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Angelica (Angelica
arhangelica) - "The grass of the seventh
angels"
Romanian
tradition considers Angelica a magic plant. It is
empowered with the force of bringing out angels' protection.
Romanian folk tradition (especially in mountain villages) reveals
amazing customs connected to this curative plant. People say,
that it can be harvested by and used only for people with pure
hearts. It loses its curative force if it is picked up by a mean
person, because its guardian angels desert it. Angelica
should be picked up only in the afternoon. It grows all over
Europe. In the Middle Age, it used to be considered a true
panacea. In the 7th century, it was used for curing an
entire medieval town, after the plague. It was also used for
producing an entire row of elixirs (the Benedictine monks used to
know a lot about its curative secrets). The mysterious alchemical
product - "Venetian teriac" - is also contained
by the plant. Specialists still use "Venetian teriac"
to prepare the original Swedish bitter.
It is useful for
curing plague, cholera, any kind of mental disease and typhoid
fever. Peasants would use it for bathing their children into
a mixture of this plant and water for their children being
guarded by angels. In the Ardeal region, in Romania, people used
a traditional drink made of a zip of "tzuica" - a type
of fruit brandy - mixed with smashed seeds and stems of Angelica.
It was good against stomach ache, cold and influenza, or
rheumatism depression caused by low temperature. It was also used
for regeneration (for increasing vigour).
Plant
description
It is a herbal plant. It grows very high,
has a strong stem and can grow up to 2 metres. It has white round
flowers and long roots. Its seeds are very
flavoured. It likes to grow into light
and moist greasy soil, filled with nourishing substances. It
grows in the alpine and grassland, on rocky slopes, on river
side, or on forest skirts. Nowadays, it is stated as a natural
“treasure” and it is grown only in crops.
Picking up and drying the
plant
All its parts are used for mixtures: root,
stem, leaves and flowers. The best curative effect is given by
its flowers and seeds: they contain a flavoured oil. It must be
harvested after noon, in sunny days, when its properties improve.
It may be used for curing:
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depression, asthenia, hysteria, psycho-somatic disorders. it
is recommended to follow a cure of cold soak for at least one
month. Drink 4 cups (250 ml) of juice a day. During the cure,
do not use alcohol, coffee or tobacco. For very anxious and
unsteady people, the cure must contain a mixture of angelica and
all saints'-wort: 3-4 teaspoons of powder a day, mixed with
little water (the two plants are very effective together).
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in case of difficult focusing, or for retarded children.
volatile oil we can find into the
seeds, should be taken in small doses because it is a good
cerebral stimulating oil. Use angelica soak (3 cups a day) and
mix it with 2 teaspoons of wormwood powder and 2 of mint powder.
stir it properly and then, drink it. The mixture of
mint-angelica-woodworm is one of the best stimulatives in
phytotherapy and has fast and good results.
- bulimia:
it can be miraculously cured with the help of
angelica. Angelica is a real magic plant. We recommend the cure
with angelica tincture: one teaspoon of powder mixed into one
glass of water, 3-4 times a day before meals. It has fast
results.
- effervescent colitis, putreficationcolitis and
hypo-acid gastritis: use a mixture made of equal quantities of
angelica and wormwood tincture (make it similarly to angelica
tincture). Take it four times a day, on empty stomach: 1-2
teaspoons of mixture solved into a glass of water.
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indigestion, anorexia, psychical anorexia, difficult
digestion: take half teaspoon of powder before eating,, keep
it underneath your tongue for 15 minutes and swallow it with
water.
- epidemic of influenza or any other type of
epidemic: use a mixture of seeds, leaves and flowers of
angelica (three times a day). Clinical studies prove it decreased
the probability of getting ill with 50%.
- menstrual
disorders , hormonal disorders (women), acnea, hirsuteness,
excessive adipose tissue, etc: take it four times a day,
before eat. Take half teaspoon of angelica powder mixed with half
teaspoon of celery. A cure lasts for 2-3 months, during which you
should eat only vegetables and a small quantity of milk products
(40-50 % uncooked food).
- cancer, serious infectious
disease (infectious hepatitis): Angelica is a wonderful
auxiliary product.
Its tonic and psychotropic properties
eliminate any disorder in case of
serious disease: lack of appetite, vomiting, apathy, pessimism.
Any illness can be cured but suffering people may not be able to
fight against it because they are unwilling. Angelica and
praying may both become a magic remedy for the patient is able
to get over any critical moment. Use Angelica powder: take a
teaspoon three times a day, on empty stomach before eating. If
it causes
a serious sensation of vomiting, use a small quantity of mint. In
case you cannot digest it very well, you should mix it with
centaury and artichoke powder.
Warning: It
is forbidden to use it in case of pregnancy, because it may cause
abortion.
Angelica products
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Angelica soak: mix
two teaspoons of powder into a liter of water (let it soak over
night). Filter the mixture in the morning and keep it in cool
place. Drink 4 cups (250 ml) of product a day.
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Angelica powder: flowers, stems, seeds should be crushed until
they turn into powder. In order to
eliminate any contain which might harm the mouth mucous, sift it.
Keep the powder in cool dark place, into sealed jars. It is valid
for only two weeks. Then, prepare another helping.
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Angelica tincture: put 100 g of angelica into a jar (almost 20
teaspoons of powder, grind it with the blender before use), 250
ml (a cup) of water and 250 ml alcohol of 900. Let it
soak for 7 days then, filter it through a piece of lint. Keep it
into sealed bottles, in cool dry place.
- Angelica mixed
with fruit brandy. Use only fresh plants. Take a handful of fresh
roots, leaves and seeds, slice them into small pieces on a wooden
table and put them and the juice into a bottle. Take any plant
remains and mix them with half liter of strong alcohol (400 ml).
Let it soak for a month, stir it three times a day and filter it
through thin lint. Keep it in cool dark place.
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