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Garden Angelica

Angelica archangelica

Bed: "Marsh plants"

Toxicity:

Longevity: unknown

History

A Nordic plant that, as far back as antiquity, has been used as a kitchen herb, undoubtedly very important as a vitamin source. In the Middle Ages the plant was used for a large number of diseases. It was considered to be a sudorfic, strengthen nerves and stomach and the mere chewing of the root protected against plague.