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Chinese Celery: The Skinny Stalk That Lifts Thai Soup
Chinese Celery (Leaf Celery) · ขึ้นฉ่าย · Apium graveolens
Chinese Celery (Leaf Celery) — ขึ้นฉ่าย (khuen-chai) — Apium graveolens.
Snap one of these pencil-thin stalks and the smell jumps out sharper and more peppery than the fat Western kind. That's why Thai cooks throw it into a wok of squid, or scatter it over rice congee right at the end. The thin stalks and leaves carry vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, and folate. What you eat is the whole above-ground plant — skinny stalks and all their aromatic leaves.
Chinese celery is an aromatic, not a side dish — those thin, peppery stalks and leaves go in to lift a soup, a stir-fry, or a plate of steamed fish. Two quick notes: celery is a common allergen, and in large amounts its natural oils can make skin more sensitive to sunlight. It's a cut-and-come-again herb — snip the outer stalks and the plant keeps pushing new ones from the center. Follow Longevity Biome for a new Thai plant every day.
Pla Pad Keun Chai — ปลาผัดขึ้นฉ่าย (pla-pad-keun-chai)
Pla Nueng Keun Chai — ปลานึ่งขึ้นฉ่าย (pla-nueng-keun-chai)
Source: Celery-seed extract lowered blood pressure in a randomized trial of adults with mild-to-moderate hypertension: Phytotherapy Research 2022; PMID:35624525, DOI:10.1002/ptr.7469. Pooled analysis of celery trials: Frontiers in Nutrition 2025; DOI:10.3389/fnut.2025.1597680. 3-n-butylphthalide neuroprotection (an approved drug, not dietary celery): Frontiers in Pharmacology 2022; DOI:10.3389/fphar.2022.987293.
Educational content, not medical advice! Consult your doctor before changing diet or medication.
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Food and nutrients
Rich in: Vitamin K, Vitamin C, potassium, folate
Research context
A concentrated celery-seed extract lowered blood pressure in a small trial of adults with mild hypertension — Phytotherapy Research, 2022