玉米须是玉米的副产物，为我国传统的中药材，其成分非常丰富，且具有良好的药理作用和保健功能。自20世纪20年代起，国内外学者就开始对玉米须做了一系列的研究，各种实验都证明玉米须具有多种有效成分及疗效。通过总结近年来有关学者对玉米须的有效成分及疗效的研究，继而对玉米须的开发利用前景做了展望。

Corn silk is corn by-products, which is our traditional Chinese herbal medicine, the effective constituents is very rich, and has good pharmacological effects and health care function. Since the 1920s, domestic and foreign scholars have begun to make a series of research on corn silk. All kinds of experiments proved that, corn silk had a variety of effective constituent and curative effect. This article summarized the recent advances in the corn silk scholars on its effective constituents and curative effect, and then corn silk to the development and utilization of the future were discussed.