First of all, the type of celery: there are three kinds of celery, celery, medicine celery and parsley.
Western celery, as the name suggests, is a variety introduced from the West, supermarkets sell the kind of thick and long, remove the leaves, beautifully packaged, and slightly more expensive is the western celery. This kind of celery is crisp and tender, and has gradually become the mainstream of the market over the years. Celery as a vegetable to eat is the flavor is good, but the medicinal properties compared to the local varieties of Chinese celery is a little less.
Medicinal celery, the kind of celery that was severely undersold last year in places like Zhongmou, is slightly thinner than celery, and we usually buy it without removing the leaves. This is a very common celery, in the celery has not been introduced to our country, the people eat on the table are this kind of celery. This kind of celery is native to China, and although it is not as crisp and tender as parsley, the medicinal properties are the strongest, so it is called medicinal celery.
The parsley, the thin stalks and tender leaves that we see in supermarkets, is the most expensive type of celery, and is usually used as an ingredient in cooking.
The role of parsley and medicinal celery is similar, but each has its own strengths:
Parsley clear lung heat, medicinal celery to lower the liver fire, so the liver fire is too strong people can eat more celery, such as love to lose their temper, the general liver fire, he is not like to lose their temper, but to control their own; parsley biased phlegm, medicinal celery biased dampness; parsley lowering the role of blood glucose is better, medicinal celery lowering blood pressure role is stronger.
The most medicinal parts of celery are the celery leaves, celery roots and the old culms near the roots.
Unfortunately, we usually eat, often these medicinal properties of the best part to throw away, I usually keep the celery leaves, mix dumpling filling, chopped, add some, the flavor is also very good, if more, eat cold.
Celery can regulate hyperactivity of liver yang, of which celery leaves have the strongest effect. For hypertension caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, eating celery leaves is better than eating celery stalks. Some people get angry and their blood pressure goes up and they feel dizzy. This kind of high blood pressure is related to the hyperactivity of liver yang. Liver Yang hyperactivity, not only may make people feel dizzy, but also may make people feel headache, or red face, short temper. Normally, you eat more celery leaves, on this type of symptoms have a relieving effect.
Celery leaves belong to the dark green vegetables, the darker the color of the vegetables contain more nutrients. Unfortunately, we usually do not eat enough, because dark green vegetables tend to be less watery than light green vegetables, good taste. Especially celery leaves are also slightly bitter, so people tend to throw it away.
Celery leaves can be eaten fried or cold. Just blanch the celery leaves and add seasonings to the cold mix. You can also take it with dried tofu and stir-fry it, it's very flavorful.
We can also use cleaned celery leaves and dry flour (like the restaurant is to eat noodles tree, dog mallet and other wild vegetables, are eaten in this way), add some seasoning and salt, on the pot steamed, and then with garlic sauce, vinegar, cold, both light and nutritious.
Sometimes I will use celery leaves to make pasta with paste, just like the ones sold on the street, which also has a different flavor.
In addition, celery root is also very nutritious, we know that the root is the source of the plant's vitality, so it is also the place where the essence is concentrated. We tend to ignore the roots of vegetables and throw them away as soon as we cut them off.
Celery root is seldom eaten, in fact, it is kidney protection, can help the kidneys discharge dampness and toxicity.
Dampness and toxicity stagnation in the kidney system can easily cause eczema, chin acne, or urinary problems, and eating celery root will help to regulate these problems.
Celery root is a small dish when cold. Wash the celery root, pickle it with salt for ten minutes, then mix it with some soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and chili oil, then you can eat it. However, nowadays, soil pollution is serious, celery root must be soaked in hot water a few times, and then scalded with boiling water, as clean as possible before using.
Just mentioned that parsley has the role of clearing lung heat, phlegm, so if someone in the winter a little bit of a small cough, a little bit of phlegm in the throat, not too serious, but not easy to get well, like this case you can try to use celery root together with the Chen Pi boiled water, every day as a tea to drink. It is best to use the root of parsley, the effect is better.
Well, after reading this article, in the future when we eat celery, we should not throw away the most valuable things on the celery, we have to eat nutritious, but also eat healthy, and finally, I wish you all in the spring to eat fragrant, the body doubly great, work hard, happy to write a blog!