Scientific name: Apium graveolens ( var dulce)
Description: Celery is a biennial plant, used as a vegetable for its leafy stalk and fleshy taproot or grown for its seeds. It reached around 12 to 16 inches tall and has furrowed stalk composed of a leafy top. The stalks are crunchy and the whole plant has a distinctive smell.
Health Benefits: Celery is a rich source of vitamin C, phalides, tryptophan, folate, dietary fiber, molybdenum, manganese, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron, and vitamins B6 (pyridoxine), B1 (thiamin), B2
(riboflavin) and vitamin A . It provides a low-calorie dietary fiber bulk and is thus used in weight-loss diets.
Celery seeds are a great source of calcium.
Parts used: Fresh plant, seeds.
Indications and Directions for use:
1. Asthma
The seeds are used as (as a
Pound the celery seeds until powdery and wrap it in a piece of cloth. This is given as an inhaler and the seeds will act as a bronchodilator.
2. Inflammation
The Vitamin C in celery functions as an anti-oxidant and it also helps the immune system.
3. High Blood pressure/Hypertension
Include celery regularly in the diet, either eaten raw, boiled or stir-fried. Celery has long been recognized in Chinese herbal medicine as effective in lowering blood pressure.
4. Urinary problems
Squeeze out the sap from a fresh whole herb. To cook: warm over low flame without boiling it. Drink the concoction. Or, eat it as raw.
THOUGH THE CONTENT OF THIS BLOG HAD BEEN TRIED & TESTED AND HAD BEEN USED AS FOLK/HERBAL MEDICINE IT IS STILL BEST TO CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.