Health Benefits of Parsley

Parsley plant properties. Scientific name, Identification. Active ingredients and content of Parsley leaves. General characteristics of the Parsley plant. Medicinal properties, health benefits. Uses.

Parsley is a biennial herb up to 80 cm long, hairless, with thin stems and triangular outline leaves two to three times pinnate, the upper leaves have entire leaflets and the basal ones serrated or toothed. The flowers grouped in umbels of 8-20 radios are yellowish green. The fruits are subglobose or ovoid, aromatic, with five ribs equal.