The Miracle Herb You Rarely Think About Juicing (And 3 Delicious Recipes)

Last updated on 18 APR 2018

Many people do not yet realize just how powerful this herb can be. Just two tablespoons of parsley juice contains around 16 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C and over 12 percent of the RDA of vitamin A. These go towards helping to strengthen your immune system, along with a wide range of health benefits.

This herb, which you can easily grow in your own garden, is beneficial for a wide variety of common illnesses and health conditions. Parsley. Parsley is a unique plant that can help ease allergy symptoms and help heal skin tissue, prevent inflammation, cleanse your kidneys, and prevent bladder infections.

Health Benefits Of Parsley

Here is a look at some of the most beneficial reasons for adding more parsley to your diet, along with 5 simple juice recipes.

Promote Healthy Skin And Strengthen Your Immune System

The high vitamin C content found in parsley helps with the synthesis of collagen, which is needed to maintain healthy, glowing skin. Ensuring your body has enough collagen can also increase your ability to heal wounds and keep your bones healthy.

Improve Respiratory Health and Fight Infection

The vitamin A in parsley helps increase the health of mucous membranes. This improves the health of your respiratory system, urinary, and intestinal tracts. Receiving more of the A vitamin could be useful if you are dealing with any issues related to those areas of your body. Additionally, your white blood cells depend on vitamin A to fight infection.

Maintain Strong Bones and Improve Cardiovascular Health

Along with vitamins A and C, two tablespoons of parsley contains over 150 percent of the RDA of vitamin K. This vitamin is essential for healthy bones and for the health of your nervous system. It also helps to prevent calcium build-up in your tissue, lowering the risk of atherosclerosis, stroke, and cardiovascular disease.

Parsley Contains Powerful Antioxidants

Another benefit of parsley is the abundance of antioxidants that prevent free radical damage in the body and reduce inflammation. These antioxidants are beneficial for preventing osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis pains.

Read the complete health benefits of parsley.

3 Delicious Recipes To Make Your Parsley Juice

Parsley can be used for more than just as garnish. Start using parsley in your juices or smoothies. To get you started, here are 3 simple juice recipes that include parsley as one of their primary ingredients.

As a word of caution, pregnant and nursing women should not consume large amounts of parsley to prevent any detoxication effect that parsley may cause.

1. Allergy-Reducing Green Juice

This first recipe includes a few additional ingredients, other than parsley, that help boost your immune system and reduce the intensity of your allergy symptoms. Put all these ingredients through your juicer (best to use a masticating juicer) or make a smoothie, adjusting the quantity to suit your taste:

• A big handful of parsley
• 1 medium cucumber
• 1 small bulb of fennel
• 1 green apple
• 2 kiwifruits
• 1 lemon, peeled
• 1 inch of fresh ginger root

2. Delicious Respiratory Health Drink

This recipe may soon be your favorite if you’re new to juicing and wanting to try adding more greens to your juices. It is easy to prepare and includes a variety of beneficial nutrients and antioxidants.

• A big handful of parsley
• 3 carrots
• 1 green apple
• 1 orange
• 1 tomato

3. Spicy Parsley Juice For Kidney Health

This last juice recipe includes a mixture of green vegetables, offering an abundance of vitamins B, C and K, along with many beneficial minerals that are beneficial for a healthy kidney. Put these ingredients through your juicer:

• A big handful of parsley
• 8-10 ribs of celery
• 2 green apples
• 1 cucumber
• 1 jalapeno (pungent, optional)
• 1 lemon, peeled

Some people may find the taste of parsley to be bitter. Bitter taste on its own is beneficial, but if you can’t handle bitter, the above recipes may make it more palatable. Adding fruits and carrots helps mask the taste.

Parsley is a highly beneficial herb and is easy to grow. You can grow them in small pots on your kitchen window sill. Check the soil every couple of days, adding fresh water from your sink as needed.

About Sara Ding

Sara Ding is the founder of Juicing-for-Health.com. She is a certified Wellness Health Coach, Nutritional Consultant and a Detox Specialist. She helps busy men and women identify their health issues at the root cause, in order to eliminate the problems for optimum physical/mental health and wellbeing.

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