Steinmetz:Angelica
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Angelica silvestris
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Umbelliferae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Caucasus
- Siberia
- temperate Asia
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- the plant is less grateful in odour and more bitter in flavour than Angelica Archangelica; nerve-tonic
- antispasmodic
- anti-asthmatic
- anti-epileptic
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[edit] Angelica archangelica
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Umbelliferae
- English Names
- Garden-Angelica
- Holy Ghost
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (especially Netherlands
- Belgium
- Germany)
- Scotland
- East Prussia
- Lapland
- Iceland
- Syria
- Northern Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Angelicae
- Radix Angelicae
- Semen Angelicae
- Oleum Angelicae
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- Constituent(s)
- all parts of the plant: essential oil
- bitter principle; root contains also tannin
- resin
- wax
- sugar
- pectin
- starch
- sugar
- organic acids
- phellandrene
- Action
- herb: cordial
- tonic
- sudorific
- diuretic
- carminative
- aromatic - the candied stalks form a sweetmeal; root: nervine
- aromatic
- diuretic
- sudorific
- stomachic; seed: diuretic
- sudorific
- stomachic
- aromatic; oil: antispasmodic
- carminative
- diuretic
- sudorific
- emmenagogue
- nervine - used in making liqueurs
- especially "Chartreuse"
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