What are the medicinal properties of celery?

It has a strong smell due to a substance called thymol. It is antibacterial and anthelmintic. It protects from many stomach disorders by increasing appetite and digestive power. Due to the high amount of calcium in it, it is considered very useful for bones. It has been used successfully in medicine for a long time in diarrhoea, flatulence, tonsillitis, cholera, stomach pain. It is odourless and removes putrefaction.