1, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production

Celery is bitter in taste and cool in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It can obviously relieve the discomfort caused by dry climate and excessive internal heat, such as thirst, dyspnea, headache and loss of appetite. It can be used for the adjuvant treatment of fever, polydipsia, astringent urine, furuncle, toxic swelling, drunkenness and other diseases. Usually, you can take 300 grams of celery, jujube 10 pieces, eat jujube, and drink soup after decocting in water to control your blood pressure.

2. Calm down and help sleep

Scientists have isolated an alkaloid from celery seeds, which has obvious sedative and sedative effects on animals and is conducive to calming the nerves and relieving troubles. The apigenin or apigenin contained in it can also obviously resist the nerve excitement caused by cocaine, which is suitable for insomnia patients. Take celery100g and Ziziphus jujuba seed10g, and decoct them daily to treat insomnia.

Step 3 lose weight and relax bowels

Researchers at the University of Milan in Italy found that celery contains a chemical that can accelerate the decomposition and consumption of fat. Eating 20g each morning and evening can reduce weight by 3.6 ~ 4.8kg in 1 week. After this result was announced, it became common for obese people in Italy to eat celery. In addition, it is rich in crude fiber, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote defecation, thus reducing the absorption of fat and cholesterol, enhancing weight loss and relieving constipation. It is more suitable for the elderly with qi deficiency, weak constitution, constipation and weak defecation.

4, cool blood to stop bleeding

Animal experiments show that celery can shorten the clotting time, and celery seed extract can contract the pregnant uterus, so it has a good effect on chronic liver disease bleeding, such as nosebleed, gingival bleeding, menorrhagia and so on. Illustration of Chinese Medicinal Plants contains "Treating hematuria". Take celery and fresh lotus root, each 150g, stir-fry in an oil pan for a while, add water to cook, and eat daily, which can help treat various chronic bleeding.

5, nourishing blood and beauty

Celery is a good vegetable for patients with iron deficiency anemia because of its high iron content, which can supplement women's menstrual blood loss; Celery is rich in ascorbic acid, which is an anti-aging beauty factor. Therefore, regular eating will make people's eyes shine, skin moist, face bright and hair black and bright. It is said that Brigitte Lin, a Hong Kong star, loves celery and often eats it endlessly.