Health Benefits of Celery

Scientific Name : Apium graveolers dulce.

Celery is a vegetable that belongs to the parsley family, grown principally for its edible stalks. The entire plant has a pleasant, distinctive odor, making this vegetable an ideal ingredient in stews, salads, soups, mix in cocktail drinks etc.

Celery leaves are eaten for diabetes and the roots for dropsy, the condition of excess fluid in the body. The stalks are considered more valuable than the branches. Celery grows best in cool, moist soil.

Vitamin and Mineral Content :

• Vitamin B
• Riboflavin
• Niacin
• Vitamin C
• Calcium
• Iron
• Phosphorus
• Potassium
• Fat
• Carbohydrates
• Protein
• Calories

Benefits of Celery in the Body :

1. Arthritis
2. Rheumatism
3. Neuritis
4. Constipation
5. Asthma
6. Obesity
7. Tuberculosis
8. High blood pressure
9. Catarrh
10. Pyorrhea
11. Diabetes - leaves
12. Dropsy - roots
13. Diseases of the kidneys (nephritis)
14. Diseases of the pancreas
15. Diseases of the liver and gallbladder.
16. Brain overwork (brain fatigue)
17. Acidosis (the condition of depletion of alkaline reserve or bicarbonate content of the body, celery being an alkaline food.
18. Anemia, no doubt due to the presence of iron, some protein and Vitamin
19. Improvement of teeth, no doubt due to the presence of calcium.
20. Calms the nerve and give relief in cases of insomnia.