Carrot,Daucus carota,Origin and Archeology of Carrot,Modern Researches.

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Carrot.
• Brief History of Carrot.
• The Beginnings of Carrot.
• Origin and Archeology of Carrot.
• Pigment Power in Carrot Colour.
• Different coloured carrots.
• Carrot Phytochemicals and it's benefit.
• Functions,Applications of Carrot.
• Tips of Carrots Benefit our bodies.
• Carrot Health Benefits.
• Alternative Medicinal Uses,Medicinal Use,Action of Carrot.
• Dosage and Administration of Carrot.
• Cautions on Use of Carrot.
• Modern Researches of Carrot.
• Research Update:Carrot or Daucus carota.

Alternative Medicinal Uses,Medicinal Use,Action of Carrot.:

The alternative medicine believers consider the carrot (the whole plant or its seeds) to have the following properties:

 Anthelmintic(destroying or expelling worms).
 Carminative(expelling flatulence).
 Contraceptive.
 Deobstruent.
 Diuretic(promoting the discharge of urine).
 Emmenagogue(producing oils which stimulate the flow of menstrual blood).
 Galactogogue(promoting the secretion of milk).
 Ophthalmic(pertaining to the eye).
 Stimulant.
 Oedema(water retention).


 Medicinal Uses of Carrot:

 Remember carrots nourish they do not heal. If the body has the ability to heal itself, it will use the raw materials found in foods to do its own healing work. Herbs do not heal, they feed. Herbs do not force the body to maintain and repair itself. They simply support the body in these natural functions.

 Carrots are credited with many medicinal properties; they are said to cleanse the intestines and to be diuretic, remineralizing, antidiarrheal, an overall tonic and antianemic. Carrot is rich in alkaline elements which purify and revitalize the blood. They nourish the entire system and help in the maintenance of acid-alkaline balance in the body. The carrot also has a reputation as a vegetable that helps to maintain good eyesight. Raw grated carrot can be applied as a compress to burns for a soothing effect. Its highly energizing juice has a particularly beneficial effect on the liver. Consumed in excessive quantities, carrots can cause the skin to turn yellow; this phenomenon, which is called Carotenemia and caused by the carotene contained in carrots, is frequently seen in young children but is not at all dangerous.

 An infusion of carrot seeds (1 teaspoon per cup of boiling water) is believed to be diuretic, to stimulate the appetite, reduce colic, aid fluid retention and help alleviate menstrual cramps. The dried flowers are also used as a tea as a remedy for dropsy. Taken in wine, or boiled in wine and taken, the seeds help conception. Strangely enough the seeds made into a tea have been used for centuries as a contraceptive. Applied with honey, the leaves cleanse running sores or ulcers. Carrots are also supposed to help break wind and remove stitches in the side. Chewing a carrot immediately after food kills all the harmful germs in the mouth. It cleans the teeth, removes the food particles lodged in the crevices and prevents bleeding of the gums and tooth decay. Carrot soup is supposed to relieve diarrhoea and help with tonsilitus.

 In days gone by they grated raw carrot and gave it to children to expel worms. Pulped carrot is used as a cataplasm for application to ulcers and sores. They were also supposed to improve your memory abilities and relieve nervous tension. An Old English superstition is that the small purple flower in the centre of the Wild Carrot (Queen Annes Lace) was of benefit in curing epilepsy. Visit the Wild Carrot page.

 Queen Annes Lace (the Wild Carrot) was also considered toxic. The leaves contain furocoumarins that may cause allergic contact dermatitis from the leaves, especially when wet. Later exposure to the sun may cause mild photodermatitis. Wild Carrot seed is also an early abortifacient, historically, sometimes used as a natural "morning after" contraceptive tea. Queen Annes Lace has long been used because of its contraceptive properties.
 


 Medicinal Action and Uses:

 Diuretic, Stimulant, Deobstruent. An infusion of the whole herb is considered an active and valuable remedy in the treatment of dropsy, chronic kidney diseases and affections of the bladder. The infusion of tea, made from one ounce of the herb in a pint of boiling water, is taken in wineglassful doses. Carrot tea, taken night and morning, and brewed in this manner from the whole plant, is considered excellent for lithic acid or gouty disposition. A strong decoction is very useful in gravel and stone, and is good against flatulence. A fluid extract is also prepared, the dose being from 1/2 to 1 drachm.

 The seeds are carminative, stimulant and very useful in flatulence, windy colic, hiccough, dysentery, chronic coughs, etc. The dose of the seeds, bruised, is from one-third to one teaspoonful, repeated as necessary. They were at one time considered a valuable remedy for calculus complaints. They are excellent in obstructions of the viscera, in jaundice (for which they were formerly considered a specific), and in the beginnings of dropsies, and are also of service as an emmenagogue. They have a slight aromatic smell and a warm, pungent taste. They communicate an agreeable flavour to malt liquor, if infused in it while in the vat, and render it a useful drink in scorbutic disorders.

 Old writers tell us that a poultice made of the roots has been found to mitigate the pain of cancerous ulcers, and that the leaves, applied with honey, cleanse running sores and ulcers. An infusion of the root was also used as an aperient.

 Medicinal virtues: They break wind and remove stitches in the side, provoke urine and women's courses and helpeth to break and expel the stone. The seed is good for the dropsy and for those whose bellies are swollen with wind. It helps the colic, the stone in the kidneys and rising of the mother. Taken in wine, or boiled in wine and taken, the seeds help conception. Applied with honey, the leaves cleanse running sores or ulcers.


 Modern uses: Carrots are an important item in the diet of cancer patients. Carrot juice also should be taken. The Wild Carrot is rich in vitamins and carotene, from which the body manufactures vitamin A. The infusion of the herb is used as a treatment for fluid retention. The powdered seeds made into a tea - one teaspoonful to a cup - are taken to relieve colic.The dried flowers are also used as a tea as a remedy for dropsy.

Reference:

• 1.Carrot,Daucus carota,Origin and Archeology of Carrot,Modern Researches.

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♣ last edit date:15th,Oct.2010.