Efficacy and function of celery
Clearing away heat and toxic materials; Diuretic; Stop bleeding. Attending a cold; Hot and thirsty; Vomiting and diarrhea; Edema; Bad urination; Leaching pain; Urinating blood; Bloody stool; Hematemesis; Hemorrhage; Collapse and leakage; More classics; Eyes red; Sore throat; Laryngeal swelling; Mouth sore; Epiphysis; Breast carbuncle; Carbuncle and jaundice; Laplacia; Ache; Herpes zoster; Hemorrhoids; Fall, injury and swelling.
1, calming the liver and lowering blood pressure
Celery contains acidic antihypertensive components, which has obvious antihypertensive effect on rabbits and dogs by intravenous injection. Vascular perfusion can dilate blood vessels; Using aortic arch perfusion method, it can resist the pressor reaction caused by nicotine and theophylline, and can cause hypotension. Clinically, it is effective for primary hypertension, pregnancy hypertension and menopausal hypertension.
2. Nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency
Celery has a high iron content, which can supplement women's menstrual blood loss, avoid pale, dry and dull skin, and make eyes bright and hair black and bright.
3. Clearing away heat and toxic materials
The climate in autumn is dry, and people often feel thirsty, wheezing, upset and unwell. Eating celery often helps to clear away heat and detoxify, get rid of illness and strengthen the body. People with excessive liver fire, rough skin and frequent insomnia and headaches can eat more appropriately.
4, diuretic swelling
Celery contains diuretic active ingredients, which can eliminate water and sodium retention in the body, induce diuresis and reduce swelling. Clinically, the effective rate of celery decoction is 85.7%, which can treat chyluria.
5, anti-cancer and anti-cancer
Celery is a high-fiber food, which produces lignin or intestinal fat through intestinal digestion. This kind of material is an antioxidant, which can inhibit carcinogens produced in enteric bacteria at high concentration. It can also speed up the running time of feces in the intestine and reduce the contact between carcinogens and colon mucosa to prevent colon cancer.
6. Calm down and soothe the nerves
An alkaline component separated from celery seed has sedative effect on animals and can stabilize human body; Apigenin or apigenin can antagonize the excitement caused by cocaine in mice, which is beneficial to calm mood and eliminate irritability.
7. Promote sexual excitement
Celery contains zinc, which is a kind of functional food and can promote people's sexual excitement. It is called "husband and wife dish" in the west and was once listed as fasting by ancient Greek monks. A study in Thailand found that eating celery often can reduce the number of male sperm, which may be helpful for contraception.
8. Reduce blood sugar and increase appetite
The leaves and stems of celery contain volatile substances, which are fragrant and can enhance people's appetite. Celery juice also has hypoglycemic effect. Eating celery regularly can neutralize uric acid and acidic substances in the body, which has a good effect on preventing gout.
9, used for stool bleeding
Wash and mash a proper amount of cress, take half a bowl of juice, and adjust the amount of brown sugar to serve. Applied to mumps: fresh Oenanthe javanica is appropriate, mashed to get juice, taken with vinegar, and externally applied to the affected area.
10, children with chondrosis have adjuvant treatment.
Oenanthe javanica is rich in vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, which can enhance appetite and have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on chondrosis in children.
Nutritional value of celery
1. Pinggan hypotensive effect
Celery contains acidic antihypertensive components, and animal experiments have proved that it has obvious antihypertensive effect on rabbits and dogs by intravenous injection.
Step 2 soothe the nerves
An alkaline component separated from celery seed has sedative effect on animals and human body, which is beneficial to calm mood and eliminate irritability.
Step 3 diuresis
Celery contains diuretic active ingredients, which can eliminate sodium retention in the body, induce diuresis and reduce swelling. Clinically, celery decoction can treat chyluria.
4. Rich in dietary fiber
Celery is a high-fiber food with anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects. It produces a lignin or intestinal fat substance through intestinal digestion, which is an antioxidant and can inhibit carcinogens produced in enteric bacteria at high concentration. It can also speed up the running time of feces in the intestine, reduce the contact between carcinogens and colon mucosa, and achieve the purpose of preventing colon cancer.
5. Rich in iron
Celery has a high iron content, which can supplement women's menstrual blood loss. It is a good vegetable for patients with iron deficiency anemia. Eating celery can avoid pale, dry and dull skin, and can make eyes bright and hair black.
6. Rich in zinc
Celery contains zinc, which is a kind of functional food and can promote people's sexual excitement. It is called "husband and wife dish" in the west and was once listed as fasting by ancient Greek monks.
Are the leaves of celery delicious?
The leaves of water celery are edible, and the leaves of celery are much richer in nutrients than the stems of celery. Celery leaves contain high calcium, and the calcium content per100g celery stems is152mg, while the calcium content per100g celery leaves is as high as 366mg, and the calcium content of celery leaves is 36 times that of celery stems. Another example is that the magnesium content of celery leaves is equivalent to 4 times that of celery stems. The content of vitamin B 1 and vitamin B2 in celery leaves is also higher than that in celery stems. In particular, celery leaves contain vitamin E, while celery stems do not contain this substance at all.
The tender basal leaves of Oenanthe javanica are spicy and can be used in salads or as spices and food accessories. Its tender stems and petioles are fresh and tender, fragrant and refreshing, and can be mixed raw or fried. Watercress is probably the most popular edible cress, and fresh watercress can be used as the green part of salad and the filling of sandwiches. Oenanthe javanica also has certain medicinal value. The liver calming and blood pressure lowering effect of Oenanthe javanica is mainly due to the acidic blood pressure lowering components contained in the celery. An alkaline component separated from the seeds of Oenanthe javanica can soothe the nerves of human body, which is conducive to calming the mood and eliminating irritability.