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玉米须（Corn silk） Corn silk (Sichuan annals of traditional Chinese Medicine) [synonym] corn silk (Yunnan Materia Medica), corn silk (modern practical medicine), stick (Hebei medicine). [source] for Gramineae corn style. [chemical composition] fatty oil 2.5%, volatile oil, gum like substances 3.8%, 0.12%, 1.15%, 2.7% resin bitter glycoside saponins, alkaloids O.05% 3.18%. It also contains riboflavin, ascorbic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, vitamin K, cholesterol, sterols, malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, oxalic acid and so on. [pharmacological effect]: diuretic role: corn on the human or rabbit have diuretic effect, can increase the amount of chloride discharge, but the role is weak. The water-insoluble part of its water extract is the most powerful diuretic agent, and has significant effect both orally and subcutaneously or intravenously. Diuresis is mainly extrinsic to the kidney, but has a weak effect on the kidney. The role of the circulatory system: intravenous injection of anesthetic dogs has significant antihypertensive effect, but the chronic carotid artery bridge dog, daily medication, for 3 consecutive weeks without antihypertensive effect. At low concentrations, it has an expanding effect on peripheral vessels. Reduce the blood sugar effect: the corn steep fermentation preparation has very remarkable function to reduce the blood sugar to the rabbit. The cholagogic and hemostatic effect: corn preparation can promote bile excretion, reduce its viscosity, reduce the pigment content, so it can be used as a cholagogue for complications of chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis bile disorders. It can also accelerate the process of blood coagulation, increase the content of thrombin in blood, and increase the number of platelets. Therefore, it can be used as a hemostatic and diuretic in bladder and urinary calculi. [sexual taste] Gan, ping. The Yunnan Materia Medica: tepid, sweet. Modern practical Chinese medicine: Gan, ping. Third, annals of Sichuan traditi