is the stigma and stigmas of corn, a plant of the genus Corn. Cornhusk can be used to treat edema, dysuria (unsmooth urination) or short and red urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow color), gonorrhea and astringent pain, dampness-heat jaundice, and so on.
Cornstalks can be used in conjunction with Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria, etc. for treating edema due to spleen deficiency. It is used for stone drenching (discharging gravel during urination, or sudden interruption of urination, pain in the urethra, unbearable colic in the waist and abdomen), and can also be used in combination with Hai Jin Sha and Qian Cao. Cornus sativus can benefit dampness and reduce yellowing, can be used with Qian Cao, Psyllium, Yujin, Yin Chen and so on.
Adverse reactions and contraindications of Corn Clover are not clear.
If you need to use the drug, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, unauthorized use of drugs may cause adverse consequences.