Steinmetz:Angelica

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Angelica silvestris

Also known as (or relevant to) Angelica silvestris Family Umbelliferae English Names Wild Angelica Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Caucasus Siberia temperate Asia

Constituent(s) free angelic acid Action the plant is less grateful in odour and more bitter in flavour than Angelica Archangelica; nerve-tonic antispasmodic anti-asthmatic anti-epileptic

Angelica archangelica

Also known as (or relevant to) Angelica archangelica Archangelica officinalis 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

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"

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book