Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Deutschl.Family: Apiaceae
- Common name: Carrot
- Bengali: গাজর
- Bulgarian: морков- morkov
- Burmese: monelaro ne
- Danish: gulerod
- German: Karotte
- Gujarati: ગાજર Gajar
- Hindi - गाजर Gajar
- Japanese: ニンジン Ninjin
- Kannada - ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್
- Korean: 당근 - dang-geun
- Malay: lobak merah
- Malayalam: കാരറ്റ്
- Manipuri - গাজর Gajar
- Marathi - Gajar
- Punjabi: ਗਾਜਰ
- Sanskrit - dindiramodaka, gajara, gajida, garijara
- Sinhala: කැරට් - kaæraṭa
- Spanish: Zanahoria
- Tamil - கேரட்
- Telugu - గాజరగడ్డ gajjara-gedda, carrot
- Thai: แครอท - Khærxth
- Urdu - Gajar گاجر
The domesticated carrot (Daucus carota sativus) is easily recognized by its highly pigmented, fleshy, edible, brittle roots.
Stimulant and diuretic; herb, root, flowers and seeds possessing similar properties; the seed, however, contains some amount of carminative property not possessed by the other portions of the plant. The entire plant is generally used, as a whole, without discrimination between its different parts. It may be given in decoction or infusion. As a diuretic it is highly valued, and it receives considerable employment in gravel, stone, stricture, and similar obstructions of the bladder and urinary passages. In all obstructions of the urinary organs it is most successfully employed, both in its individual capacity and in combination with other agents; it cleanses and imparts tone to the kidneys and bladder, removing foreign substances, and inducing, where necessary, copious urinary evacuation. It would appear capable also as a successful employment in mucous discharges from the bladder, resulting from debility of that organ in particular, or from a debilitated condition of the system generally. In stricture it is of exceptional service, being employed for this indication to the greatest advantage; it is perhaps, in most cases of stricture; to he preferred in combination with an agent similar in its properties to itself; a combination in frequent use is carrot and peIlitory-of-the-wall, an equal quantity of each being employed; this offers a good medicine in urinary calculus and gravel, and in all kidney and urinary difficulties, but in stricture and retention of urine it is most admirable remedy. .Carrot is well adapted, in all indications for a combined stimulant and diuretic impression, its action so far from being confined to the local complaints for which, it is primarily exhibited, being observed upon the stomach, removing coldness and flatulence, and exerting a general stimulating influence upon the whole organism, but being nowhere noticeable in such degree as in the region of the kidneys. It is especially useful in those cases in which the least movement of the back, as in stooping, is accomplished only with severe pain, a condition produced by over-exertion in lifting, walking, from falls, bruises, or other undue exertion or accident involving that part of the body. [Botanic Pharmacopoeia]
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Roots tonic, diuretic, stimulant, deobstruent, used against tapeworm, to treat dropsy, chronic kidney diseases, dysentery, flatulence; root juice given for night blindness. Leaves chewed for relieving toothache. Seed decoction given for menstrual disorders. Blossoms infusion taken for diabetes. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Traditional Uses: The root of zanahoria is used medicinally for its refreshing or cooling properties
(fresca) and may be indicated for illnesses associated with excess heat in the body. For treating diabetes,
the fresh root is grated with onion (cebolla) to make a juice (zumito) and taken in the amount of 1 cup, 3
times per day. For anemia, including severe and chronic anemia (sangre débil) and possibly also sickle
cell anemia, the fresh root of zanahoria is combined with beet (remolacha) root. Variations on this recipe
for fortifying the blood include alternating every other day between adding the following to this mixture:
fresh sweet orange (naranja) fruit juice one day and milk (leche) the next to make a drink that is taken as
needed. Another remedy for chronic anemia includes the raw vegetable juice of zanahoria, beet
(remolacha) and watercress (berro). The fresh juice or cooked vegetable is also taken for vision problems
and to improve eyesight. [Dominican Medicinal Plants: A Guide for Health Care Providers]
carrot is stated to possess diuretic, antilithic, and carminative properties. Traditionally, it has been used for urinary calculus, lithuria, cystitis, gout, and specifically for urinary gravel or calculus. [Herbal Medicines 3rd Ed]
Roasted roots—prescribed in palpitation, burning micturation, cough and bronchitis. Carrot increases the quantity of urine and helps the elimination of uric acid; also lowers blood sugar. Juice—a rich source of carotene. Seeds—diuretic, emmenagogue, spasmolytic (prescribed in anuria and sexual debility). Wild carrot— diuretic and antilithic (used for kidney stones, cystitis and in gout). Seeds—emmenagogue. Also used for hot flushes of the menopause. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Ascariasis,oxyuriasis,taeniasis,abdominal pain Parasitosis, Malnutrition and retention of undigested food, Cough, Chronic dysentery. [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine Vol-4]
Algeria: Hot water extract of the seed, mixed with Euphorbia species and a beetle, is taken orally to facilitate childbirth. Arabic countries. The dried seeds are used as an abortifacient in the form of a pessary in Unani medicine. Belgium. Dried root is taken orally for diabetes. Brazil: Water extract of the dried root is taken orally as a nerve tonic and stimu- lant. Canary Islands: Infusion of the dried aerial parts is taken orally for cystitis. China: Decoction of the seed is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Root juice is taken orally for cancer of the stomach, bowel, and uterus, and for ulcers. Egypt: Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally to facilitate pregnancy and as an emmenagogue, aphrodisiac, diuretic, and antispasmodic. Hot water extract of the dried fruit is taken orally as a diuretic and for urinary colic. England: Hot water extract of the root and seed are taken orally to induce the men- strual cycle. Europe: Decoction of the dried leaf is taken orally for diabetes mellitus. Hot water extract of the root is taken orally as an emmenagogue and anthelmintic. Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally to induce menstruation. Fiji: Fresh leaf juice is used as a nose drop for headache. Fresh root is taken orally for heart diseases. France: Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Greece. Infusion of the dried flowers is taken orally as a tonic and to relieve sluggishness. India: Decoction of the fresh root is taken orally for jaundice and inflammation, as an anthelmintic, and externally for leprosy. Dried seeds are mixed with crude sugar and eaten to terminate early pregnancy. Hot water extract of the dried root is taken orally as a tonic, expectorant, diuretic, stomachic, and liver cleanser. Hot water extract of the leaf is taken orally as a uterine stimulant during parturition. Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally as an abortifacient, emmenagogue, and aphrodisiac. The dried seeds are used as a powerful abortifacient. The root is taken orally as a hy- potensive medication. Iran. Water extract of the fruit is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Italy: Decoction of the root is used as a gargle for loss of speech. Root juice is taken orally as an anthelmintic and cicatrizing agent, for leukorrhea, and to improve sight. The fresh root is used externally for dermatitis and burns. The fresh root juice is taken orally for loss of voice and persistent coughs, and the decoction is taken orally for diuresis. The root is taken orally as a diuretic and a digestive and to treat uricemia and constipation. Kuwait: The seeds are taken orally as an emmenagogue. Madeira. Infusion of the entire plant is taken orally for jaundice. Mexico. Hot water extract of the fresh root is taken orally as a cardiotonic. The flowers or root, boiled together with Cassia fistula and “Rosa de Castilla,” are taken orally before breakfast to induce abortion. To correct delayed menstruation, the liquid is taken daily for 40 days. Morocco. The fruit is taken orally for urinary tract infections. New Caledonia. Infusion of the fruit is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Pakistan. Hot water extracts of the leaf and seed are taken orally as stimulants of the uterus during parturition. Peru. Hot water extracts of the dried root and dried aerial parts are taken orally as a carminative, emmenagogue, and vermifuge Philippine: Hot water extract of the leaf is taken orally as a stimulant of the uterus during parturition. Rodrigues Islands. Decoction of the entire plant is taken orally for gout, jaundice, and mouth ulcers. South Korea: Hot water extract of the dried fruit is taken orally as an abortifacient and emmenagogue. Tunisia: Dried leaf is used externally for chilblains. Turkey: The seed, ground with the seeds of Brassica rapa and Raphanus sativus, is taken orally as a tonic. United States. Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally to stimulate menstruation. Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Seeds are taken orally as an emmenagogue, diuretic, and abortifacient. The fresh root is taken orally for general nervousness, and the hot water extract is taken orally as a di- uretic in dropsy and as a tonic. Hot water extract of the dried root and seed is taken orally as a carminative, diuretic, and stimulant. [Medicinal Plants of the World Vol-3]
Stimulant and diuretic; herb, root, flowers and seeds possessing similar properties; the seed, however, contains some amount of carminative property not possessed by the other portions of the plant. The entire plant is generally used, as a whole, without discrimination between its different parts. It may be given in decoction or infusion. As a diuretic it is highly valued, and it receives considerable employment in gravel, stone, stricture, and similar obstructions of the bladder and urinary passages. In all obstructions of the urinary organs it is most successfully employed, both in its individual capacity and in combination with other agents; it cleanses and imparts tone to the kidneys and bladder, removing foreign substances, and inducing, where necessary, copious urinary evacuation. It would appear capable also as a successful employment in mucous discharges from the bladder, resulting from debility of that organ in particular, or from a debilitated condition of the system generally. In stricture it is of exceptional service, being employed for this indication to the greatest advantage; it is perhaps, in most cases of stricture; to he preferred in combination with an agent similar in its properties to itself; a combination in frequent use is carrot and peIlitory-of-the-wall, an equal quantity of each being employed; this offers a good medicine in urinary calculus and gravel, and in all kidney and urinary difficulties, but in stricture and retention of urine it is most admirable remedy. .Carrot is well adapted, in all indications for a combined stimulant and diuretic impression, its action so far from being confined to the local complaints for which, it is primarily exhibited, being observed upon the stomach, removing coldness and flatulence, and exerting a general stimulating influence upon the whole organism, but being nowhere noticeable in such degree as in the region of the kidneys. It is especially useful in those cases in which the least movement of the back, as in stooping, is accomplished only with severe pain, a condition produced by over-exertion in lifting, walking, from falls, bruises, or other undue exertion or accident involving that part of the body. [Botanic Pharmacopoeia]
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Roots tonic, diuretic, stimulant, deobstruent, used against tapeworm, to treat dropsy, chronic kidney diseases, dysentery, flatulence; root juice given for night blindness. Leaves chewed for relieving toothache. Seed decoction given for menstrual disorders. Blossoms infusion taken for diabetes. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Traditional Uses: The root of zanahoria is used medicinally for its refreshing or cooling properties
(fresca) and may be indicated for illnesses associated with excess heat in the body. For treating diabetes,
the fresh root is grated with onion (cebolla) to make a juice (zumito) and taken in the amount of 1 cup, 3
times per day. For anemia, including severe and chronic anemia (sangre débil) and possibly also sickle
cell anemia, the fresh root of zanahoria is combined with beet (remolacha) root. Variations on this recipe
for fortifying the blood include alternating every other day between adding the following to this mixture:
fresh sweet orange (naranja) fruit juice one day and milk (leche) the next to make a drink that is taken as
needed. Another remedy for chronic anemia includes the raw vegetable juice of zanahoria, beet
(remolacha) and watercress (berro). The fresh juice or cooked vegetable is also taken for vision problems
and to improve eyesight. [Dominican Medicinal Plants: A Guide for Health Care Providers]
carrot is stated to possess diuretic, antilithic, and carminative properties. Traditionally, it has been used for urinary calculus, lithuria, cystitis, gout, and specifically for urinary gravel or calculus. [Herbal Medicines 3rd Ed]
Roasted roots—prescribed in palpitation, burning micturation, cough and bronchitis. Carrot increases the quantity of urine and helps the elimination of uric acid; also lowers blood sugar. Juice—a rich source of carotene. Seeds—diuretic, emmenagogue, spasmolytic (prescribed in anuria and sexual debility). Wild carrot— diuretic and antilithic (used for kidney stones, cystitis and in gout). Seeds—emmenagogue. Also used for hot flushes of the menopause. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Ascariasis,oxyuriasis,taeniasis,abdominal pain Parasitosis, Malnutrition and retention of undigested food, Cough, Chronic dysentery. [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine Vol-4]
Algeria: Hot water extract of the seed, mixed with Euphorbia species and a beetle, is taken orally to facilitate childbirth. Arabic countries. The dried seeds are used as an abortifacient in the form of a pessary in Unani medicine. Belgium. Dried root is taken orally for diabetes. Brazil: Water extract of the dried root is taken orally as a nerve tonic and stimu- lant. Canary Islands: Infusion of the dried aerial parts is taken orally for cystitis. China: Decoction of the seed is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Root juice is taken orally for cancer of the stomach, bowel, and uterus, and for ulcers. Egypt: Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally to facilitate pregnancy and as an emmenagogue, aphrodisiac, diuretic, and antispasmodic. Hot water extract of the dried fruit is taken orally as a diuretic and for urinary colic. England: Hot water extract of the root and seed are taken orally to induce the men- strual cycle. Europe: Decoction of the dried leaf is taken orally for diabetes mellitus. Hot water extract of the root is taken orally as an emmenagogue and anthelmintic. Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally to induce menstruation. Fiji: Fresh leaf juice is used as a nose drop for headache. Fresh root is taken orally for heart diseases. France: Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Greece. Infusion of the dried flowers is taken orally as a tonic and to relieve sluggishness. India: Decoction of the fresh root is taken orally for jaundice and inflammation, as an anthelmintic, and externally for leprosy. Dried seeds are mixed with crude sugar and eaten to terminate early pregnancy. Hot water extract of the dried root is taken orally as a tonic, expectorant, diuretic, stomachic, and liver cleanser. Hot water extract of the leaf is taken orally as a uterine stimulant during parturition. Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally as an abortifacient, emmenagogue, and aphrodisiac. The dried seeds are used as a powerful abortifacient. The root is taken orally as a hy- potensive medication. Iran. Water extract of the fruit is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Italy: Decoction of the root is used as a gargle for loss of speech. Root juice is taken orally as an anthelmintic and cicatrizing agent, for leukorrhea, and to improve sight. The fresh root is used externally for dermatitis and burns. The fresh root juice is taken orally for loss of voice and persistent coughs, and the decoction is taken orally for diuresis. The root is taken orally as a diuretic and a digestive and to treat uricemia and constipation. Kuwait: The seeds are taken orally as an emmenagogue. Madeira. Infusion of the entire plant is taken orally for jaundice. Mexico. Hot water extract of the fresh root is taken orally as a cardiotonic. The flowers or root, boiled together with Cassia fistula and “Rosa de Castilla,” are taken orally before breakfast to induce abortion. To correct delayed menstruation, the liquid is taken daily for 40 days. Morocco. The fruit is taken orally for urinary tract infections. New Caledonia. Infusion of the fruit is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Pakistan. Hot water extracts of the leaf and seed are taken orally as stimulants of the uterus during parturition. Peru. Hot water extracts of the dried root and dried aerial parts are taken orally as a carminative, emmenagogue, and vermifuge Philippine: Hot water extract of the leaf is taken orally as a stimulant of the uterus during parturition. Rodrigues Islands. Decoction of the entire plant is taken orally for gout, jaundice, and mouth ulcers. South Korea: Hot water extract of the dried fruit is taken orally as an abortifacient and emmenagogue. Tunisia: Dried leaf is used externally for chilblains. Turkey: The seed, ground with the seeds of Brassica rapa and Raphanus sativus, is taken orally as a tonic. United States. Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally to stimulate menstruation. Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Seeds are taken orally as an emmenagogue, diuretic, and abortifacient. The fresh root is taken orally for general nervousness, and the hot water extract is taken orally as a di- uretic in dropsy and as a tonic. Hot water extract of the dried root and seed is taken orally as a carminative, diuretic, and stimulant. [Medicinal Plants of the World Vol-3]
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