Commodity/Comodidad

Comodidad

Commodity

Juan Cisneros / jcisneum@gmail.com / July 2015

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According to Eduardo del Rio (Rius), in his book “El Yerberito Ilustrado", an anthology of medicinal plants and their uses, he writes: The Silk (or "hair" as Rius reffers to it) of corn has been used since ancient times as a diuretic, they aid in cleansing the body from kidney stones and/or gallstones, leg swelling during pregnancy, gout, nephritis, etc. In case of ciatica apply as a poultice; (use as tea)

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Nixtamalization: Typically refers to the process for the preparation of corn (maize), in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, and finally hulled. The result can then be ground to give way to “masa" or corn dough.