Celery allergy is quite common in patients in Western countries. People who are allergic to celery are often also allergic to other plants, namely birch trees in Central Europe and Artemsia species (e.g. wormwood) in Southern European countries. The syndrome is known as "Birch-Celery-Mugwort-Syndrome" and 30% of allergies occurring after oral ingestion are said to be celery allergies. 30% of allergies occurring after oral ingestion are said to be celery allergies. 30% of allergies occurring after oral ingestion are said to be celery allergies. 30% of allergies occurring after oral ingestion are said to be celery allergies. 30% of allergies occurring after oral ingestion are said to be celery allergies. 30% of allergies occurring after oral ingestion are said to be birch or Artemisia allergies. Our body's defence system cannot distinguish exactly between the two substances or molecules and perceives both as foreign and reacts with an allergic reaction.
If there is an allergy to a particular plant, the first step is to look for other triggers for the same allergy in closely related plants, as it can be reasonably assumed that closely related plants contain the same substances.
Celery belongs to the umbellifer family (= Apiaceae, formerly Umbelliferae) and people who are allergic to celery are often or sometimes also allergic to other members of this family, namely:
Bärenklau/Riesenkerbel (Heracleum mantegazzianum = Heracleum giganteum)
Sellerie
Dill
Anis
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Asian representatives of the umbellifer family are often used and it is therefore quite possible that a known allergy to celery may also cause a bad reaction to these TCM representatives.
Complemedis AG stocks the following umbelliferous plants, which should be used with caution in the event of a celery allergy:
Angelicae sinensis Radix
Ligustici sinensis Radix et rhizoma
Peucedani Radix
There are cross-allergies to celery not only in birch and wormwood, but possibly also in the Lamiaceae family (formerly Labiatae) = labiates, for example basil, marjoram, thyme, or in other families with species such as hazelnut, apple, mugwort.
In TCM we use several species of Artemisia, namely
Whether further cross-allergic reactions are possible in the case of known allergies to celery for one or other of the approximately 500 plants in our range cannot be conclusively assessed at present.
September 2007.
Dr.phil.II Owi Nandi (1966-2014), Severin Bühlmann, physician
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