HERBAL MONOGRAPHS WILD CARROT/809Daily Dosage: Average daily dose corresponding to 60-120
mg total salicin.
Infusion—1 cup 3 to 5 times daily. (1 teaspoonful = 1.5 gm
drug)
Liquid Extract—(1:1 in 25% alcohol) 1 to 3 ml 3 times daily.
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Stuttgart 1997.Wild Carrot
Daucus carota
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the root.Flower and Fruit: The flowers are in compact, terminal
umbels or flattened, compound capitula. The peduncle
divides in ray-like fashion from one particular point. Each
ray divides and forms further umbels with white flowers.
The outer flowers are irregular and larger than the others.
The florets are small. When in bloom, the flower head is
flattened or slightly convex. When they are ripe, the flowers
draw together to form a cup-like structure. The double
achaenes are formed in the fruit umbel. They are slightly
flattened and have numerous bristles arranged in 5 rows.Leaves, Stem and Root: The Wild Carrot is a biennial, 30 cm
to 1 m high cultivated plant with a fusiform, usually red root
and numerous pinnate, segmented, hairy leaves. In the
second year, the plant produces a branched, angular stem
with alternate jointed leaves, which terminates in the
flowering umbels.Habitat: Now found in its cultivated form all over the world.Production: Wild Carrots are the roots of Daucus carota. The
ripe roots are harvested.Other Names: Carrot, Bird's Neat, Birds' Nest, Bees' Nest,
Queen Anne's Lace, PhiltronACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Carotinoids: including alpha-, beta-, gamma-, zeta-carotene,
lycopeneVolatile oil (very little): including among others p-cymene,
limonene, dipenten, geraniol, alpha- and beta- caryophyllenePolyynes: including falcarinol (carotatoxin)Mono and oligosaccharides: glucose, saccharose