Celery, also known as dry celery, is eaten as a vegetable with its leaf stalks and is native to the marshy areas along the Mediterranean coast. In China, celery has been cultivated for more than three thousand years.

Nutrition and efficacy

Celery in the high content of vitamin B, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other mineral elements are also higher than the general green vegetables, it is determined that every 100 grams of celery contains 2.2 grams of protein, calcium 8.5 milligrams, 61 milligrams of phosphorus, 8.5 milligrams of iron, of which the protein content of the general fruits and vegetables than the 1 times higher, the iron content of the tomato about 20 times.

The Chinese medicine believes that celery taste sweet, cold, into the lung, stomach, liver meridian, efficacy of diuretic antispasmodic, and the stomach and dispel dampness and turbidity, in addition to the heart under the heat. There are scattered bruises and break the knot, wake up the spleen and stomach, clearing heat and liver, clearing dampness and heat, swelling and detoxification, antihypertensive and anti-dizziness effect.

Celery's calcium and phosphorus content is high, there is a certain sedative and protect the role of blood vessels, but also can enhance the bones, preventing pediatric chondropathy.

Celery on hypertension, vascular sclerosis, neurasthenia, pediatric chondromalacia, etc. has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect.

Celery is rich in fiber, has a strong purging effect, can suck away the intestinal water and impurities, harmful to the human body, and even carcinogenic components out of the body. Therefore, celery is taken as a holy product for weight loss and beauty.

The leaves and stems of celery contain volatile substances, which are aromatic and can enhance one's appetite.

Celery juice has a hypoglycemic effect, often eat some celery, you can neutralize uric acid and the body's acidic substances, the prevention and treatment of gout has a better effect.