Angelica - general description
Angelica is a perennial plant with a strong odor, which has medicinal properties and is actively used in folk medicine. The angelica stalk is dense and fleshy, when cut or broken, white or yellowish juice is released. Long leaves are concentrated at the base, the top is almost bare, the plant reaches a height of 1-2 meters. Angelica blooms from June to August; fruit ripening occurs in July - September.
Angelica - types and places of growth
Angelica is common in the European part of Russia, in addition, it can be found in Western Siberia, northern Asia and in many countries of Europe. In Russia and Germany, the plant is cultivated in order to be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
Angelica is usually found in steppe zones and in water meadows, but it can often be found along the banks of rivers, lakes and in places where wetlands begin.
Angelica - healing properties
Angelica is actively used in folk medicine, it can be used to cure a person of many ailments, the drug can cope with the symptoms and painful manifestations of rather dangerous diseases, it is used for dropsy, arthritis, bronchial asthma, scarlet fever and rheumatism.
Angelica increases the secretion of the glands of the stomach, activates the processes in the intestines, prevents stagnation of bile, acts as a diuretic, often with its help they fight toothache, hemorrhoids, hypertension and even pediculosis.
Angelica - dosage forms
For the manufacture of medicines in folk medicine, the roots of the plant are used, they contain useful essential oils, pinene, borneol, valerianic and malic acids, as well as tannins, resins and coumarins.
The procurement of different parts is carried out at a certain time, and you should be especially careful, since the medicinal angelica is easy to confuse with a poisonous umbrella.
Angelica rhizomes are harvested in spring or late autumn, they are cleaned, cut and dried (it is easiest to hang in a well-ventilated room).
Angelica - recipes
In medicinal products, decoctions, tinctures, wine and teas prepared based on angelica roots are used.
Angelica broth
2-3 tablespoons of finely chopped root pour a glass of boiling water and cook for 30 minutes on low heat, then cool, strain and drink 2-3 times a day, 1/2 cup. The decoction helps with diseases of the respiratory tract, hepatitis and chronic gastritis. If it is used for the preparation of baths, we can talk about a beneficial effect on the skin and nervous system.
Angelica Herbal Tea
Pour 2 teaspoons of crushed angelica roots with 1 cup of cold water, bring to a boil, let it brew for 2-3 minutes, strain and drink hot (2-3 cups per day).
Angelica Wine
Pour 50 grams of chopped root with 1 liter of Moselle wine, let it brew for a week, strain and store it in a closed bottle, periodically drinking a glass.
Angelica - contraindications
Do not think that a small concentration of essential oil contained in different parts of the plant has an extremely positive effect on the state of the human body, with an overdose, quite serious health problems can occur.
Angelica poisoning is quite dangerous, since it can completely or partially paralyze the central nervous system. In addition, skin problems can occur, an overdose causes irritation when a person is exposed to the sun.
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