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Family: Umbelliferae
---Synonyms---Garden Angelica. Archangelica officinalis.
---Parts Used---root, leaves, seeds.
A perennial plant growing five or six feet (1.5 or
1.8 m) high with large leaves and flat
heads of greenish-white flowers.
---Medicinal Action and Uses------The root
stalks, leaves and fruit possess carminative, stimulant, diaphoretic,
stomachic, tonic and expectorant properties, which are strongest in the
fruit, though the whole plant has the same virtues.
Angelica is a good remedy for colds, coughs, pleurisy, wind, colic,
rheumatism and diseases of the urinary organs, though it should not be given
to patients who have a tendency towards diabetes, as it causes an increase
of sugar in the urine.
It is generally used as a stimulating expectorant, combined with other
expectorants the action of which is facilitated, and to a large extent
diffused, through the whole of the pulmonary region.
It is a useful agent for feverish conditions, acting as a diaphoretic.
Angelica stems are also grateful to a feeble stomach, and will
relieve flatulence promptly when chewed. An infusion of Angelica leaves
is a very healthful, strengthening tonic and aromatic stimulant, the
beneficial effect of which is felt after a few days' use.
The yellow juice yielded by the stem and root becomes, when dry, a
valuable medicine in chronic rheumatism and gout.
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