But it also has many medicinal properties, so I'm sending you a piece of the story in the hope that it will help you.
Celery, also known as parsley, is a plant of the umbelliferae family, there are two kinds of water celery, dry celery. Medicinal use of dry celery for more, sweet, cool, non-toxic, into the lungs, stomach, liver meridian, diuretic antispasmodic, and stomach and dispel dampness and turbidity, in addition to the heart under the annoying heat. Thousand gold - food treatment" said it "benefits tendon strength, to go to the heat, cure five kinds of yellow disease". Gleanings from the Materia Medica" believes that it can "go to the pressure of the disease". Modern pharmacological research shows that celery contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, crude fiber, guanfenoside, volatile oil, mannitol, cyclohexanol, niacin, etc., is a common vegetable on people's tables, can be stir-fried, tossed, but also can be used as stuffing, eating method, there are many, have a high nutritional and therapeutic value, the ancients praised as "the beauty of the dish! "It contains protein, fat, carbohydrates. It contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, but also rich in carotene and a variety of vitamins. Celery will emit a special flavor, which can promote appetite.
As a health care vegetable with good medicinal value, its antihypertensive effect is also known to people. But in addition, for a long time, some folk places also rumored that celery can "help sex", improve male sexual function. So this argument is scientific or not, that a green celery in the end contains what nutrition, with what effect, is not a "sex grass"?
These issues have been studied by the Director of the Office of Male Reproductive Health in China, Beijing Railway General Hospital, Deputy Chief Physician of the Men's Department Hu Shengyou said: "I do some radio and television health live program, there are a lot of friends to call and ask celery and leeks to improve the male sexual function of the problem. It can be seen that this type of statement is widely circulated, and many male friends are very concerned about it. First of all, it should be emphasized that the claim that celery can improve male sexual function is not scientific. Not only can celery not 'help sex', but eating more of it will also kill sperm! Leeks, on the other hand, can indeed help improve male sexual function.
Director Hu introduced, men eat more celery will inhibit the production of testosterone, which has a spermicidal effect, will reduce the number of sperm. It is reported that some foreign doctors after experiments found that good health, fertility of young men consume celery for many days, the sperm volume will be significantly reduced even to the extent of difficult to conceive, this situation in a few months after stopping the vegetables and will return to normal.
At the same time, it should be emphasized that celery is a kind of nutritious, with certain health effects and medicinal value of vegetables. Its nature is cool, sweet taste, non-toxic, with heat, wind and dampness, stomach and blood, bowel movement, moistening the lungs to stop coughing, lowering blood pressure, brain calming effect on hypertension, vascular sclerosis, neurasthenia, headache and brain, pediatric chondromalacia, constipation and so on have a secondary therapeutic effect. Eat more celery can also enhance the body's ability to resist disease. Scientists have found that celery is rich in water and fiber, and contains a kind of chemical substances that can accelerate the decomposition of fat and disappear, so it is also the best food for weight loss. Celery attractive aromatic smell, can open the stomach and spleen, enhance appetite, eating celery can promote children's growth and development,
Liberation Army General Hospital Nutrition Department Wang Weiqin, deputy director of the doctor said: It is determined that 100 grams of celery contains 2.2 grams of protein, calcium 8.5 milligrams, 61 milligrams of phosphorus, 8.5 milligrams of iron, which is higher than the average protein content of melons and fruits and vegetables 1 times, iron content of tomatoes for 20 times! Celery is also rich in carotene and many kinds of vitamins, which are very beneficial to human health. Celery leaf stems contain celery glycosides, fosetyl glycoside lactones and volatile oils, with hypotensive, diuretic, spleen, appetite-enhancing effects, but also as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, neurasthenia, menstrual disorders and gout dietary therapy.
It is worth mentioning that many families eat celery only eat stems do not eat leaves, which is extremely unscientific. Because celery leaves in the nutrient content is much higher than celery stems, celery stems and leaves for 13 nutrient testing, found that celery leaves in 10 indicators over the stem. Among them, the carotene content in the leaves is 8 times that of the stems, the content of vitamin C is 3 times that of the stems, vitamin B1 is 1 time that of the stems, protein is 1 time that of the stems, and calcium exceeds the stems by 2 times. Celery leaves also have some inhibitory effect on cancer. Celery leaves are more nutritious than petioles. As a cardiovascular disease patient's diet, it is best to wash the root, stem and leaf together with the whole use, can avoid hypertensive patients with elevated blood pressure, mood fluctuations and even stroke.
The treatment of hypertension, the available fresh celery 250 grams of washing, blanching, chopping and mashing, squeeze out the juice, each time to serve 1 small cup, 2 times a day. Generally 7 days for a course of treatment, after 4 weeks of continuous use, can be changed to 1 time a day orally. Long-term consumption can maintain stable blood pressure.