Botanical Name: Zea mays
Common Name: Corn, Indian corn, maize jagnog, Turkish
corn
Medicinal
Properties: Anodyne, diuretic, demulcent, alterative, lithontryptic
Corn silk is one of the best remedies for kidney and bladder troubles, where there is trouble with the prostate gland in urinating, and also for painful urination. Useful to prevent bedwetting.
Adopted from Kloss, 1939