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Gebräuchliche Engelwurz
Angelica archangelica
Angelica
Planet: Sonne / Löwe
Energie: mässig warm und mässig trocken
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| Stichworte: |
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| Gift |
Poyson |
| Seuchen |
Pestilence |
| Epidemische Erkrankungen |
Epidemical Diseases |
| Kolik |
Chollick |
| Provoziert die Menstruation |
provokes the Terms |
| Nachgeburt |
afterbirth |
| Stauungen der Leber und Milz |
stoppings of the Liver and Spleen |
| Verdauungsstörung |
Indigestion |
| Übersättigung |
Surfets |
| Zahnschmerzen |
Toothach |
| Bisse von Tollwütigen Hunden |
biting of Mad-dogs |
| Geschwüre |
Ulcers |
| Gicht |
Gout |
| Ischias |
Sciatica |
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Description: |
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To write a Description of that which is so well known to be growing in almost every Garden, I suppose is altogether needless: yet for its Vertues it is of admirable use.
In times of Heathenism when men had found out any excellent Herb &c. they dedicated it to their gods, As the Bay-tree to Apollo, the Oak to Jupiter, the Vine to Bacchus, the Poplar to Hercules: These the Papists following as their Patriarchs, they dedicate them to their Saints, as our Ladies Thistle to the Blessed Virgin, St. Johns Wort to St. John, and another Wort to St. Peter, &c. Our Physitians must imitate like Apes, (though they cannot come off half so cleverly) for they Blasphemously call Pansies, or Hartseas, an Herb of the Trinity, because it is of three colours: and a certain Oyntment, an Oyntment of the Apostles, because it consisteth of twelve Ingredients; Alas poor Fools, I am sorry for their folly, and grieved at their Blasphemy; God send them the rest of their Age, for they have their share of Ignorance already; O! why must ours be Blasphemous becaus the Heathens and Papists were Idolatrous? certainly they have read so much in old rustie Authors, that they have lost all their Decmity, for unless it were amongst the ranters, I never read or heard of such Blasphemy: The Heathens and Papists were bad, and ours wors, the Papists giving Idolatrous Names to Herbs for their Vertues sake, not for their fair looks; and thefore some called this an Herb of the Holy Ghost, others more moderate called it Angelica, becaus of its Angelical Vertues, and that name it retains still, and all Nations follow it so near as their Dialect will permit. |
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growing in almost every Garden |
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It resists Poyson, by defending and comforting the Heart, Bleed, and Spirits, it doth the like against the Plague, and all Epidemical Diseases if the Root be taken in pouder to the waight of half a dram at a time with some good Triacle in Cardus Water, and the party therupon laid to sweat in his Bed. If Treacle be not at hand, take it alone in Cardus or Angelica Water. 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. The Root also steeped in Vinegar, and a little of that Vinegar taken somtimes fasting, and the Root smelled unto is good for the same purpose. A water distilled from the Root simply, or steeped in Wine and distilled in Glass, is much more effectual than the Water of the Leaves; and this Water drunk two or three spoonfuls at a time, easeth all Pains and Torments coming of Cold and Wind, so as the Body be not bound: and taken with some of the Root in Pouder at the beginning helpeth the Pluresy, as also all other Diseases of the Lungues and Breast, as Coughs, Phthisick, and shortness of Breath; and a Syrup of the Stalks doth the like: It helps pains of the Colick, the Strangury, and stopping of the Urin, procureth Womens Courses, and expelleth the After-birth, openeth the stoppings of the Liver and Spleen, and briefly easeth and discusseth al windiness and inward swellings. The Decoction drunk before the fit of an Ague, that they may sweat (if possible) before the fit come, wil in two or three times taking rid it quite away: It helps digestion, and is a remedy for a Surfet. The Juyce or the Water being dropped into the Eyes or Ears, helps dimness of sight and deafness: The Juyce put into the hollow Teeth, easeth their pains. The Roots in Pouder made up into a Plaister with a little Pitch; and laid on the biting of a mad-Dog, or any other venemous creature, doth wonderfully help: The Juyce or the Water dropped, or tents wet therin, and put into old filthy deep Ulcers, Or the Pouder of the Root (in want of either) doth clens and cause them to heal quickly, by covering the naked Bones with Flesh. The distilled Water applied to places pained with the Gout or Sciatica, doth give a great deal of ease.
The wild Angelica is not so effectual as the Garden, although it may be safly used to all the purpose aforesaid.
It is an Herb of the Sun in Leo; let it be gathered when he is there, the Moon applying to his good Aspect; let it be gathered either in his hour, or in the hour of Jupiter, let Sol be angular. Observe the like in gathering the Herbs of other Plants, and you may happen do wonders. In all Epidemical Diseases caused by Saturn this is as good a Preservative as grows. |
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Edgenote: |
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Poyson, Pestilence, Epidemical Diseases. Chollick, provokes the Terms, afterbirth, stoppings of the Liver and Spleen, Indigestion, Surfets, Toothach, biting of Mad-dogs. Ulcers, Gout, Sciatica. |
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| 22.12.2024 J.N. |
