Medicinal Plants Celery (Apium graveolens)

Medicplants-Celery is a green vegetable that is low in calories. Celery contains about 16 calories per 100 grams. Celery besides commonly used as an addition to cooking smells, can also be used as a medicinal plant.

Plants Celery

Celery leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) long and 2–4 cm broad. The flowers are creamy-white, 2–3 mm in diameter, and are produced in dense compound umbels. The seeds are broad ovoid to globose, 1.5–2 mm long and wide. Modern cultivars have been selected for solid petioles, leaf stalks. A celery stalk readily separates into "strings" which are bundles of angular collenchyma cells exterior to the vascular bundles.

First attested in English in 1664, the word "celery" derives from the French céleri, in turn from Italian seleri, the plural of selero, which comes from Late Latin selinon, the latinisation of the Greek σέλινον (selinon), "celery". The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek se-ri-no, written in Linear B syllabic script.
The plants are raised from seed, sown either in a hot bed or in the open garden according to the season of the year, and, after one or two thinnings and transplantings, they are, on attaining a height of 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in), planted out in deep trenches for convenience of blanching, which is effected by earthing up to exclude light from the stems.

In the past, celery was grown as a vegetable for winter and early spring; it was perceived as a cleansing tonic, welcomed to counter the salt-sickness[further explanation needed] of a winter diet. By the 19th century, the season for celery had been extended, to last from the beginning of September to late in April.

Celery contains vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B1 and iron such as potassium, minerals and iron.

Some of the benefits include celery can cure high blood pressure, preventing the formation of stones in the gallbladder, calms the nervous system, restore the lost appetite, prevent stomach cancer etc.

Celery is also beneficial to maintain the beauty of the face, celery consumed can prevent wrinkles on the face.

Can also be used as a mask, do some sliced ​​celery into small pieces and put in a bowl of boiling water. Let stand for 15 minutes. Once fragrant, remove the celery leaves and leaves of water stored in the refrigerator. Use water celery leaves earlier in the evening as a mask.