1. An ointment made from crushed tender celery leaves, placed on a wound, helps the healing of the affected area.
2. If you have chilblains, soak your feet three times a day in bolied celery water.
3. To heal mouth sores and gum problems, rinse your mouth with an infusion made with dried crushed celery.
4. Celery helps reduce acne due to its content in uric acid.
5. Eating celery stimulates saliva production and protects tooth enamel.
6. To combat voice problems gargle with water from boiled tender celery.
7. For dandruff free hair, boil a buch of celery for an hour and apply this water to your scalp after shampooing.
8. If you have a hangover, drink a gazpacho (vegetable soup) made with one tomato, one cucumber and stick of celery. This will help clean out your system.
9. If you don't want to snack between meals, have a glass of a carrot and celery juice for breakfast.
Winning Combinations
-Celery + onion+ carrot+ lemon = fewer kilos.
If you liquidize a couple of stalks and leaves in a mixer with the juice of a carrot and a lemon this will cleanse the urine. Also aid weight loss.
-300 grams of cabbage + 100 grams of celery = goodbye to headaches.
-Celery + onion + red pepper + parsley = better digestion.
A dish with these vegetables increases interstinal juices, aids digestion and the expulsion of wind.
-Orange + celery = excelent for helping to reduce triglycerides and colesterol.
-Orange juice + brewers yeart + celery = detoxes your system.
Celery improves your heart rate, helps prevent fluid retention and calms your nerves.
These are some examples of what celery can do for your health.
From now on, make the most of it.
In aincient Egypt and Greece, celery was used to honour victory and to decorate graves. But it was the Romans who started cultivatind it, as they thought that it protected them from bad digestion. And they were right!
Celery is a plant with high mineral concetrations, although its a main application is as a diuretc. Its great richness in essential oils, mainly concentrated in the seeds and roots, is responsible for helping relieve fluid retention, wind and toxins.
Did you know...?
"Celery contains masculine hormones (pheromones) that make it one of the most effective aphrodisiacs. So eating raw celery in salads increases sexual appetite and potency, helping mens'erections."