Angelica

Angelica archangelica

MEDICINAL:

• Angelica is a good herbal tea to take for colic, gas, indigestion, hepatitis, and heartburn.
• It is useful to add in remedies for afflictions of the respiratory system,
• as well as liver problems
• and digestive difficulties.
• Promotes circulation and energy in the body.
• It is often used to stimulate the circulation in the pelvic region
• and to stimulate suppressed menstruation.
• Angelica should not be used by pregnant women or diabetics.

RELIGIOUS:

• Grow it in your garden as a protection for garden and home.
• The root is often used as a protective amulet,
• and has been used to banish evil by burning the leaves.
• It is also used to lengthen life,
• and is used in protection against diseases,
• as well as to ward off evil spirits.
• Adding it to a ritual bath will break spells and hexes.
• It has often been used to ward off evil spirits in the home.

GROWING: Angelica needs rich, moist garden soil in partial shade. It prefers wet bottomlands and swamps, and prefers the cooler northern regions to grow best. It is a perennial that can reach up to 6 feet tall.