Corn Silk for Kidney Stone

Corn silk is a herb good for kidney stone patients. Kidney stone is formed easily in summer. It always causes severe pain feeling in lower back, groin, two sides of the waist and also flank. Small kidney stones can be pass easily by drinking much more water and having some physical exercises, but for large kidney stones, if not managed well, they will cause kidney damages, which may develop to kidney failure stage finally. Therefore, for people with large kidney stone, they need to take some treatment to remove large kidney stones. Here, in this article, we mainly introduce corn silk which is a herb that has been proven to be good for kidney stone patients.
1. Corn silk helps to prevent the formation of new kidney stones
For those that suffer from kidney stones on a regular basis, corn silk tea is a good remedy to consider. Corn silk helps kidney stone patients by improving their urine output. This tea can also help prevent urinary tract infections which can lead to kidney stones. For this, it is recommended to drink one to three cups of corn silk tea daily for a week in order to help relieve the infection.
2. Corn silk helps to improve kidney function, which is very important for kidney stone patients who have kidney damages caused.
You can make your own herbal corn silk tea by purchasing some organic corn, and stripping the silk from the cobs. Discard any silk that is brown and dried. Corn silk is best used by steeping one ounce of material in one pint of boiling water. Let stand and cool off until it begins to thicken. Drink one cup of this tea three times a day before meals.
Kidney stone is very common and can be treated easily in some cases. But this does not mean we can pay no attention and importance on kidney stone. Corn silk is a good herb for kidney stone and if you have further questions on it, please feel free to contact us directly.