{"id":21655,"date":"2020-02-01T01:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T05:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=21655"},"modified":"2020-02-08T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T18:34:27","slug":"notes-from-the-apothecary-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2020\/02\/01\/notes-from-the-apothecary-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the Apothecary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notes from the Apothecary: Celery<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Celery (Apium Graveolens) is an easily recognisable vegetable, available in most supermarkets or grocery stores. It\u2019s a relative of carrots and parsley, part of the apiaceae family. It\u2019s loved by dieters thanks to its high water content and low calorie content, plus it\u2019s amazing for dipping into hummus or salsa. But is celery a medicinal or magical plant? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Kitchen Garden<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Celery can be grown from seed and in fact can be planted at this time of year (February-March-April) as long as it\u2019s kept warm until frost has gone. It needs to be kept moist so is ideal for soil where the drainage is not so good. Always harvest before the first frost and look out for slugs and snails: they love celery. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you buy celery from the store, you can cut the stems off to eat or cook with, then place the base is a shallow dish of water. If you\u2019re lucky, the plant will start to regrow, giving you \u201ccut and come again\u201d shoots. Celery grows well with tomatoes, cabbages, spinach and beans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Celery can be eaten raw, in salads, or roasted and made into soup. It\u2019s also great chopped fine in pasta sauce, or sliced and added to stews.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Apothecary<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Celery has been used as a medicine for hundreds of years, and was written about by Roman author Aulus Cornelius Celsus in AD 30, in a book called De Medicina. <\/i>Some of the purported benefits of celery include:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n