“...The stalks or roots candied and eaten fasting, are good preservatives in time of infection; and at other times to warm and comfort a cold stomach.”
Nicolas Culpeper, Complete Herbal, 1653
Angelica or Angelica archangelica and Angelica sylvestris are also called European angelica, Norwegian angelica, garden angelica, wild angelica, horse pepper or goutweed. It’s called ainglice in Gaeilge and aingealag, contran or gleòrann in Scots Gaelic. The botanical name sylvestris is Latin meaning ‘growing in woodland’. The botanical name archangelica as well as the common name Angelica are Latin for ‘angelic’ and possibly related to the Greek angelos, meaning ‘messenger’. Angelica is a very powerfully potent plant more so than anything, in its presence and the sheer size and height of it. I find that to be healing in and of itself, let alone any actual medicinal qualities.
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