Parsley

The Essentials

One of the most nutrient-dense everyday herbs — exceptional vitamin K, C, iron, and folate.

Gentle daily diuretic (makes you pass more urine) that flushes the kidneys without depleting potassium.

Eaten by the handful: persian medicine treats parsley as food.

Apiol content means: enjoy the herb generously, skip concentrated essential-oil supplements.

What Else to Know

Parsley — ja'fari — is one green the Persian table never treats as decoration. It goes into ghormeh sabzi, tabbouleh, and kuku by the handful, bringing concentrated support for blood, bones, and kidneys along with its fresh flavour.

Known to botanists as Petroselinum crispum.