WILD CARROT

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WILD CARROT (Daucus carota)

Sometimes called Queen Anne's Lace.

The volatile oil that is present in Wild Carrot is an active urinary antiseptic, which helps explain its' use in the treatment of such conditions as cystitis and prostatitis. It has been considered a specific in the treatment of kidney stones for a long time. In the treatment of gout and rheumatism, it is used in combination with other remedies to provide its cleansing diuretic action. The seeds can be used as a settling carminative agent for the relief of flatulence and colic.

PARTS USED: Dried aerial parts and seeds

COLLECTION: The aerial parts of the herb should be collected between early summer and lat summer when in flower or when seeding in late summer and early fall.

CONSTITUENTS: potassium salts, essential oil, carotene, flavonoids, volatile oil including asarone, carotol, pinene, limonene, carotinoids, polyynes, and saccharose.

ACTIONS: Diuretic, anti-lithic, carminative.

PREPARATIONS AND DOSAGE:

Infusion: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoonful of the dried herb and let infuse for 10-15 minutes. This should be drunk 3X a day, to prepare an infusion of the seeds, use 1/3 - 1 Teaspoonful to a cup of water.

Tincture: Take 1 -2 ml of the tincture 3X a day.

COMBINATIONS: For urinary infections it may be used with Yaroow and Bearberry. For kidney stones, use it with hydrangea, Gravel Root or Pellitory of the Wall.

ELEMENT : Fire

RULING PLANET : Mars (Cunningham for cultivated) Mercury (Culpeper for wild)

GENDER : Masculine

MAGICKAL POWERS : Fertility, Lust

MAGICKAL USE : For women, use Queen Anne's Lace in rituals/spells for increased fertility. For men, use when an increase in potency and/or sexual desire is wanted.

 

 

LORE : To cure epileptic seizures, eat the dark colored, middle flower.

Legend says that dark colored flower is the drop of blood Queen Anne (1665-1714) lost when she pricked her finger making lace.

For cultivated carrot:

Eat the seeds to promote pregnancy.

 

If a man wants to cure impotence andy increase lust, eat a few carrots.

 

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