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THE BENEFITS OF THE USE OF DAUCUS CAROTA - CARROT
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
LOCATION OF DAUCUS CAROTA - CARROT
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
LOCATION OF DAUCUS CAROTA - CARROT
“The Wild Carrot is also known as Queen Anne’s Lace. Other common names include Bird’s Nest Root, and Bee’s Nest Plant. It is a biennial, found in Britain, near the sea in greatest abundance, and in waste places throughout Europe, Russian Asia, America, Canada, and is even found in India.” “Probably originally a native of the sea-coasts of Southern Europe degenerated into its present wild state but of very ancient cultivation.”
In the United States, the Wild Carrot is found in abundance in the Eastern half and in less abundance in the Western half. It is also seen in Canada, Europe and Asia. It grows in wastelands, field borders, and roadsides, flowering June through September. Perhaps it is considered a pest to the farmer, a joy to the flower lover with its delicate, complex, lace looking blossom and, certainly a useful part of the insect’s environment too.
Michael Moore tells us in his book, “Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West” that the wild carrot is a “…frequent weed in moist localities”
Many varieties of the Garden Carrot are found cultivated in gardens throughout the world. In a Nov/Dec 1998 Article in Organic Gardening, entitled “Grow a Garden of Good Health” they feature an eye-catching purple carrot (DRAGON) which gets its color from anthocyanin (an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals) which also puts the red in other vegetables such as cabbages and plums and the blue into blueberries and corn. This variety is an Asian-Kuroda-style carrot with a little more spiciness, (due to more terpenoid content) and was going to be a new release from Leonard Pike, PhD at Texas A&M and at least three U.S. breeders were working to develop more purple carrot varieties also.
In the United States, the Wild Carrot is found in abundance in the Eastern half and in less abundance in the Western half. It is also seen in Canada, Europe and Asia. It grows in wastelands, field borders, and roadsides, flowering June through September. Perhaps it is considered a pest to the farmer, a joy to the flower lover with its delicate, complex, lace looking blossom and, certainly a useful part of the insect’s environment too.
Michael Moore tells us in his book, “Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West” that the wild carrot is a “…frequent weed in moist localities”
Many varieties of the Garden Carrot are found cultivated in gardens throughout the world. In a Nov/Dec 1998 Article in Organic Gardening, entitled “Grow a Garden of Good Health” they feature an eye-catching purple carrot (DRAGON) which gets its color from anthocyanin (an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals) which also puts the red in other vegetables such as cabbages and plums and the blue into blueberries and corn. This variety is an Asian-Kuroda-style carrot with a little more spiciness, (due to more terpenoid content) and was going to be a new release from Leonard Pike, PhD at Texas A&M and at least three U.S. breeders were working to develop more purple carrot varieties also.
CARROT
by Norma Hook
by Norma Hook