CORN SILK TEA

You'll fall for the beautiful and smooth taste of Buddha Teas Corn Silk Tea. Its sweet lightness is hard to resist. Add that to its superabundance of health benefits and you have a tea that you'll truly enjoy drinking.

What is Corn Silk?

Corn is one of the most significant of the North American grains, and historically a food staple of numerous Native American tribes. The tribes not only harvested corn to eat the kernels, but they also saved the corn silk, or stigmas to brew as a medicinal, herbal tea. They would first have to complete the process of drying out the silk in order to grind it to a fine powder to be brewed as tea or added to soups and stews which is quite like the process of how Corn Silk tea is made today. We think "Why fix it, if it's not broken?"

The Science Behind Corn Silk

Corn Silk (Stigma Maydis) contains various pharmacologically active compounds that invite use in folk medicine remedies, Corn Silk Tea has the power to heal specific challenges affecting certain delicate systems throughout the body. Loaded with phytosterols, a group of naturally occurring compounds found in the structural component of plant cell membranes that protect it from harmful UV rays and other environmental damage. Research suggests that corn silk can be a powerful healing herb given its plethora of nutrients and natural protectors.