Celery is a common vegetable in our daily life, and celery has been a favorite vegetable since ancient times. It is recorded in Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals that "celery is the beauty of dishes, and celery of dreams". The apigenin contained in celery can help us reduce blood pressure. Celery is divided into water celery and dry celery. Dry celery, also known as parsley or medicinal celery, has a strong aroma, and its antihypertensive effect is better than that of water celery. Now let's get to know about celery. Can it be eaten raw?
Celery is cold in nature, sweet and spicy in taste, non-toxic; Enter the lung, stomach and liver channels. Efficacy Indications: clear away heat and annoyance, calm liver, promote water and detumescence, cool blood and stop bleeding. It is mainly used to treat hypertension, headache, dizziness, sudden heat and thirst, jaundice, edema, hot and astringent urination, irregular menstruation, red and white bands, scrofula, mumps and other diseases.
Nutritional ingredients of celery: 94 g water, 2.2 g protein, 0.3 g fat, 1.9 g carbohydrate, 0.6 g crude fiber, 1 g ash, 0.11 mg carotene, 0.03 mg vitamin B1, 0.04 mg vitamin B2, 0.3 mg niacin, and 6 mg vitamin C per 100 g. Calcium 160 mg, phosphorus 61 mg, iron 8.5 mg, potassium 163 mg, sodium 328 mg, magnesium 31.2 mg, chlorine 280 mg. It also contains volatile oil, celery, bergamot lactone, organic acid and other substances.
Celery can be eaten raw, and the effect of reducing blood pressure of raw celery is better than that of cooked celery. Middle aged and elderly people with hypertension drink a cup of raw celery juice every morning, which has a good effect on reducing blood pressure. Of course, they should stick to drinking it every morning.
Celery contains a large amount of crude fiber. Now some studies have shown that the elderly can help wipe away the bacteria on the tooth surface through mechanical friction when chewing celery, and the formation of dental plaque is reduced. When we munch celery, our teeth seem to have been cleaned, helping you clean your teeth.
