Parsley has many health benefits. It is a nutritious food, providing dietary calcium, iron, riboflavin, thiamine, carotenes, ascorbic acid, and vitamin A.1 and vitamin C

It also contains vitamin C, potassium, folic and amino acid and is good for blood pressure, the heart and stomach, and for pain relief. Arthritic aches and pains are reputed to be relieved by taking parsley.

Parsley is mildly laxative and has been recognised as a blood purifier through its action in excreting toxins from the body.

Parsley is a known diuretic and is applied by herbologists for problems with kidneys and bladder , as well as for liver, gall bladder and spleen.   

It is also used as an expectorant, for coughs. As a hot poultice it is used to relieve insect bites and stings.  

A tea made from parsley seeds is a traditional remedy for colic, indigestion, and intestinal gas. 

It is also claimed to be a natural mild aphrodisiac

It has been traditionally used as apoultice for sprains and bruises and insect bites.