Angelica Glauca | Health Encyclopedia: Angelica Glauca

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Family: Umbelliferae; Apiaceae.

Habitat: Kashmir and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, between 1,8003,700 m.

English: Angelica.

Ayurvedic: Choraka, Chorakaa, Kopanaa, Chorakaakhya, Nishaachara, Dhanhar, Taskara, Kshemaka.

Action: Root—cordial and stimulant, carminative (used in constipation), expectorant, diaphoretic.

The root contains furocoumarins, also dimeric, lingusticum lactone.

Dosage: Root—3-5 g powder. (CCRAS.)

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Angelica

Angelica archangelica. N.O. Umbelliferae.

Synonym: Garden Angelica.

Habitat: Marshes and watery places generally.

Features ? Stem up to five feet high ; erect, shiny, striated. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, terminal leaflet lobed. Umbels globular. Root fleshy, aromatic, much branched below.

Part used ? Root, herb, seed.

Action: Carminative, stimulant, expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic.

Infusion of 1 ounce herb to 1 pint boiling water. Dose, a wineglassful frequently. Used in coughs, colds, urinary disorders. The sweetmeat known as candied angelica is made by preserving the dried leaf stalks with sugar.... angelica

Angelica Archangelica

Linn. var. himalaica (C. B. Clarke) Krishna and Badhwar

Family: Umbelliferae; Apiaceae.

Habitat: Native to Syria; now grown in Kashmir at 1,000-3,900 m.

Ayurvedic: Chandaa, Chandaam- shuka, Kathachoraa.

Action: Expectorant, carminative, digestant, cholagogue, antispas- modic, diaphoretic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, smooth muscle relaxant, antifungal, antibacterial.

Key application: In flatulence and peptic discomforts. The root is a component in numerous gastrointestinal, cholagogue and biliary remedies in Germany. (Angelica root is an approved herb, whereas the seed and above-ground parts have been included among unapproved herbs by German Commission E.)

Chinese angelica root, Dong Quai, is equated with Angelica sinensis. It is prescribed internally for menstrual irregularity, lack of menstruation and painful menstruation.

The roots from Kashmir yield furo- coumarins, phenol compounds and flavonoids.

Xanthotoxol exhibited antihista- mintic and antinicotinic activities on guinea-pig ileum. The dry extract has been shown to have anti-inflammatory activity

The root is reported to inhibit bacterial and fungal growth.

Furocoumarins, especially psoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen, are used in the photochemotherapy of psoriasis and vitiligo. The biological activity is due to covalent linkage formed with DNA by irradiation with long- wavelength UV light.

Most of the coumarins have shown significant calcium antagonistic activity in vitro.

Angelicin, a resin, is stimulating to the lungs and skin. contraindicated in bleeding disorders, peptic ulcers and pregnancy. (Sharon M. Herr.)

Dosage: Root—1-3 g powder. (CCRAS.)... angelica archangelica

Gnida Glauca

(Fresen.) Gilg.

Synonym: G. eriocephalus Meis. Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen. L. eriocephalus (Meisner) Decne.

Habitat: Western Ghats.

Action: Leaf—anti-inflammatory; used for contusions and swellings. Plant—vesicant.

The plant contains bicoumarins, lysocephalin and lasiocrin; a coumarin glucoside, crioside, and a bicoumarin glycoside, eriocephaloside. The plant also gave ingiresinol, syringin, gen- kwanin and its glycoside, beta-sitos- terol and its glucoside.... gnida glauca

Leucaena Glauca

Benth.

Synonym: L. leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.

Family: Mimosaceae.

Habitat: The plains of India.

English: White Popinac, Lead tree.

Siddha/Tamil: Tagarai.

Folk: Vilaayati Baval Lasobaval (Gujarat).

Action: The bark and leaves contain 16.3 and 3% tannin respectively. Leaves also contain quercitrin (0.08%). The toxicity of the plant is due to an alkaloid leucenine or leucenol. Beta-and alpha-amino- propionic acid is reported to be identical with mimosine (from Mimosa pudica).

Seeds, in addition to a fatty oil (8.8%), also contain mucilage composed of mannans, glactans and xy- lans. Stachyose is also reported to be present in the seeds. (Heat treatment of leaves and seeds after moistening lowers the alkaloid content.)... leucaena glauca