Steinmetz:Apium

Apium graveolens dulce

Also known as (or relevant to) Apium graveolens dulce Apium graveolens var. rapaceum Family Umbelliferae English Names Celery Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Levant Egypt India China and almost throughout the world Part(s) Used Herba Apii Radix Apii Semen Apii Oleum Apii

Constituent(s) seed: essential oil fatty oil apiin; herb: essential oil apiin sugar; root: essential oil apiin asparagin tyrosin starch gum inosit mannite cholin fat glutamin Action herb: diuretic carminative nervine stomachic appetising depurative deobstruent aromatic well-known culinary herb; root: diuretic aperient appetising alterative aromatic; seed: diuretic stimulant tonic carminative resolvent; oil: diuretic carminative emmenagogue

Apium nodiflorum

Also known as (or relevant to) Apium nodiflorum Helosciadium nodiflorum Family Umbelliferae English Names Marshwort Fool's Watercress Mudweed Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain)

Constituent(s) herb Action diuretic resolutive stimulant emmenagogue; boiled in milk: a good tonic for the blood it is not so wholesome as watercress