Botanical name: Angelica officinalis.
Common
Name: Angelica.
Part
Used: Root.
Odor: Fresh,
peppery, woody, herbaceous.
Color: pale yellow.
Production
Method: Steam Distillation.
The oil is extracted from the roots, rhizome and seeds by steam
distillation.
Chemical composition
The
essential oil is composed of various chemical constituents such as; a-pinene,
camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, a-phellandrene, myrcene, limonene, b-phellandrene,
cis-ocimene, trans-ocimene, p-cymene, terpinolene, copaene, bornyl acetate,
terpinen-4-ol, cryptone, b-bisabolene, rho-cymen-8-ol, humulene oxide,
tridecanolide and pentadecanolide.
MEDICINAL
USES:
Anti
Spasmodic:
Essential Oil of Angelica gives relief from the painful symptoms of severe
coughs, cramps, convulsions, obstructed blood circulations, aches in stomach.
Carminative: Angelica Oil is beneficial in troubles related with
gas, such as indigestion, stomachaches, headaches, cramps, flatulence, nausea,
rise in the blood pressure etc.
Depurative: The Essential Oil of Angelica is diuretic (promotes
urination) and diaphoretic (promotes sweating) and thus it speeds up removal of
toxins like uric acid and others, excess salt and water, fat & bile etc.
from the body through urine and sweat, thus giving relief from ailments
associated with their accumulation. Thus, it also lowers blood pressure and
reduces fat (protecting your heart) apart from giving relief from troubles like
rheumatism, arthritis, gout, renal calculi etc.
Diaphoretic: This oil promotes
sweating and lower potassium content in the blood and thereby reduction in the
blood pressure, lower fat content and decrease weight, remove uric acid and
other toxins and give relief from rheumatism and arthritis etc.
Digestive: Angelica Essential Oil also promotes digestion
by stimulating secretion of digestive juices like acids and bile into the
stomach. It also promotes proper movement of the food through the intestines
and absorption of the digested food by intestinal villi.
Diuretic: Being a diuretic,
Angelica Essential Oil increases frequency and quantity of urination which
helps remove excess water, salts, fat (urine contains fats up to 4% of the
total urine) and toxins like uric acid.
Hepatic: The Essential Oil of Angelica gives a good protection
to liver and makes it function well by stimulating secretions from the liver.
It also protects liver from infections and helps heal wounds in it.
Emenagogue: This oil also trigger opens
the obstructed menstruations and makes them regular. As bonus, one gets relief
from the other symptoms associated with periods such as headache, abdominal
cramp, nausea, vomiting, fatigue etc.
Expectorant: Being an expectorant, the
Essential Oil of Angelica clears accumulation of
phlegm in the respiratory tracts and also fights the infection causing cold,
thereby giving relief from cough, cold, sinusitis, congestion in the lungs etc.
Febrifuge: This essential oil is
also capable of reducing fever by fighting the infections causing fever. The
diaphoretic and the diuretic properties of this oil also contribute to this
effect, since removal of toxins and wastes from the body speeds up recovery
from infections and perspiration helps reduce fever.
Nervine: This oil acts as a tonic
for the nerves. It is effective in treating nervous afflictions and disorders
and in strengthening nerves. This, being a relaxant and a stimulant at the same
time, sedates the nerves afflictions and relaxes them in cases of shock,
hyper-reactivity etc. as well as stimulates them to make us more active and
alert.
Relaxant: Angelica oil has a relaxing effect on the body, the
mind and the nervous system. This becomes particularly beneficial in situations
of shock, depression, anxiety, anger, hypertension etc.
Stimulant: It is a stimulant for the
systems functioning inside the body. It stimulates blood circulation, secretion
of hormones, enzymes and other juices and also stimulates metabolic processes
including digestion & absorption and excretion.
Stomachic: It maintains stomach in a
good shape by maintaining proper balance of acids and bile in it and by
protecting it from infections. It also helps heal any sort of wound or ulcer in
the stomach.
Tonic: Angelica oil promotes all round development of health,
boosts growth and strengthens immune system of the body.
