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Heracleum lallii
This beautiful flower from the carrot family adorns the Valley of Flowers with its typical carrot like white flowers appearing in dense umbels. The root is used in Tibetan medicine, where it is considered to have a bitter and acrid taste with a neutral potency. Analgesic, anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory, it is used in the treatment of contagious diseases, swelling/pain in the joints and arthritis. It is also used in the treatment of all types of pain, toothache, etc
valley of flowers
These were seen near the big rock. This is very common during the mid August season.
Spotted on Aug 15, 2011
Submitted on Aug 28, 2011
20 Comments
Thanks for the information and the link, Emma. We were advised not to touch any plants in the valley without an expert or proper knowledge. We have just clicked them not touched any of them. Surely not broken any parts of any plants :-)
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/inv...
Brandon who has done research on Hogweed has this to say,
"The biggest problem is that the Giant Hogweed Species cause severe reactions when exposed skin comes in contact with sap, causing major phytophotodermatitis. I would take care as to not break open the branches, stalks or leaves while photographing the plants as even some of the subspecies can cause a very similar skin reaction to the Giant Species".
The hogweed found here locally is considered quite dangerous.
You were right monkey mind, this is not Angelica.
I´ll send you three mails today, with the scans of the pages and a short translated text - if it is ok with you
should I send you the pages via FB, or mail them to you?
Please do that when you get the time. The plant is for sure A. archangelica as per the book.
I´ve got some old medical herbs books, I could scan some pages - and translate for you , if I´ve got some time later
your spottings looks somehow more like A. sylvestris
- Wiki says, that A. sinensis (female"ginseng") is used as a medicine plant for women
A. dahurica with ani-inflammatory, anitmycotic, sedative and detoxicating effects
Then I will have to search some older texts. Maybe because this plant is not so common in India, its use is not mentioned. I will have to refer some books which are not with me.
nope, definitely A. archangelica
Are you sure it is not Angelica Gluca you are talking about?
Interesting! In Europe the Angelica is the queen of medical herbs... Also in a religious way- I´ve heard, that in Romania, in the Carpathians, there are villages where in the churches the priests bless the seeds, which is like a talisman for the house, people or the animals
No monkey mind, this is not conium. It is Angelica for sure but the medicinal use over here is limited and not known of. I have got books on Ayurvedic medicines which usually uses stuff from plants for medicines and there is no mention of this particular plant.
I can´t tell! Conium or Angelica? Toxic vs Medicine
and I think this a Conium maculatum !
Angelica archangelica is a very important medical plant in Europe, was used since middle age - let me check, and I´ll tell the use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_ar...
I can dig up some use for digestive problems as well, as an antibacterial effect, there are also known at joint pain, rheuma, neuralgia
Important to know, it can be confused with Conium maculatum - which is toxic, deadly
Not sure of the medicine part :)
wow, these Angelicas must be full with great medicine!