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LATIN NAME: Angelica archangelica
FAMILY: Apiaceae
GENUS: Angelica
COMMON NAMES: garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica
DISTRIBUTION AREA: grows wild in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland
BOTANICAL INFORMATION: A biennial plant with a pleasant smell. Rhizome is brown, short, thick, with diameter up to 8 cm, with numerous vertical subordinate roots. The stem is single, erect, 120-250 cm high, thick, bare, cylindrical, hollow inside, branched at the top. Leaves are alternate, tripinnate, with large ovate bilobed or trilobate segments. Inflorescence represents a large, almost spherical complex umbel, 8-15 cm in diameter. The flowers are small, unattractive, and yellowish-greenish. One plant produces up to 500 g of seeds. It blossoms in June-August. Fruits ripen in July-September.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Angelica consists of:
- essential oil
- coumarins
- resins
- wax
- bitter substances
- tannins
- organic acids (malic, acetic, angelic, valeric and other acids)
- phytosterols
- ascorbic acid
- calcium
- phosphorus
ANGELICA TINCTURE RECIPES
1 tablespoon of raw crushed Angelica root
200 ml of 70% alcohol
Infuse for 7 days in a dark place
Take 30-40 drops 3 times a day
200 gr of raw crushed Angelica root
500 ml of vodka
Leave in the sun for 14 days
Take 20 drops 3 times a day
100 gr of dried crushed root of Angelica
1 liter of vodka
Leave the mixture in the dark place for 3 weeks
Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 40 days before meals.
“A healthy outside starts from the inside”
*This article is for informational purposes only. We suggest consulting with a physician before using these or any other herbal supplements.
