In the Concan, a poultice of carrots and salt is used in tetter, and the seeds are eaten as an aphrodisiac (Dymock).
Its fruits are recommended in chronic diarrhœa (Balfour).
A decoction of carrot is a popular remedy for jaundice in Europe. Rasped carrot is applied to burns and foul ulcers (Dymock).
Said to possess diuretic properties (Meadows' Prescribers' Companion).
A poultice made of the roots is used to correct the discharge from ill-conditioned sores. The raw rasped root is also deemed useful as a stimulating application, and is made into an ointment with lard. This is much used in burns and scalds to good effect (Watt).
The raw carrot when eaten acts as a mechanical anthelmintic (Watt's Dictionary).
The seed yields by distillation a medicinal oil. [Cf. Taleef Shereef (Play-fair, transl.), 113 ] The chemical constituents of the root are crystallisable and uncrystallisable sugar, a little starch, gluten, albumen, volatile oil, vegetable jelly, malic acid, saline matters, lignin and a peculiar crystallisable, ruby-red neutral principle, without odour or taste, called carotin. [Cf. Pharmacog. Ind., ii., 136.]
The amounts of fixed oil obtained from the fruits of plants in this order are exhibited in the following table :—
| Oil per cent. | |
|---|---|
| Carum Carui, Linn. Caraway | 14.8 |
| Apium graveolens, Linn. Celery | 16.7 |
| Pimpinella anisum, Linn. Aniso | 10.4 |
| Foeniculum vulgare, Mill. Fennel | 09.9 |
| Anethum graveolens, Linn. Dill | 17.2 |
| Daucus Carota, Linn. Carrot | 13.1 |
| Cuminum Cyminum, Linn. Cumin | 09.9 |
| Coriandrum sativum, Linn. Coriander | 18.8 |
| Carum copticum, Benth. Ajowan | 22.8 |
These were greenish or greenish-brown oils having the characteristic odours of the seeds. C. Grimme (Pharm. Centralb., 1911, 52, 661-667).
N. 0. ARALIACEÆ.
586. Aralia Pseudo-ginseng, Benth, h.f.b.i., ii. 721.
Habitat : — Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhotan. Khasia Mts.
