Angelica

Angelica archangelica, commonly known as garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the Apiaceae family, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its sweetly scented edible stems and roots.

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Angelica is one of the few medicinal and spice plants from Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia. During the middle ages, angelica root was used as an exceptionally effective anti-toxin.

Angelica was a popular monastery herb during the Anglo-Saxton period in England, where it was thought to possess angelic powers to ward off evil as well as “corrupt air” when taken as tea to calm digestive upsets.

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Angelica is the European cousin of the more familiar dong-quai. A graceful flowering plant related to carrots, dill, and fennel, angelica is found as far north as Nunavut and Lapland and as far south as Syria and South Carolina. The plant has an intense yet sweet aroma more like carrots than like dill or fennel. Parts Used Dried root Typical Preparations As a tea, in capsules and as an herbal extract.

Other Common Names: European angelica, wild parsnip, garden angelica, holy ghost, masterwort, wild celery, fjällkvanne (Swedish), chien-tu (Chinese), angélique (French), Engelwurz (German).

Angelica is an herb more commonly used in Europe than it is in North America, where it is somewhat of an esoteric product that many people either give in and grow themselves, or obtain by mail-order. The plant, which is related to parsley and celery, is an energetic one, pushing up to 2 to 2 1/2 metres (6 or 8 feet) tall.

Angelica comes from Northern Europe where it grows in damp areas like woodlands and alongside rivers.