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Angelica

Canda (Unani)
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Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Thurneisserus, 1578

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Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899

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LEFT: EUROPEAN ANGELICA ROOT; RIGHT: ANGELICA SEED
Squibb's Atlas of the Official Drugs
, Mansfield, 1919

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Botanical name:
Angelica archangelica

Parts used:
Root; also the Seed

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent

Classifications:
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3C. ALEXIPHARMICS.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.   3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   3K. EXPECTORANT
3P. MASTICATORIES & STERNUTATORIES.
4c. CARDIAC.   4i. UTERINE

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Cold, Resists Poison:

-Acute Fever

2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Chronic Bronchitis

3. Cordial and Cardiac:
-'Cheers the Heart, Revives the Spirits'.


4. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea

5. Warms the Stomach:
-Indigestion, poor Appetite, Colic

6. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-strangury, painful urine, stoppage of Urine

7. Externally:
-internally and topically for Wounds and old Ulcers


PREPARED ROOT (Candied):
1. Nourishes Liver and Blood:
-Blood tonic in female weakness, anemia

2. Resists Poison:
-regarded as stronger to prevent infection during Epidemics

Dose:
... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:
Angelica & Zedoary

1. Acute Cold or Flu, combine Angelica with Elder flower
2. Acute, Epidemic Cough, combine Angelica with ... available in PRO version
3. Catarrh, Angelica with ... available in PRO version
4. To preserve against infection:
i. Angelica with ... available in PRO version
ii. Angelica with ... available in PRO version
iii. Angelica with ... available in PRO version
5. Spotted Fevers, Angelica with ... available in PRO version
6. Headache from Wind-Cold, or to promote Menstruation, Angelica with ... available in PRO version
7. To promote Menstruation, Angelica with ... available in PRO version
8. As a tonic to Mother and Child, combine Angelica with ... available in PRO version
9. Infertility, combine Angelica ... available in PRO version
10. Gastric Ulcers, Angelica with ... available in PRO version
11. To strengthen the Heart and Vital Spirits (Qi):
i. Angelica with ... available in PRO version
ii. Angelica with ... available in PRO version
12. Lethargy, combine Angelica with ... available in PRO version
13. Trauma and Wounds, Angelica with ... available in PRO version

Major Formula:
Emmenagogue Decoction (Riverius)
Decoction for Wounds
Saxonian Powder
Troches Resisting Poison
Tincture of Angelica Seed

Cautions:
1. Avoid full doses during Pregnancy
2. Avoid overdose

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water, Extract, Candied root, Distilled Oil, Balsam, Salt of the Ashes

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