The Medicinal value of Root, Leaf, seed Testa, Pollen and starch of Annual tall herbaceous Maize

One-year-old tall herbal corn has a wide range of medicinal value. Modern pharmaceutical industry uses corn starch as the raw material of culture medium to produce penicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, chloramphenicol and so on. Corn starch can also make glucose, antihypertensive agents, anesthetics, disinfectants and diuretics.

The roots and leaves of corn can be used to treat urination. Corn ear axis can invigorate the spleen and relieve dampness, treat adverse urination, edema and diarrhea. Corn silk can treat diabetes, cholecystitis, hepatitis, hypertension, rhinitis, chronic nephritis in children and so on.

Food cellulose can be extracted from corn seed coat, which can not only prevent and treat cardiovascular disease, diabetes and intestinal cancer, but also reduce the content of cholesterol in blood.

Corn pollen contains 18 kinds of amino acids, protein, fat, carbohydrates, nucleic acid, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, as well as zinc, iron, manganese, magnesium, aluminum, selenium, calcium, phosphorus and other trace elements. It is a concentrated polymer of multiple nutrients, which not only has the effects of nourishing and strengthening the body, anti-fatigue, anti-aging and bodybuilding, but also regulates nerves and promotes metabolism.

The by-product of corn starch can be extracted from phenanthrene tincture, which is a strong drug that has a therapeutic effect on rickets and bone diseases. Inositol can also be produced. Inositol can promote fat metabolism in liver and other tissues and reduce cholesterol. It can be used in the treatment of hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and arteriosclerosis.

Attachment: corn is native to Central and South America. It is now cultivated all over the world. It is mainly distributed between latitudes of 30 °- 50 °. The most cultivated areas are the United States, China, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, India and Romania. The main corn producing areas in China are Northeast, North China and Southwest mountainous areas.

Corn is a tall annual herb. Culms erect, usually unbranched, 1-4 m tall, basal nodes with aerial pillar roots. Leaf sheath with transverse veins; ligule membranous, ca. 2 mm; leaf blade flattened and broad, linear-lanceolate, base rounded auriculate, glabrous or defective pilose, midvein stout, margin scabrous. Terminal male panicle large, main axis and raceme rachis and their axils all pilose; male spikelets twin, to 1 cm long, spikelet stalk 1-2 mm and 2-4 mm, respectively, pilose; two glumes subequal, membranous, with ca. 10-veined, ciliate; Lemma and Palea hyaline, slightly shorter than glume; anthers orange-yellow; ca. 5 mm. Female inflorescences enclosed by most broad sheathlike bracts; female spikelets twin, arranged vertically on stout rachis in 16-30 rows, two glumes equal, broad, veinless, ciliate; Lemma and Palea hyaline membranous, pistil with extremely long and slender linear style. The caryopsis is globose or oblate, exposed beyond glumes and Lemma after maturity, and its size varies with different growth conditions, generally 5-10 mm in length, slightly longer than its length, and the embryo length is 1-2 times 3 of the caryopsis. Flowering and fruiting in autumn.

It is cultivated all over our country. Widely cultivated in tropical and temperate regions of the world, it is an important grain.