"Let food be your medicine and your medicine be your food. Each one of the substances in a person's diet, acts upon the body and changes it in some unique way, and upon these changes the whole life depends, whether in health, in sickness or convalescent."  

Hippocrates 2 000 years ago.

Amazing Health Benefits of Parsley

The Amazing Health Benefits of Parsley make it the King of Herbs. It was the base of all treatments in the olden days and is a food source of so huge an array of vitamins and minerals that it will completely dumbfound you.

What can Parsley be used For?

  • Cure Gout
  • Ease chest ailments 
  • Clear Bladder and kidney ailments
  • Acne and spotty skin
  • Hair Loss
  • Tooth decay 
  • Piles
  • Cystitis
  • Cleanses kidneys, bladder and the whole urinary system
  • Reduces coagulants in the veins
  • Valuable natural diuretic
  • Useful for cleaning the liver
  • Controls High Blood Pressure
  • Nausea and flatulence
  • Prostate problems
  • It contains volatile oils such as limonene, eugenol and myristicin which have shown strong anti-cancer effects.
  • Parsley is also anti-cancer because of its high concentrations of antioxidants such as monoterpenes, phthalides and plyacetylenes.  These antioxidants can help detoxify carcinogens and neutralize certain carcinogens in tobacco smoke.


Is Parsley Tea Good for You?

Parsley Tea is very good for you to drink, see the benefits listed below.

Add ¼ cup fresh parsley sprigs to 1 cup of boiling water, allow to stand for 5 minutes, strain and sip slowly.

With all the health benefits of lemon and honey, you can add these two to your tea and have the benefits of all the healing properties at one time.

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  • Add ¼ cup fresh parsley sprigs to 1 cup of boiling water, allow to stand for 5 minutes, strain and sip slowly.
  • With all the health benefits of lemon and honey, you can add these two to your tea and have the benefits of all the healing properties at one time.

What is the Nutritional value of Parsley?

  1. Chlorophyll
  2. Vitamin A and C
  3. B-vitamins
  4. Beta-carotene
  5. Iron
  6. Calcium
  7. magnesium
  8. Potassium
  9. Folic acid
  • A mere half a cup of finely chopped parsley contains more vitamin C than 2 oranges, more beta-carotene than 2 large carrots, 20 times more iron than one serving of liver and 10 times more calcium than a cup of milk. 
  • Sprinkle parsley lavishly on every savory dish you make, add to salads, stir-fries and even tomato and cheese sandwiches.
  • Parsley, the attractive and widely used herb is not only one of the most nutritious garnishes but also makes a good breath freshener: try chewing it after eating garlic.

Parsley for Bruising

  • Parsley is a very old folk remedy for bruising;  it has anti-inflammatory and anesthetic properties.
  • Combine it with ice, because cold causes blood vessels to constrict, which reduces swelling.
  • Add 2 tablespoons of water to a cup of fresh parsley and whisk it into a fine slurry in the blender.   Freeze the mixture in an ice cube tray, when frozen wrap in a soft cloth and hold under your eye for 15 minutes.


Parsley instead of Salt

Many of us add salt to boiling water when cooking pasta and rice.

If you are trying to cut back on salt to reduce water-weight gain or control blood pressure, call on the King of Herbs parsley.

Omit the salt when cooking noodles, and instead flavor the water, or the cooked pasta with chopped parsley.


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