Celery
For Chinese dietary therapy, Celery (芹菜) is a food of Cool nature and Sweet · Mildly bitter flavor. Described as cool and descending in contemporary dietetic repertoires.
Traditional energetics
- Nature
- Cool
- Flavor
- Sweet · Mildly bitter
- Affinity
- Liver · Stomach
- Direction of Qi
- Descending · clears heat
- Season
- Spring · Summer
- Group
- Vegetables
How tradition reads it
Described as cool and descending in contemporary dietetic repertoires.
Classic stir-fried with wood ear or juiced with apple for Liver heat and tension patterns; tradition moderates it when digestion is very cold.
In the kitchen
Stir-fries, soups, stocks, and raw in salads.
Commonly available; no substitute needed.
Current nutrition note
Provides potassium, fiber and phthalides, compounds studied in relation to blood pressure.
Precautions
A recognized allergen in several regions; wash well.
Recipes with this food
Health notice. Educational and study content. It describes concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional. Needling, medicinal herbs and invasive techniques must be applied by trained professionals. Safety guide.
