Celery

Good for: High blood pressure, dizziness, headaches, and blood in urine.

Description:
Neutral, sweet, and a bit bitter. Shiny look. Connects to your stomach and liver.

How to Use Celery:

• For Warm Body and Trouble Sleeping:
  If a baby seems too warm and can't sleep well, celery might help. Boil some celery pieces for a few seconds and serve. This may help cool down the body.

• Balance Liver and Kidneys:
  In Chinese cooking, celery is often mixed with pork kidneys. Celery calms you, while pork kidneys may strengthen the kidneys.

• Pressure and Headaches:
  Cooking celery with vinegar might help lower high blood pressure and lessen headaches.

• For Dizziness and Headaches:
  Mix fresh celery juice with honey. This could offer relief from dizziness and headaches linked to high blood pressure.

• During Pregnancy and Menopause:
  Drinking fresh celery juice daily might relieve high blood pressure symptoms during these times.

Experiments:

• In Rats:
  Studies have shown that celery may help lower blood pressure in rats.

Clinical Reports:

• On Blood Pressure:
  Fresh celery juice mixed with honey or syrup was given to people three times a day. Most of them felt better and had lowered blood pressure.

• Using Celery Roots:
  Boiling celery roots with red dates has also been found to help. It lowered bad cholesterol in some cases.

Remarks:

• Link to the Liver:
  According to Chinese theory, celery helps with high blood pressure by affecting the liver.

• About Sodium:
  Even though celery has sodium, which is often thought bad for high blood pressure, the amount is so small it likely won't hurt you.

• Cooling Effect:
  In Chinese food beliefs, celery can help cool down internal heat in both kids and adults.

Note: These are based on traditional beliefs and should not replace professional medical advice.