🌽Mayan Traditional Medicine
Ixim (Corn Silk)
Zea mays
About Ixim (Corn Silk)
Ixim (Corn Silk) (Zea mays) is a herb used in the Mayan Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Kidney Support, UTI, High Blood Pressure, and Edema, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Maize (/meɪz/ MAYZ; Zea mays subsp. mays, from Spanish: maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences or ears, which are fruits, yielding kernels or seeds.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal