Corn

Corn is very tasty and healthy food. It is also used for healing. In that case it should be organic, also old varietys of corn are better (for eating too).

Tea can be made from corn silk or grains.

Corn silk

Corn silk is used as a diuretic (enhances urination), for stones in urinary organs, water around heart, edema, kidney inflammation, bladder inflammation, gout, rheumatism, colic and lossing weight.

Silk blooms from July to August, it is picked before pollination.

When you are drying the silk, it needs to be completely dry also shouldn't be stored for a long time. Otherwise it will lose it's diuretic properties and will couse diarrhoea.

Making the tea

Pour 1 cup of boiled water over 1 teaspoon of dry silk. Cover and strain after 2 minutes.

Drink one tablespoon of tea every 2 to 3 hours.

Grains

Grains are diuretic, they purify whole organism, are used for diseases coused by poor working of urinary tract and inflammation of bladder.

If you add honey to the tea it will be good for catarrh, cold, hoarseness.