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Angelica officinalis
Useful properties of the plant, the use of recipes and angelica honey
Botanical characteristics of Angelica officinalis
Angelica is a biennial or perennial medicinal plant belonging to the umbrella family, growing up to 2.5 meters in height. The plant has a brown, powerful rhizome with many roots. The roots contain white or yellow juice. A single stem of the plant forks in the upper part, has a slimy coating. The plant has alternate leaves, which have segments with two or three lobes.
Angelica flowers are small, located at the top of the stem and collected in umbrellas. Angelica fruit is a flat fruit, which, when ripe, splits into two half-fruits. Angelica begins to bloom only from the second year of life in the summer, and the fruits ripen by August or September. This plant reproduces vegetatively and by seed. This plant is widely spread in Western Siberia and the European part of the CIS. The main habitats of angelica are as follows: thickets, banks of rivers, lakes and streams, damp alder forests and shrubs.
Useful properties of angelica
Angelica contains essential oils and bitter substances that have a healing effect. Due to the fact that such substances are in the angelica, it is used as a means of stimulating appetite and promoting better digestion. Angelica preparations are disinfectants for bloating.
Scientists have proven more than once that angelica is a diuretic plant. You can forget about coughing and all kinds of spasms by using a drug from angelica. Due to the fact that the body does not produce enough gastric juice, indigestion and bloating occur, from which a plant such as angelica will also help. Due to the content of organic acids in angelica, it is used as a diuretic and diaphoretic.
Angelica honey
Angelica honey is green in color, with a specific aroma and unusual taste. Due to the slow crystallization of this honey, it is stored in liquid form until early spring. honey contains many vitamins and minerals, has a tonic effect on the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Angelica honey - antispasmodic, which is used for stomach diseases and colds.
The main indications for the use of angelica honey are insomnia, nervous exhaustion, epilepsy and even rheumatism. honey from this plant helps to reduce high blood pressure, cleanses the blood of various toxins and boosts immunity.
There are no contraindications to honey.
Angelica application
Medicines prepared on the basis of angelica were used in the old days and are still used in folk medicine. For example, a decoction from the roots of a plant helps with neurosis, pneumonia and flatulence. Angelica tincture is a means that enhances the motor and secretory functions of the intestines. Angelica infusion helps with colitis, cholelithiasis, cough, urinary retention and insomnia.
Angelica baths are used for rheumatism, lower back ailments and gout. Fresh plant juice will help with otitis media or toothache. In addition, angelica powder is prepared, which is used for diseases of the bladder, gastritis and colitis.
Angelica fruit preparations are remedies that relieve seizures and remove bile from the body.
Angelica decoction. Take 3 tablespoons of angelica and pour 200 ml of boiling water over them. Close the container with the broth with a lid and put in a water bath for half an hour. After cooling the broth, strain it. This broth is used to stimulate appetite, for coughs and stomach cramps, 100 ml 3 times a day after meals in a warm form. The broth has an expectorant and diaphoretic effect.
Decoction of angelica roots. It is easy to cook and, moreover, very fast. To do this, take 15 grams of plant roots and fill them with 1.5 cups of boiling water. We put on fire for 5 minutes. Take such a decoction for bronchitis, liver or intestinal disease. A single dose of the drug is 15 ml. You can take the product no more than four times a day.
Angelica infusion tonic. Take 1 tablespoon of rhizomes (of course, with roots) of the plant and pour a glass of boiling water. Leave to infuse for 3 hours. Then filter and take 100 ml twice a day half an hour before meals. This infusion is used for hysteria, neuralgia, nervous exhaustion. This infusion can also be used as a tonic.
Contraindications to the use of angelica
Angelica contains substances harmful to the body, therefore, it is necessary to use medicines from this plant in moderation and with caution. It is better for pregnant women not to use angelica medications at all, as they can lead to abortion and complications. Angelica preparations have a photosensitizing effect on the human body, so a person who takes them for a long time should not be outdoors on sunny days.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
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