Celery Seed

Source=Seeds of the celery plant Apium graveolens
Flavor=Strong, pungent celery flavor
Best Used=Dried whole seed
Cooking Use=As a replacement for celery stalks in cooking; as a flavoring in tomato juice, sauces and soups

Carminative stimulant, diuretic, tonic, nervine, useful in hysteria, promoting restfulness and sleep, and diffusing through the system a mild sustaining influence. Good combined with Scutellaria for nervous cases with loss of tone. On this account it is recommended to eat the cultivated fresh root as well as taking the oil or fluid extract. Is said to be very good for rheumatism, when it is often combined with Coca, Damiana, etc. Dose: fluid extract, 3 to 7 drops every four hours.