Wild celery, vegetable widely known and cultivated by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, is the precursor of celery we know today. At first it was considered only as an aromatic and medicinal plants, culinary void. Hippocrates, Greek physician of the V century BC, applauded the celery as a great diuretic.

Wild celery grows naturally, has greenish stems and bitter taste quite pronounced. If you come from farming, often bleached during the later stages of growth. This will cover the plant so that only leaves receive light. This treatment eliminates the green color and bitter taste, but also some of the vitamins. Its external appearance resembles flat-leaf parsley and its leaves have a very intense flavor, so they are often used to spice dried soups, purees and creams.

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In natural healing herbs and wormwood stands out for its great medicinal qualities, and among its active ingredients essential oil contains thujone, with bitter principles as absintina, used in making liquor, and flavonoids, high antioxidant power.

Medicinal herbs: wormwood herb
Wormwood and its medicinal uses and healing:

• Balances the functions of the digestive system, stimulating the secretion of bile and to facilitate digestion and absorption of nutrients.
• Helps prevent cramping, gas, flatulence and bloating.

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