Since ancient times unique properties of a celery which with great success are applied and today in dietology, pharmaceutics and cosmetology are familiar to the person.
Celery juice is received in the manual or mechanical way as from a rhizome, and an elevated part of a plant. From that from what parts juice is produced, contents in it useful substances for a human body depends. So, root crops of a celery are rich with calcium, sodium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, natural proteins and sugars. All parts of a plant contain vitamins of group B, E, RR, carotene, ascorbic acid, soluble cellulose, carbohydrates and flavonoids. A vegetable part of a celery is enriched oxalic and organic acids, mineral salts, essential oils, purines, pectins and additional content of vitamins B9, E, K, H.
Celery juice favorably influences a human body. The regular use of juice promotes clarification of blood from toxins and slags, to increase in hemoglobin, decrease in content of cholesterol, recovery of elasticity of the thinned walls of vessels. Juice is useful and at treatment of an allergy, prostatitis, diathesis, urolithic disease, various gastrointestinal diseases.
Celery juice with addition of 1 tablespoon of honey improves digestion, reduces appetite and promotes strengthening of immunity.
It should be noted useful properties of a celery and its positive influence on nervous system of the person. Juice of a celery promotes restoration of the damaged covers of nervous fibers therefore is irreplaceable as in treatment, and prevention of nervous breakdowns, promotes removal of tension, calm and minimizing stressful consequences, influences increase in working capacity, increases physical activity and endurance of an organism. Influence of juice and on an alimentary system is positive that is expressed in improvement of production of gastric juice, laxative, carminative and diuretic effects. At the same time juice of a celery is actively used by nutritionists as a low-calorie and nutritious product. The maintenance of flavonoids allows to apply juice from a plant rhizome at the treatment of the hemorrhagic vaskulit and other diseases connected with the raised istonchennost and permeability of walls of vessels. In pharmaceutics the derivatives of a celery use at treatment of malaria, urticaria, diseases of kidneys and a liver, and equally in other pathological states.
Juice of a celery acts as the strong aphrodisiac which is playing an essential role at increase in sexual force at men and at the same time increasing female inclination.
Thanks to the high content of ascorbic acid, celery juice is applied in treatment of catarrhal and respiratory diseases. With antimicrobic properties, celery derivatives as means for inhalations in treatment of cough allow to use the content of essential oil. Natural qualities of a celery in cosmetology aren't less significant. Celery juice perfectly is suitable for the rejuvenating masks, is applied at treatment of acne rash, pigmentation and inflammations. Masks for hair with the maintenance of a celery promote growth and reduction of number of a hair loss. It should be noted that celery juice, having curative qualities, is capable to bring both benefit and harm to a human body. At all advantages of juice of a celery, its application is contraindicated to the people having the increased level of acidity and disorder of digestive tract. Justification of harm of vegetable juice in the presence of the specified diseases is rather simple. The structure of a celery is capable to have incentive effect on digestive tract of the person, provoking increase in level of acidity and aggravation of ulcer damages of a stomach. In the presence of diseases of veins celery juice promotes their expansion therefore restriction of consumption of derivatives of a plant is recommended to patients. Also the people suffering from stones in kidneys aren't recommended to abuse a celery. Experts consider properties of a plant to clean an organism in this connection overconsumption of juice is capable to cause sharp pains and deterioration in the general state. At the same time rational introduction of a celery to food accelerates the period of removal of stones and favorably influences recovery process. It isn't recommended to apply celery juice after 2 trimesters of pregnancy in a type of ability to cause gas generation in an organism of the pregnant woman. And in a type of a possibility of development of a meteorizm in newborns, celery juice is contraindicated to application during breastfeeding.