celery (redirected from Chinese celery)

celery,

n Latin name:
Apium graveolens; parts used: seeds, entire plant; uses: (seeds) hypertension, seizures, labor stimulant, (juice) edema, hypertension, anxiety, headaches, aching joints; precautions: pregnancy, lactation, children, patients allergic to mugwort or birch and kidney disease; can cause hampering of the nervous system, uterine stimulant, dermatitis, lesions, anaphylaxis, and angioedema. Also called
apium, celery seed, celery seed oil, marsh parsley, smallage, or
wild cherry.

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celery

see apium graveolens.

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celery buttercup

ranunculussceleratus.

celery leaved crowsfoot

ranunculussceleratus.

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Patient discussion about celery.

Q. Is it true that when you eat celery you burn more calories than you consume?

A. There is a common belief that celery is so difficult for humans to digest, that it has negative calories because human digestion burns more calories than can be extracted. In an episode of Food Detectives they proved that celery does not have "negative calories", but states that the amount of calories burned digesting it burns the calories taken in, and one would lose weight if one only consumed celery.


http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/negative-calories/24381.html