Celery Seed
Celery seeds are credited with stimulant and carminative properties and are prescribed as nervine sedative and tonic. The seeds are stimulative, cordial tonic, carminative diuretic emmenogauge, used in bronchitis. The decoction is a popular household remedy for rheumatism and they are said to be useful to some extent in liver and spleen trouble. The seeds exhibit a tranquilizing effect in experimental animals which suggests their therapeutic utility in various psychiatric, epilepsy-like diseases; they are prescribed as a decoction or as a liquid extract. The fatty oil from seeds is used in many medicinal preparations as an antispasmodic and nerve stimulant. They are circulatory stimulants that help break down calcareous deposits and are used for gout. They help the kidneys dispose of urine and other unwanted waste products. They improve circulation of the blood to muscles and joints. Celery seeds are effective in treating systitis; they help disinfect the bladder and urinary tubules. Celery stalks are good medicine for urinary problems, for rheumatism and gout.
This herb is considered to increase the excretion of acidic metabolites in the urine
The roots are credited with diuretic property; they are prescribed in anasarca and colic.
Pharmacological Effect The essential oil obtained from fruits has been shown to possess tranquilizing and anti-convulsant activities. It also exhibits mild depressant activity in mice. The oil shows significant anti-fungal activity against a number of fungi.
Constituents:
- Volatile oil (apiol, limonene, pthalides)
- Coumarins
- Furanocoumarins
- Fixed oil
- Flavonoids
- Phenolic acids
- Alkaloids
Qualities warming and drying
Properties: Diuretic, Anti-Inflammatory, Antirheumatic, Urinary antiseptic,Antispasmodic, Hypoglycemic, Anti-hypertensive
Indications:
- Gout, edema
- Rheumatism, arthritis
- Indigestion, flatulence, intestinal colic
- UTIs, cystitis
- Urinary lithiasis
- Specific – Rheumatoid arthritis with mental depression
Mosquitocidal, Nematicidal, and Antifungal Compounds from *Apium graveolens*L. Seeds
How does it work?
It is thought that the chemicals in celery act to cause sleepiness, increase urine to decrease fluid retention, decrease arthritis symptoms, decrease blood pressure, decrease blood sugar, decrease blood clotting, and muscle relaxation.