Angelica

(Angelica archangelica)

Angelica only grows in Northern Europe and has not been known anywhere else. Traditionally it has been an important food source and medicinal plant of the Sami in the north and Greenlandic Inuit. The active substances in angelica are essential oil, furanocoumarins, xanthotoxin, angelicin, tannins, coumarins and flavonoids. The root is used when treating digestive diseases, such as colic, intestinal pain, indigestion, aerophagia, flatulence, enterocolitis, ulcers, anxiety and nervous insomnia. The plant has a dual effect as it is anti-bacterial, and also increases the production gastric juice, which protects against bacteria.