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Alice Sun•
January 11, 2024
Here’s a less sugary option for treating UTIs and regulating your system. This hibiscus corn silk tea is the ultimate daily drink for healthy and balanced 🐱 and 🍆 and it just requires two ingredients. You’ll need corn silk and hibiscus and here’s why.
Corn silk has been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine mainly as a diuretic. Diuretics help flush you out, which of course helps promote balance down there. It’s also great if you’re having trouble going number 2 💩.
Hibiscus has also been used for centuries by various cultures around the world for its high vitamin c properties, its connection to lowering blood pressure, and "cooling” properties to reduce inflammation.
Add corn silk and water (1 ½ cups) to a pot and bring to a boil, letting it steep for 10 mins
Next pour the water into a tea pot with the hibiscus flowers (3–4)
Let it steep another 10 mins and enjoy
It’ll taste slightly sour, so feel free to add some honey or sugar to taste
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