Celery - Apium graveolens


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Latin Name: Apium graveolens
Family: Umbellifrae
Height: 50cm

Although the plant is a useful food for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas, the seeds are more commonly used medicinally as they are much stronger.  However the stems also have a diuretic effect.

The seeds are used for rheumatic pain, through reducing acidity in the body as a whole and detoxifying the blood.

Constituents:  Volatile oil, courmarins, flavanoids

Actions:  Diuretic, antirheumatic, carmitive, antispasmodic, urinary antiseptic, lowers blood pressure.

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