Use in Skin Care and Remedies

Angelica bridges the gap between the watery and earthy on the one hand and the airy and light on the other. In its first year it bundles all its strength for root growth: the only sign of its presence above ground is a profuse crown of leaves. The leaf surfaces collect the sunlight and direct it – bound in energy stores such as sugar and starch – to the roots. In the second year the strong, water-rich root releases all this energy into the light, allowing the shrub to stretch into the air and blossom, then to die. Its preference for damp sites reveals its attachment to the watery. Lack of balance between the watery and airy forces in the region of the head and neck can lead to colds, with swelling of the mucous membranes and a dry, tickly cough. Angelica redresses this imbalance.
The gardeners in WALA’s medicinal herb garden harvest the roots of the angelica plants in winter when the plant is in its first or at the beginning of its second year of growth. The prepared and potentised root is an ingredient of WALA Archangelica Comp.*, which is used for inflammation of the airways with symptoms such as a tickly cough.


* Prescribing information for the preparations mentioned (the indications are derived from the anthroposophical understanding of man and nature):

Archangelica comp., Globuli velati
Indications: Inflammatory conditions of the airways, e.g. inflammation of the vocal cords (laryngitis), inflammation of the windpipe (tracheitis), dry tickly cough.
Warning: This medicinal product contains sucrose and lactose.

* For information on risks and side-effects please read the pack insert and ask your doctor or pharmacist.