An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Angelica silvestris (Apiaceae)

Download a full report in PDF format
Common name(s)
Wald Brustwurz; Wild Angelica; Engelique Des Bois; Wilde Engelwortel; Angelica Selvatica

Data Views

List of Ethnobotany Plant
Click on column headings to sort table by that column
Uses Country/Region Reference
Asthma German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Epilepsy US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nervine French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.