Angelica officinalis

Angelica officinalis

Angelica officinalis: Description. Biennial plant with thick rootstock and furrowed branched stems. Leaves large, twice or three times pinnate. Flowers small, greenish-white, gathered in large complex multi-beam spherical-umbrellas. Plant height 1120-150 cm
Flowering time. June-July.
Habitat. It grows in moist places, rivers, lakes, ditches, glades and clearings of forest wetlands ..
The applied part. The rhizomes and roots.
Collection time. Late autumn.
Angelica officinalis: Chemical composition. Rhizomes and roots contain essential oil of angelica, organic acids (valeric, acetic, malic acid), coumarins, phytosterols, tannins, bitter substances, resins, wax.
Angelica officinalis: Effects. Expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic, protivobrodilynoe, choleretic, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, carminative, protivospazmaliticheskoe. Increases the secretion of gastric and pancreatic juices, stimulates bile secretion, tones the cardiovascular system, has a calming effect similar to valerian on the central nervous system.
Angelica officinalis: Application. In diseases of the respiratory system (chronic bronchitis, pneumonia). In diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gipotsidnyh gastritis, chronic colitis, eructation, nausea, vomiting, poisoning, diarrhea, lack of appetite), calms chorea. Kidney diseases, urinary retention or a discharge of her weak, dropsy, gout, rheumatism, polyarthritis, myositis, radiculitis.
Method of application.
1. 20 g of the rhizomes with roots in 1 liter of boiling water, 8 hours. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day.
2. Powder on the tip of a knife (0.5 g) - drink 3 times a day.
3. Angelica root and rhizome insist on alcohol (1:10). It is used as a rubbing of rheumatism, gout, muscular pains.
Contraindications. Uterine bleeding.