The efficacy and function of whole leaf celery

Since Chinese medicine has fewer side effects, more and more people now want to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you a medicinal herb, whole-leaf celery, hoping it will be helpful to you.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb with roots of the Umbelliferae plant.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 40-100cm high. It has slender underground creeping branches with roots at the nodes. The stems are mostly single or slightly branched at the top, hollow and with fine grooves. The cauline leaves and lower stem leaves are pinnate-divided twice, with petioles 3-10cm long; the upper leaves are pinnate-divided once, with petioles 1-3cm long, with a sheath that embraces the stem at the base, and membranous edges; the leaf blade outline is triangular-ovate, 7-16cm long, 5-13cm wide, the first lobe has a short petiole, the second lobe is sessile or rarely petiolate, the last lobe is linear or linear-lanceolate, usually entire or with 1-2 large teeth, the uppermost leaves are simplified to pinnate-divided or 3-lobed, and are borne on swollen reddish-purple leaf sheaths. Compound umbel; rays with short rough hairs; 1-3 involucral bracts, caducous; 5-7 involucral bracteoles, linear-lanceolate, often recurved; calyx teeth with short rough hairs; petals white, apex inflected, base gradually narrowed and clawed. The fruit is broadly ovate, golden yellow, with a concave base, a narrow dorsal ridge, and broad wing-shaped lateral ridges, wider than the fruit body. There is one oil tube in the groove and 2-3 oil tubes on the commissure. The flowering period is August-September, and the fruiting period is September-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing from low altitude to high mountain roadsides, wet meadows, forest edges or under mixed forests.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and swelling reduction. Primary snake bites

【Usage and Dosage】For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above are the effects and functions of whole-leaf celery. We can also eat whole-leaf celery reasonably according to our own situation to relieve the pain caused by the disease.