Parsley, alias French parsley, coriander, parsley, celery, coriander and parsley, is a biennial herb of parsley in Umbelliferae. Edible young leaves, such as spicy vegetables. Fresh root and stem juice can be used as medicine. Origin of coastal areas in China. Western Asia, ancient Greece and Rome began to use it as early as BC, while China began to cultivate it in recent years. Mainly used in western food industry. It is an indispensable spicy seasoning and decorative vegetable in western food and should be eaten raw.

Coriander is an aromatic vegetable with high nutritional content, in which the content of carotene and trace element selenium is higher than that of ordinary vegetables. Every100g of young leaves contains 3.67g of protein, 4.14g of cellulose, 0.22g of reducing sugar/kloc-0, 4.302mg of carotene, 0.08mg of vitamin B/kloc-0 and 0.1kloc-0. Calcium 200.5 mg, magnesium 64. 13 mg, phosphorus 60.42 mg, copper 0.09 1 mg, iron 7.656 mg, zinc 0.663 mg, strontium 0. 1. 164 mg and manganese 0.7603 mg.

The leaves of parsley are mostly used for spice seasoning, as a salad side dish, fruit and fruit salad decoration and flavoring. Parsley leaves can eliminate bad breath, such as eating onions and garlic, and chewing a little parsley leaves can eliminate the odor in the mouth and teeth.

The fruits (seeds) and roots of celery also contain diuretic essential oil, and English contains flavonoids, which have diuretic and antiseptic effects. The content of diuretic essential oil in fruit is 2.6%, and that in root is 0. 1% ~ 0.3%, so the efficacy of fruit is higher than that of root. In western countries, parsley is recommended by medical circles to be used in vegetable diet for treating cystitis and prostatitis, or mixed with diuretic herbs.