Corn Silk - Natural Remediy For Overactive Bladder

Do you have Overactive Bladder or someone you know? Or do you have Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy ? Do you know there is natural remedy for overactive bladder? Corn silk has been used to treat overactive bladder for centuries in China and through out Asian countries. If you or your family have been suffering with these problems, there may be help from uncommon oriental herbal medicine.  Before we get to the medicine let's look at what is Overactive Bladder or Benign Prosatic Hypertrophy.  Overactive Bladder is when you have these symptoms:

• Feel a strong, sudden urge to urinate
• Experience urge incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine immediately following an urgent need to urinate
• Urinate frequently, usually eight or more times in 24 hours
• Awaken two or more times in the night to urinate (nocturia)

You have Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, especially for those middle age  male with these symptom:

• A hesitant, interrupted, weak stream.
• Urgency and leaking or dribbling.
• More frequent urination, especially at night.  
  

Medicinal use of corn silk


Corn silk is unknown to many but it has great benefit in relieving bladder problems. It is natural remedy for all problem related bladder and kidney. Corn is rarely used as herbal medicine, but it has been written in Oriental Medicine, dry corn silk can use to effectively on bladder problems and has been used in Asia for centuries.   How can corn silk to contribute to cure or relive bladder, urethritis,  kidney or ureter stones in the urinary tract? The answer lies the tea made out from dried corn silk. 

Dried Corn silk tea  is good treatment of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy,  and very effective in Overactive Bladder.  Pure natural remedy you can get easily especially corn is available through out the year on most market places. Among its bioactive chemicals are flavonoids, maysin, carvacrol, and polyphenols. Cornsilk detoxifies and relaxes the bladder with its diuretic effect.  Corn silk is also believed to have anti-inflammatory properties that treat inflammation, thereby reducing the frequency of urination.

How to prepare the corn silk tea

Gather corn silk and dry them under the sun.  Spread them well so it can dry evenly.  Once it is dried, stored them in tight container to prevent mold or rotting.  Use kettle or big pot and boil corn silk in medium to lower heat around 15-30min.  use strainer or kitchen towel to squeeze excess water out and discard the corn silk.  You can drink the tea in cold or warm 3-6 times a day for 30 days to see improvement.

Additional herbs you can combined with corn silk to increase the effect is using Buchu ( Barosma betulina ) - This plant is naturally found in South Africa, but it is also cultivated in South America. The therapeutic use of this plant can be traced back to as early as 12th century. Buchu is believed to be antiseptic and is currently being used by herbalists to treat mild urinary tract infections. The therapeutic effect of buchu is attributed to a chemical known as diosphenol. The diuretic chemical is believed to be the one responsible for improving the urinary system. The use of diuretic to treat incontinence may seem to be counterintuitive, but actually, bladder control is often affected by inflammation and mild infection. Typical tests sometimes fail to spot the inflammation or infection. Inflammation causes frequent urination and prevents complete discharge of urine from the bladder.  Article Source: Wellsphere - Health knowledge made personal

**Before you try out for corn silk tea, you need to discuss with your doctor about how serious your symptoms are or you can go to Acupuncture for better information on alternative treatment. Caution required for people with weak kidney  due to the tea has strong diuretic function.


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