There is a scientific basis for eating more celery to prevent pregnancy

　　From a biological point of view, it is illogical for women to use contraception. If a woman’s contraceptive function is just to block one egg released in a month, then men produce thousands of sperms every day that are more likely to get pregnant and need to be stopped. And judging from the current social structure, a man's contraceptive effect is likely to be more than just a couple's contraceptive effect.

　　Contraception with drugs, female Contraception is easy to think of and easy to do. At present, as long as the female hormone secretion cycle is changed and ovulation is prevented, the contraceptive effect can be achieved. But to kill male There are hundreds of millions of spermatozoa without side effects, and fertility can be restored after stopping the drug. It seems difficult to find a drug that can achieve this ideal. However, throughout the ages, many scientists have not given up their efforts in this direction.

　　Can eating celery help men avoid pregnancy?

　　Ancient medicine, from food experiences to contraceptive prescriptions, is also the source of inspiration for modern contraceptive pills. For example, the American Indians first used Lithospermum for contraception, and later developed a mixture of Lithospermum containing at least three substances, which can inhibit the activity of gonadotropins and the development of sexual organs in mice. Another example is that after feeding male and female rats with Indian wild peas, there were no offspring. After refining, it was found that the dimethyl hydroquinone in the middle was taken by women on the 16th and 21st days of the menstrual cycle, 300 to 350 mg each time, and the fertility was reduced by 50% to 60%. ； After taking it for men sperm The number is reduced by fifty percent.

　　In addition, there are many bioactive plants with contraceptive effects, but their active ingredients are not yet clear. For example, wild plantain seed extract has been experimentally proven to have anti-implantation and anti-gonadotropic effects on rats, mice and rabbits. Chinese folk foods such as rapeseed, purple eggplant flowers of Solanaceae plants, and persimmon pedicles are roasted, dried, and grinded into powder, which are widely used for contraception. Other traditional Chinese medicines such as white peony root, angelica root, Chuanxiong root, and raw rehmannia root are also decoctioned and taken for contraceptive purposes.

　　From Thailand Sirisuke Hospital A ten-year study by Dr. Bochari from the Department of Physiology found that celery, which is commonly eaten but harmless, can reduce the number of male sperm. She is aged 18 to 20 years old, healthy Experiments were conducted on healthy, fertile men. They were allowed to eat 75 grams of celery (about two or three plants) raw or cooked every day for one or two weeks. The sperm count would be significantly reduced to the point where it was difficult to conceive. This situation would return to normal 16 weeks after the celery was stopped. However, this study still lacks more precise controlled experiments.