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Description:
Yellow archangel is a large-leaved perennial plant with underground runners growing to a height of about 40 to 80 cm. The paired opposite leaves are stalked, broadly ovate with a cordite base and toothed margin. The underside of the leaves is often purplish. The flowers grow in whorls in a terminal spike. The calyx is five-lobed. The corolla is yellow, 15 to 25 mm long, the petals fused with a long tube and two lips. The upper lip is hooded and the lower lip has three similar-sized lobes with the central one being triangular and often streaked with orange. There are two short stamens and two long ones. The carpels are fused and the fruit is a four-chambered schizocarp.
Uses:
Usable part:
Leaves and flowers
Usage:
It helps with problems with the uterus, ovaries and menstruation. It purifies the blood, eliminates insomnia caused by stress. Helps with poor excretion of urine, various diseases of the urinary tract, severe kidney disease, heart disease, in impaired digestion, srofuloze and rashes on the skin.
