Apium graveolens (variety) dulce 芹 菜 Qín cài   Common celery   Family: Umbelliferae   
Nature- cool    FLAVOR: Sweet, bitter, glossy    CHANNEL: Stomach, Liver
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Anticonvulsives for endogenous Wind- Calming the Liver
1. Calming the Liver and clearing away its Heat.[1,3] Expelling Wind.[1,3]
2. Removing Dampness by diuresis.[1,3]
INDICATIONS
1. Hypertension-[1,2,3] acting on the Liver. Vertigo.[1,3] Headache,[1,2,3] flushed face, conjunctival congestion, dysentery with bloody stool.[1,3]
2. Carbuncle and swelling.[1,3]
3. Hematuria.[1,2]
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Scabies, leprosy.[1]
PREPARATIONS:  To be eaten sauteed, or decocted for oral administration; or to be pounded to get its juice or ashed for external application.[3]
Juice.[1] Juice for external application.[1]

- Infants with hot sensations and is unable to sleep and cries day and night. If there are signs of hot symptoms (like mouth canker or redness in the region surrounding the anus or frequent urination with discharge of scanty and yellowish-red urine), then it is useful to cut a few pieces of celery, immerse them in boiling water for a few seconds and squeeze out the juice. this juice can redcue heat in the bladder, a useful remedy for urethritis.[3]
- Improve the conditions of Liver and Kidneys: Fry celery and pork kdienys. The celery can calm you down and prevent Liver disorder while the pork kidneys can tone up the Kidneys.[3]
- Lower blood pressure and relieve headache due to high blood pressure- Celery is aromatic and may be cooked witn vinegar.[3]
- Relieve dizziness and headache and shoulder pain associated with hypertension- Fresh celery juice mixed with honey.[3]
- Hypertension of preganacy and climacteric hypertension- Drink fresh celery juice every day to relieve the symptoms.[3]

ORIGIN: Cultivated widely
References
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Research
Celery lowers blood pressure in rats.[1]
References

Clinical report
A report on the effect of lowering blood pressure and the level of cholesterol: Wash fresh celery (with roots removed) in cold water. Squeeze out the juice and mix the jiucie with an equal quantity of honey or syrup. Drink 40 ml warm juice each time, 3 times a day. Among the 16 cases treated, 14 cases were effective and 2 cases had no effects. The results indicated effectiveness for primary hypertension, hypertension in pregancy, and climactic hypertension. In general, blood pressure begins to drop after 1 day of treatment with subjective sensations, improved sleeping conditions, and increased urination.[3]

Clinical report on the effects of celery roots: As a treatment program, 10 celery roots are washed, crushed, and boiled in water with 10 red dates for oral consumption twice a day for 15-20 days. Amoung the 21 cases treated for hypertension, coronary sclerosis heart disease with the cholesterol level over 200 mg percent, it was found that the level of cholesterol was reduced between 8-7.5 mg percent in 14 cases. It was also observed that fresh roots produce better results than dry ones and that dosages are flexible.[3]