Experienced cooks are constantly used in the preparation of various delicious dishes of celery, in particular its root crop. It is popular due to the expressed aroma and spicy, with mild sharpness, taste.
In medicine, no less widely used celery root - useful properties and contra-indications of this plant are known since the time of Hippocrates, who, incidentally, recommended everyone to use this root every day as a food and as a medicine.
Useful properties of celery root
The pleasant smell of the plant under consideration is due to the high content of various essential oils in its tubers. In addition to it, there are a lot of other valuable components in the celery roots:
- asparagine;
- a nicotinic acid;
- carotene;
- tyrosine;
- vitamins of group B, A, E, C, H, PP, D, K;
- glutamic acid;
- alimentary fiber.
Moreover, root crops are rich in microelements:
- sodium;
- magnesium;
- zinc;
- calcium;
- phosphorus;
- iron;
- potassium;
- manganese;
- sulfur;
- boron;
- chlorine;
- selenium.
It is interesting that with such a quantity of valuable substances, the caloric content of the product is only 34 kcal per 100 g. This is one of the most useful properties of celery root for women who dream of quickly and safely lose weight and establish metabolic processes in the body.
Also, the use of plant tubers produces such positive effects:
- decrease and stabilization of blood pressure;
- elimination of inflammatory processes;
- rejuvenation of cells and tissues;
- normalization of the functioning of the nervous system;
- healing of damaged skin;
- stop growth and prevent metastasis of malignant tumors;
- improvement of water-salt metabolism;
- stimulation of gastric juice production;
- fighting with constipation;
- increased appetite;
- restoration of blood circulation;
- strengthening the immune system;
- relief of allergy symptoms ;
- toning the body as a whole;
- relaxation of smooth muscles, including the heart;
- an increase in the concentration of hemoglobin in the blood;
- reduction of swelling;
- correction of synovial fluid production in the joints;
- prevention of infection with infectious viral diseases.
The healing properties of celery root and contraindications to its use
Described tubers are strongly recommended for people who suffer from various digestive disorders, obesity. Adding plants to the diet relieves dyspeptic disorders, pain syndrome in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, quickly normalizes metabolic processes and promotes the removal of excess fluid.
The healing properties of celery root are also used in the complex therapy of some pathological conditions:
- anemia;
- exhaustion of the body;
- arthrosis and arthritis ;
- osteochondrosis;
- gout;
- irritability, depressive episodes;
- hypertonic disease;
- oncological diseases;
- ARI and ARVI;
- chronic constipation;
- diabetes;
- dropsy;
- inflammation of the kidneys and urinary tract;
- intoxication;
- bronchial asthma;
- blood diseases;
- migraine;
- rheumatism;
- pathology of the liver and gallbladder;
- tuberculosis;
- Insufficiency of pancreas functioning.
It is not recommended to use root vegetables during pregnancy, especially after the 6th month, and during lactation.
Special contraindications to preparations based on celery root
In fact, the plant in question is not capable of causing significant harm to the body. Just when you use it, you should be careful not to exceed the prescribed dosage, especially if there are the following diseases:
- epilepsy;
- hypotension;
- gastritis;
- phlebeurysm;
- stomach ulcer;
- colitis;
- thrombophlebitis.