Abby Celery is one of the commonly used vegetables. It is the whole plant of Apiaceae. It can be stir-fried or served cold, and is very popular among people. In recent years, many studies have shown that this is a plant with very good medicinal value and is produced in most parts of the country.
nutritional value
Calming the liver and lowering blood pressure: Celery contains acidic antihypertensive ingredients, which has obvious antihypertensive effects on rabbits and dogs after intravenous injection. clinical Effective for primary, pregnancy-induced and menopausal hypertension；
Sedative: An alkaline component isolated from celery seeds, which has a sedative effect on animals and a stabilizing effect on the human body, which is beneficial to calming the mood and eliminating irritability.；
Diuretic and Reduce Swelling: Celery contains diuretic active ingredients, which can eliminate sodium retention in the body, diuretic and reduce swelling. Clinically, celery decoction can treat chyluria ；
Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Celery is a high-fiber food. It produces a substance called lignin or intestinal fat through intestinal digestion. This substance is an antioxidant and can inhibit carcinogens produced by intestinal bacteria at high concentrations. It can also speed up the transit time of feces in the intestines, reduce the contact between carcinogens and colon mucosa, and achieve the purpose of preventing colon cancer. ；
Nourishing blood and replenishing deficiency: Celery contains high iron content, which can supplement the loss of menstrual blood in women. Eating it can avoid skin Pale, dry, dull complexion, and can make eyes bright and hair black and shiny.
Applicable people
It can be eaten by the general population. People with weak spleen and stomach, loose intestines, low blood pressure, and men during marriage and childbearing period should eat less celery.
Edible effect
Celery is sweet, bitter, and cool in nature, and returns to the lung, stomach, and liver meridians.；
It can soothe the liver, clear away heat, dispel wind and dampness.；
It is used for hypertension, dizziness and headache, red face and eyes, bloody stranguria, carbuncle and other diseases.
You can use 500 grams of fresh celery, pound the juice and drink it with boiling water, 1 dose per day. It can also treat high blood pressure or headaches caused by liver fire. distended pain。
Celery is a plant of the Umbelliferae family. There are two types: cress and celery, with similar functions. For medicinal purposes, celery is better. Celery has a strong aroma and is also known as "parsley" or "medicine celery". Celery is a high-fiber food. It produces a substance called lignin or intestinal fat through intestinal digestion. This substance is an antioxidant. Regular consumption of celery, especially celery leaves, is very beneficial to the prevention of hypertension, arteriosclerosis, etc., and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect.
Season: spring, summer
The functions and functions of celery
Remove fat and lower blood pressure, nourish the liver, diuretic and reduce swelling, soothe the nerves and relieve troubles, strengthen bones, suppress cancer and fight tumors, nourish yin and replenish deficiency.
The stems and leaves contain apigenin, bergamot lactone, organic acids, carotene, vitamin C, sugars, and volatile oils containing butyl phthalide derivatives with a special smell. Celery contains acidic antihypertensive ingredients. It has been reported that celery has significant antihypertensive effects, mainly through aortic arch chemoreceptors.
How to choose celery
When purchasing celery, the color should be bright green, the petiole should be thick, the stem should be slightly rounded, the inside should be slightly concave, the stem should be short and strong, and the leaves should be green and sparse. This kind of celery is of good quality and can be purchased.
Celery making tips
1. Celery can be fried, mixed, boiled or used as an ingredient, and can also be used as stuffing.
2. As the saying goes: "There is no waste in the eyes of a home cook." Many people only eat celery stalks. In fact, celery leaves have a very good antihypertensive effect, are high in nutrients, and have a refreshing taste. The selected celery leaves can be eaten cold and added as a side dish to accompany wine. Celery leaves contain more vitamin C than stems and contain higher levels of carotene than stems, so don’t throw away the edible young leaves when eating. We can make celery leaves into soup. Long-term consumption can help people sleep peacefully and make the skin shiny.
3. When selecting celery, pinch the stem of the celery. The ones that are easy to break are young celery, and the ones that are difficult to break are old celery.
4. Used for hypertension, dizziness and headache, red face and eyes, bloody stranguria, carbuncle and other diseases. You can use 500 grams of fresh celery, pound the juice and drink it with boiling water, 1 dose per day.
5. For stool bleeding: take an appropriate amount of cress, wash and mash it, take half a bowl of juice, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and take it.
6. Applied to scabies: Take an appropriate amount of fresh cress, mash it and extract the juice, add acid vinegar and take it, and apply it externally to the affected area.
How to preserve celery
1-2 days
Contraindications of eating celery
Celery is incompatible with shrimp, dried shrimps, vinegar, cucumber, pumpkin, clams, chicken, rabbit meat, turtle meat, soybeans, chrysanthemums, crabs, clams, and clams.
