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Parsley - petroselinum crispum
Parsley comes in curly and flat-leaf varieties. The flat leaf type is better for cooking since its flavour stands up better to heat. The curly leaf type is flavourful fresh and makes an attractive garnish. Parsley flakes available from Harvest Fields are a convenient way to keep parsley on hand for cooking and garnish. Flavour: A green chlorophyll taste with hints of pepper How to Use: As a garnish and to flavour, soups, stews, egg dishes, vegetables, salads, coleslaw, breads, herb sauces, herb butters, tomato and meat sauces, stuffings, fish, meats, poultry, cheese dishes, mixed with ricotta or cottage cheese. Measuring:
Medicinal uses: gall bladder problems, gall stones, kidney inflammation, obstruction of the liver, female problems, insect stings, cancer, arthritis, obesity, high blood pressure. When sprinkled liberally over food, parsley adds small but significant amounts of several trace elements to the diet; for example, copper, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, and zinc. It is also a reasonably good source of calcium. Other Info: Persillade is a 50/50 mixture of finely chopped parsley and garlic that is sautéed and added at the end of cooking to dishes such as fish, steaks, chicken, vegetables. You can make a variation of persillade using parsley flakes and garlic powder and then add this mixture directly to your dish.
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Ellingwood’s American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy
Carum petroselinum. Synonym—Parsley.
CONSTITUENTS— Apiin, apiol, volatile oil, crystallizable and fatty matter.
Apiol—This is a yellowish, oily liquid, not volatile, heavier than water, odor peculiar and distinct from that of the plant, taste acrid, pungent. Dose, from five to ten drops.
Preparations— Infusum Petroselini. Infusion of Parsley. Dose, from two to four ounces.
Therapy—An infusion of parsley is beneficial when, with nephritis or cystitis, the specific gravity of the urine is high, and the urination painful and irritating to the mucous membranes. It is useful in gonorrhea and strangury, with great irritation of the parts, with heat, or a scalding sensation on passage of urine, and can be given during the inflammatory stage. It has also been given in dropsy with good results.
Apiol is a specific in amenorrhea. Five or six minims in a capsule, three times daily, for six or eight days before the menstrual epoch will restore the flow in many stubborn cases. It has no marked abortive influence. In persistent dysmenorrhea it has cured many cases intractable to other agents.
Active anti-periodic properties have been ascribed to apiol. It is a nerve stimulant. It controls excessive night sweats, either from phthisis, or following protracted malarial disease.
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Parsley Flakes Nutrient |
Units |
1 tsp ------- 0.30 g |
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Proximates |
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Water |
g |
0.027 |
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Energy |
kcal |
0.828 |
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Energy |
kj |
3.468 |
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Protein |
g |
0.067 |
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Total lipid (fat) |
g |
0.013 |
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Carbohydrate, by difference |
g |
0.155 |
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Fiber, total dietary |
g |
0.091 |
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Ash |
g |
0.037 |
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Minerals |
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Calcium, Ca |
mg |
4.404 |
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Iron, Fe |
mg |
0.294 |
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Magnesium, Mg |
mg |
0.747 |
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Phosphorus, P |
mg |
1.053 |
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Potassium, K |
mg |
11.415 |
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Sodium, Na |
mg |
1.356 |
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Zinc, Zn |
mg |
0.014 |
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Copper, Cu |
mg |
0.002 |
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Manganese, Mn |
mg |
0.032 |
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Selenium, Se |
mcg |
0.088 |
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Vitamins |
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Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid |
mg |
0.366 |
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Thiamin |
mg |
0.001 |
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Riboflavin |
mg |
0.004 |
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Niacin |
mg |
0.024 |
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Vitamin B-6 |
mg |
0.003 |
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Folate, total |
mcg |
0.540 |
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Vitamin B-12 |
mcg |
0.000 |
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Vitamin A, IU |
IU |
70.020 |
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Vitamin A, RE |
mcg_RE |
7.002 |
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Vitamin E |
mg_ATE |
0.005 |
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Lipids |
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Fatty acids, total saturated |
g |
0.000 |
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4:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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6:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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8:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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10:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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12:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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14:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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16:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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18:0 |
g |
0.000 |
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Fatty acids, total monounsaturated |
g |
0.010 |
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16:1 undifferentiated |
g |
0.000 |
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18:1 undifferentiated |
g |
0.010 |
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20:1 |
g |
0.000 |
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22:1 undifferentiated |
g |
0.000 |
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Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated |
g |
0.001 |
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18:2 undifferentiated |
g |
0.001 |
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18:3 undifferentiated |
g |
0.000 |
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18:4 |
g |
0.000 |
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20:4 undifferentiated |
g |
0.000 |
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20:5 n-3 |
g |
0.000 |
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22:5 n-3 |
g |
0.000 |
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22:6 n-3 |
g |
0.000 |
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Cholesterol |
mg |
0.000 |
