Daucus carota L.
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
- Wild Carrot
- jazar dahabi musaffar جزر ذهبي مصفر
- jazar جزر
- גֶּזֶר הַגִּנָּה
- גֶּזֶר קִפֵּחַ
- gezer ha-gina
- gezer kipeakh
Hemicryptophyte, Annual
- Batha
- Disturbed habitats
- Phrygana
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Medicinal Complaints / Uses
Daucus carota L.
System/State | Traditional Complaint/Use |
Activity / Interpretation | Traditional Preparation/ Administration |
Parts Used | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cancer | Cancer |
Anti-carcinogenic | 1. Extract juice from root & drink 1 cup x3/day. |
Root | B |
Endocrine/ Metabolic | Diabetes |
Hypoglycemic | Eat raw roots x3/day. |
Root | B |
Gastrointestinal | Jaundice |
Hepatic | 1.Extract root juice & drink x1 cup/day before breakfast for 2 weeks. (B) |
Root | B, Z |
Haematology | Lack of blood (anaemia) |
Anti-anaemic | Eat raw or cooked roots. |
Root | B |
Kidney & Urinary Tract | Kidney stones |
Anti-lithic | Extract root juice & drink x1 cup/day before breakfast for 2 weeks. |
Root | B |
Opthalmic | Clear vision |
Visual health | Eat raw roots x3/day. |
Root | B |
Respiratory | Cough suppressant |
Anti-tussive | Cook root & eat over prolonged period. |
Taproot | Z |
Sexuality | Increase sexual appetite |
Aphrodisiac | Eat raw roots x3/day. |
Root | B |
Women`s Health | Promote menstruation |
Emmenagogue | 1. Eat root. |
Fruit | Z |
Wound Healing | Gangrenous wounds (accelerates formation of new skin layer & absorbs smell of putrid tissue |
Anti-Infective, Vulnery | Grate root & apply as poultice |
Taproot | Z |
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