Castilian: Angelica, grass of the Spirit Santo, root of long life.
English: Angelica.
INTRODUCTION: According to the tradition he was own arcángel san Gabriel whom he presented the Angelica the men, who considered it as he plants miraculous that moved away the plague, he neutralized the effect of poisons and prolonged the life.
Right, branch with inflorescencias and detail of the fruit of the Angelica plant that by its medicinal properties knows it with the name "root of long life".
By its bitter and digestive properties they are used to alleviate the stomach disorders is a beautiful plant that is used as remedy for relatively just a short time, perhaps because the own cold climate being, their virtues were not known until it was cultivated in medieval Europe.
CHARACTERISTICS: It is a grass of something more of a meter of height that lives two years. The leaves have the form of those of the parsley, but they are much greater, of almost 50 cm. are reconciled to the stem, hollow, surrounding it; this one, straight, culminates with which one is denominated umbela: from a common point numerosísimos tips arise at the end of which they appear smallest pomos of florcillas. Its root, robust, a milky juice when cutting it is come off.
LOCATION: It lives in wild state in the cold countries of the north of Europe, but one adapts to the climate culture temperings. It is enough with seeding the fruits (that can be obtained in a arbolario) at the end of the summer and transplanting the first buds in spring. To the second year it will fructify.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: It has been used to fight the plague, and to that it has diuréticas and expectorantes properties, it is used almost exclusively to favor the digestion by his estimulador action of the gastric juice.
HARVESTING: Actually they are used the root, the fruits the leaves: the fruits throughout take shelter well mature (they cut umbelas with his tips) the summer of the second year. Nevertheless the root must be taken before the flowering which will not serve the same plant to us to obtain root and fruits. The leaves can cutting itself as they are growing the sufficient thing, although is at the beginning of summer when they have more active principles.
USES And APPLICATIONS: We said that the Angelica favors the digestion. In effect, as much the root as the leaves the fruits are used like stomach. It is taken in infusion, prepared from branches cut to small pieces, or of leaves, also divided, or of the fruits: water is put to boil (a quarter of liter) and when it starts
boiling lies down a teaspoon of root leaves (or both simultaneously), extinguishes the fire, the container is covered and it is expected about five or ten minutes. It must be taken warms up, after the meals
Form leaves from many of the called drinks "stomach" that are sold in the commerce. A form craftswoman to prepare a similar drink would be the following one: to place in a glass container of wide mouth a pair of teaspoons by root of Angelica; (better the root than the fruits), leaves branch of mint and manzanilla and grains of anise. To fill the container until a liter with special alcohol of 96 degrees for drinks (not the one of the pharmacies) and to let macerate during a "novena" (nine days) in a fresh place. To filter and to add about to two liters of syrup (sugar dissolved in water in amounts equal; To leave again in maceration, now during a month like minimum whichever but time better flavor. The leaves tamben can eat boiled like vegetables
He is bitter an aromatic one: The essential oil and the bitter principles (lactonas) have a aperitive, estomáquico effect (eupéptico, digestive), antimicrobial, carminativo, expectorante and rubefaciente espasmolítico. The furanocumarinas, specially the angelicina have an important sedative activity and coronary dilatadora.
Popularly one is used in addition like diurético, emenagogo, abortifacient and, in external application, like healing, antiinflammatory and analgesic (antirheumatic, antineuralgic).
Indications
Anxiety, insomnia, lack of appetite, dispepsias hyposecretory, flatulencia, disquinesia to hepatobiliar, gastrointestinales espasmos, gastroenteritis, enterocolitis, null and voidable colon, bronchitis, enfisema, asthma, jaquecas, dismenorreas, arterial hypertension, coronariopatías. In topical use: reumatismo, dérmicas neuralgias, wounds, ulcers.
Contraindications
Hipersensibilidad to this one or other essential oils.
Except for express indication, we recommended to abstain to internally prescribe essential oils during the pregnancy, the lactancia, to smaller children of six years, patients with epilepsy, Parkinson or other diseases neurological.
Not to apply topically to smaller children of two years or people with respiratory allergies.
Not to prescribe alcoholic extracts to smaller children of two years nor to consultantes in process of etílica deshabituación.
Precaution/Poisonings
The essential oil, in very high doses, can be toxic, with a paralyzing effect on the nervous system.
The fresh plant is fotosensibilizante due to the furanocumarinas: to avoid the exhibition to the sun after the topical application. The dry plant can produce contact dermatitis (recurrent vesicular dermatitis): to manipulate with gloves.
Many cumarinas have a strong calcioantagonista activity.
To consider the alcoholic content of certain forms of metering (flowed extract, tinctures) when it is going away to prescribe pregnant women, during the lactancia, to smaller children of two years or patients with gastritis, gastroduodenales ulcers, syndrome of the null and voidable intestine, ulcerosa colitis, neurological hepatopatías, epilepsy, Parkinson or other diseases.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
Internal use:
- Infusion: A spoonful of dessert by cup, a cup after the meals.
- fluid Extract (1:1): 15-30 drops two or three times to the day, before the meals.
- It tinctures (1:10): 20-30 drops, four or five times to the day.
- Dust: 1-3 g to the day.
- dry Extract (5:1): 0,5 to 1 g/día.
Topical use:
- Alcoholaturo, tinctures: frictions on the joints you affect.
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