Celery Seed Oil

CELERY SEED OIL

BOTANICAL NAME: Apium graveolens


COLOR & ODOR: Yellow- brownish liquid with Fresh Herbal            woody odor

SOLUBILITY: insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils

METHOD OF EXTRACTION: Steam distilled

PARTS USED: Seeds


AROMA: Sweet, warm, earthy spice

MAJOR CONSTITUENTS: Oleic, myristic, palmitic, palmitolic,

Stearic, linoleic, myristolic, fatty acids, petroselinic

DESCRIPTION:

                                    Celery seed has been in the medicine world for thousands of years. In India it is cultivated in north –western Himalayas, Punjab, Haryana, and western utter Pradesh in an area of about 5000 ha. Punjab produces about 90% of the total Indian production.

                                         This oil is produced by steam distillation of the seeds and is used primarily for flavoring of foods It has a pervasive, spicy, warmed very persistent odor, produced primarily by two lactones, 3-n-butylphthalide and 3-n-butyl-4,5-dihydrophthalide (sedanenolide). Trace amounts are used in fine perfumes.                                                                 

                            Celery seeds contain several substances including volatile oils; flavonoids, chemicals that give plants their colors and have antioxidant effects that may protect cells from damage; coumarins, chemical compounds that help thin the blood; and linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid.

MEDICINAL VALUES:

ANTI FUNGAL ACTIVITY:

                                         Apium show anti fungal activity against Bactria, like –Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus album, Shigella dysenteries, Salmonella typhi.

LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL:

                                    A daily dose of a compound extracts from celery seed experimental a 12% reduction in their blood pressure over a four-week period.

HEALTHY JOINTS:

                                   Celery has been used and suggested as on alternative therapy for arthritis, rheumatism, and gout. Celery has been found to have anti-inflammatory properties that reduce swelling and pain around the joints.

ANTI SEPTIC PROPERTIES:

                                     Celery seed has an antiseptic property that makes it useful to the health of urinary tract and a diuretic propriety to help relevance fluid retention. It is aid in the elimination of uric acid.

ACTS AS DIURETIC:

                                      It is also benefits arthritis and gout patient, as it help to flush away the uric acid crystals that build up around the joints, celery helps shed water weight.

USES OF APIUM GRAVEOLENS

INDO MENSTRUAL DISCOMFORT:

                                 Celery may promote the onset of menstruation.

 CANCER AGENTS:

                                   Contain eight different families of anti cancer compound, such as phthalide, and polyacetylens, that detoxify carcinogenic in cigarette smoke.

ANXIETY:

                                     Celery seed help smooth nerves and relieve pain.

MEDICINAL VIRTUES:

                                          The roots provoke the urine and are affected where there is stop age or for removing stone and gravel. They also open obstruction of the liver and spleen help dropsy and jaundice and remove female obstruction.

GENITOURINARY CONDITION:

                                    Celery seed diuretic action combined with its antibacterial compound make it useful herb in the genitourinary condition.

 REPRODUCTION CONDITION:

                                     Aphrodisiac with damiana and kola nut restore sexual potency imperial by illness.

Clear up skin problems deficiency disease prevention of cancer, prevent tumor, spleen, swelling in body charities, tendency towards

Over weight.

 APPLICATIONS OF CELERY SEED EXTRACT

                                      Celery seed are beneficial for chest problems such as asthma and bronchitis. It also used in combination with other drugs, which help to reduce blood pressure. Celery seed extract is used as emmenagogue, an agent that promotes menstrual It is also used as nervine, an agent that act on the nervous system to reduce distress and irritation. Celery seed extract may be helped to improve digestion, can help improve the efficiency of the kidney function. It useful in treating gout can help to combat infection of bladder; suggestive dosage -20mg. Celery seed help in disease of chemical imbalance and act as an anti oxidant. Both stem and seed of celery have been reported to help balance acidity in the body. Celery seed also promote perspiration, which may help with weight loss when water retention is a problem. Celery seed has a stimulating effect on the kidney to promote urine flow.