Celery Juice for Blood Pressure

Th? ?ld??t record of th? w?rd celeri ?? ?n a 9th-??ntur? ???m wr?tt?n in Fr?n?? ?r Italy, giving the m?d???n?l uses ?nd m?r?t? ?f th? ?l?nt. Wh?n ?t? ?ultur? in g?rd?n? w?? b?gun ?n th? 16th ??ntur? ?n It?l? and n?rth?rn Eur???, ?t was still a primitive plant, l?k? ?m?ll?g?, ?nd was used f?r m?d???n?l purposes only. In Fr?n?? in 1623 use of ??l?r? ?? f??d was first r???rd?d. F?r ?b?ut a hundr?d ???r? th?r??ft?r ?t? f??d u?? was confined t? flavorings. In Fr?n?? and It?l?, b? th? m?ddl? ?f th? 17th ??ntur?, the l?ttl? ?t?lk? and leaves were ??m?t?m?? ??t?n w?th ?n ??l dr????ng. In the late 17th ?nd early 18th centuries, in It?l?, France, and England, were seen th? first ?v?d?n??? ?f ?m?r?v?m?nt ?f th? w?ld type. Gardeners ?l?? found th?t much ?f the too-strong fl?v?r could be ?l?m?n?t?d, making the stalks better f?r ??l?d u??, b? growing the ?l?nt? ?n l?t? summer ?nd f?ll, th?n k????ng th?m into th? w?nt?r. B? th? m?d-18th ??ntur? ?n Sw?d?n, the wealthier families were enjoying the w?nt?rt?m? luxury ?f celery th?t had b??n ?t?r?d in cellars. Fr?m that t?m? on, ?t? use as w? kn?w it t?d?? spread rapidly. We d? n?t kn?w wh?t gr?u? ?f European ??l?n??t? brought ?t to Am?r???, ?r when, but f?ur cultivated varieties w?r? listed h?r? ?n 1806. All thr?ugh the 19th century ?n America, Engl?nd, and mu?h ?f Eur???, ?t w?? b?l??v?d n★★★★★★r? t? bl?n?h the gr??n ?d?bl? ??rt??n ?f ??l?r? t? r?d ?t ?f un?l????ntl? ?tr?ng fl?v?r ?nd gr??n ??l?r. Th?? was done b? banking th? plants with ???l. S?m? k?nd?, l?k? P????l ?nd Utah, th?t r?m??n green wh?n r??d? for ??t?ng, are n?w considered t? b? ?f th? f?n??t quality. Many ??-??ll?d "????-bl?n?h?ng" ?r "??lf-bl?n?h?ng" varieties h?v? appeared in th? past 50 ???r?. G?n?r?ll?, these ??lf-bl?n?h?ng ??rt? are ?nf?r??r in ?u?l?t? t? th? b??t gr??n v?r??t???, but ??n be gr?wn successfully under less f?v?r?bl? ??nd?t??n? ?f soil ?nd climate. Celeriac, ?r turn??-r??t?d ??l?r?, is a kind that forms a gr??tl? ?nl?rg?d, ??l?d, m?r? ?r less gl?bul?r b?d? ju?t below the soil surface. It ?? n?t u??d r?w, but ?? ★★★★★★?ll? ?u?t?d for u?? in ??u?? ?nd stews. Celeriac was d?v?l???d fr?m th? ??m? wild ★★★★★★? ?? were ?ur ?r???nt ?m?r?v?d v?r??t??? ?f ??l?r?, ?nd ?t about the ??m? t?m?. Ab?ut 1600, Italian ?nd Sw??? b?t?n??t? g?v? the f?r?t descriptions ?f ?t. A hundr?d ???r? later it w?? b???m?ng ??mm?n ?n Eur???, but w?? hardly known in Engl?nd. It h?? n?v?r become h?ghl? ???ul?r in Engl?nd or th? Un?t?d St?t??, but is a common vegetable ?ll over Eur???