Celery has certain pharmacological and therapeutic value. Modern pharmacological research shows that celery has the function of lowering blood pressure and blood lipid. Because their roots, stems, leaves and seeds can be used as medicines, they are called "medicines in the kitchen" and "medicinal celery". Celery has a high calcium and phosphorus content, so it can calm and protect blood vessels, strengthen bones and prevent rickets in children.

Eating celery often, especially celery leaves, is very beneficial to prevent hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect. Celery can be fried and mixed; Can be boiled, can be boiled; It can also be made into drinks.

Here are several different ways to use celery for health care:

1. Stir-fried dried celery: 25g celery, 300g dried bean curd, scallion and ginger. Wash celery, cut off roots and cut into sections; Slice dried bean curd into filaments, cut onion into sections, and pat ginger loose; Put the wok on high fire, pour in peanut oil, heat it to 70%, stir-fry the ginger and onion, add salt, pour in dried bean shreds, stir-fry for 5 minutes, add celery and stir-fry the wok. This dish is delicious and delicious, and has the effects of lowering blood pressure, calming the liver and relaxing bowels. It is suitable for hypertension, dry stool and other diseases.

2. Celery mixed with walnuts: 250 grams of celery and 50 grams of walnuts. Cut celery into filaments, put it in a boiling pot, then take it out and put it on a plate. Add washed walnut kernel, a little refined salt and sesame oil and mix well. It has the functions of moistening lung, clearing heat and relieving asthma.

3. Celery glutinous rice porridge: 40 grams of celery, 50 grams of glutinous rice and 5 grams of scallion. Pour peanut oil into the pot, heat it, saute the onion, add rice, water and salt, cook it into porridge, then add celery and cook it a little, and season it well. This dish has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and can be used as an auxiliary dietotherapy for patients with hypertension and edema.

4. Celery and red dates: 200-400 grams of celery and 50- 100 grams of red dates, and the soup is taken in several times. Besides treating hypertension, it can also treat acute icteric hepatitis and cystitis.

5. celery soup: celery150g, cream 50ml, milk150ml, and proper amount of flour. Boil celery with 150 ml water, add salt, cream and 2 tablespoons flour into milk, pour them into celery soup and roll. This soup is light and palatable, delicious and appetizing, and has the effects of benefiting stomach and nourishing yin, stopping bleeding and treating stranguria.

6. Fresh celery apple juice: 250g fresh celery, 2 apples1-. Blanch fresh celery in boiling water for two minutes, chop and juice green apples, each time 1 cup, twice a day. It can lower blood pressure, calm the liver, calm down, relieve spasm, regulate stomach, stop vomiting and induce diuresis. It is suitable for hypertensive patients with dizziness, headache, facial flushing and excitability.

Natural antihypertensive drug-celery

Celery is definitely a good dish in summer, because it is cool and refreshing, which can lower blood pressure, reduce blood lipid and clear internal heat.

There are two kinds of celery, one is Tang Qin and the other is Xi Qin. If you prefer strong food, you can choose to eat Tang Qin, which is used to stir-fry meat slices. It has a strong taste and is used to juice, and the taste is even stronger, which is not acceptable to everyone. However, if it is the pursuit of curative effect, then Tang Qin should be chosen anyway because of its strong medicinal properties.

Celery therapeutic prescription:

* Tangqin red date soup: it can lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

* Tang Qin boiled madder root

5 yuan (15g) of madder root, plus motherwort and red dates, is an effective prescription for treating menstrual pain and menstrual disorder, especially suitable for people with internal heat. (Note: it is advisable to drink it at ordinary times, but when it comes to menstruation, I am afraid it will greatly increase menstrual blood.)

* Wuqing juicing

Take celery, bitter gourd, cucumber, green pepper and green apple, and juice them together. It tastes fresh and delicious, and it can also clear away heat and poison, and treat liver-heat phenomena such as excessive acne, bitter mouth, bad breath, dry stool and watery eyes. Drinking this juice often is said to prevent intestinal cancer, which makes sense.

Celery contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, cellulose, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Among them, the contents of vitamin B and P are more. The content of mineral elements calcium, phosphorus and iron is higher than that of ordinary green vegetables. Celery is not only nutritious, but also has medicinal value. It has been discussed in medical literature of past dynasties that celery has the functions of "clearing stomach, clearing heat and expelling wind, benefiting mouth and throat, improving eyesight, nourishing essence and qi, enriching blood and strengthening spleen, relieving cough and diuresis, lowering blood pressure and calming down". Chinese medicine clinic shows that celery is the treatment of hypertension and causes.

Effective drugs for some diseases caused by hypertension also have a certain auxiliary effect on the prevention and treatment of gynecological diseases such as diabetes, anemia, rickets in children, arteriosclerosis, irregular menstruation and excessive leucorrhea.

Eating celery regularly is of great benefit to absorb and supplement the nutrients you need in time, maintain normal physiological functions and enhance human resistance. Especially in cold and dry weather, people often feel thirsty, irritable and unwell. Eating celery often helps to clear away heat and detoxify, get rid of diseases and strengthen the body. People with excessive liver fire, rough skin and people who often suffer from insomnia and headache can eat more. Because celery is rich in mineral elements, it is more appropriate for children and pregnant women and lactating women to eat more celery to increase calcium and iron in their bodies. At the same time, celery also contains volatile aromatic oil, which is attractive. Eating some celery is of great benefit to stimulate appetite, help digestion and absorption.

Therapeutic prescription: celery and tofu

Raw celery100g, tofu 250g.

Production: Wash celery selectively, remove roots and leaves, blanch it in a boiling pot, take it out, cut it into small pieces (about 1 cm) and put it in a bowl for later use. Wash the tofu and cut it into small pieces 1 cm square for later use. Put the wok on fire, add vegetable oil, heat it to 60% on medium heat, add chopped green onion and Jiang Mo stir-fry until fragrant, add tofu pieces, spread while frying, add clear soup, simmer for 5 minutes, add celery pieces, continue to simmer with low fire 15 minutes, add refined salt, monosodium glutamate and spiced powder, mix well, and use wet.

Usage with meals, the amount is optional.

It has the functions of invigorating qi, clearing away heat, lowering blood pressure and lowering blood sugar. Suitable for patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Prescription for irregular menstruation-celery Yimu decoction

Source folk party

250g celery, 50g motherwort, 50g eggs, 2 proper amount of oil and salt.

Make the above three kinds of soup with appropriate amount of water, add oil and salt to taste.

Usage: Eat eggs and soup twice a day.

Efficacy: enriching blood and regulating menstruation. Suitable for irregular menstruation.

Second, the disadvantages

Celery was originally a "sperm killer"

Men who eat more celery will inhibit the production of testosterone, which will kill sperm and reduce the number of sperm. It is reported that foreign doctors have found through experiments that the sperm quantity of healthy and fertile young men will be significantly reduced or even difficult to conceive after eating celery for several days, and this situation will return to normal after stopping eating vegetables for several months.