CORN SILK & FARMERS MARKET HERBALISM 💛 Many plants, easily purchased at farmers markets or grocers are secretly potent plant medicines. 💛 Corn silk is actually the stamen of the corn plant. This means it is the reproductive part of the plant. Much the middle parts of other more typical looking flowers 🌼 💛 Often, this part of the plant is simply thrown away as ‘waste’— but its also MEDICINE 🌽 Corn (or Zea Mays) is a plant with a loooooong history. 🌽 It is an extremely sacred plant to Indigenous Peoples all throughout Central & South America, being a stable food and medicine, but also an important part of spiritual life. 🌽 It is also traditionally considered a tonic for the urinary system within many herbal medicine practices. 🌽 Reminder: Always use organically grown plants when making any kind of plant medicines to ensure they’re safe for ingestion 🙌🏼 (This is not medical advice, but a commentary on corn’s magic & historical uses! 💛) Wearing @christydawn regenerative cotton magic dress 🧡