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HERB ALLEY
Parsley Root
(Petroselinum crispum)
COMMON NAMES: Common parsley,
garden parsley, rock parsley.
MEDICINAL PART: Plant,
seeds.
DESCRIPTION: Parsley
is a biennial or perennial herb which os found in cultivation everywhere.
A thin, white, spindle-shaped root produces the erect, grooved, glabrous,
angular stem. The lower leaves are bi- or tri-ternately divided or
oncised, the upper three-cleft to entire. All are shiny and dark
green. The white or geenish-yellow flowers appear in compoind umbels
from June to August. The seeds are ovate and grayish-brown.
PROPERTIES AND USES:
Antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic emmenagogue, expectorant.
Parsley tea, particularly that made from the seeds and the leaves, and
also the fresh juice are usd for dropsy, jaundice, asthma, coughs, and
suppressed ot difficuot menstruation. The juice has also ben used
successfully to treat conjuctivitis and inflammation of the eyelids.
It is impoitant to take the proper dosage, and parsley is no to be used
at all if kidnsy inflammation exists. Weak or sensitive persons can
be helped by cooking a few sloces of parsley root in their soup.
An infusion of the herb is said to ve effective against gallstones.
The bruised leaves have been recommended for external application to contusions.
A tea made from crushed seeds kills scalp vermin.
PREPERATION AND DOSAGE:
Infusion: Steep 1 tbsp
leaves in 1 cup water for 20 minutes.
Decoction: Boil 1 level
tsp. crushed seeds in 1/2 cup water. Take 1/2 to 1 cup a day.
The Herb Book by
John Lust
