Five cases of The Wild Carrot grows altogether like the tame, found in the Tahari, but the leaves and stalks are somewhat whiter and rougher. The stalks bear large tufts of white flowers with a deep purple flower in the middle of each. The root is small, hard and long and unfit to eat. They break wind and remove stitches in the side, provoke urine and women's courses and help to break and expel the stone. The seed is good for the dropsy and for those whose bellies are swollen with wind. It helps the colic, the stone in the kidneys and rising of the mother. Taken in wine, or boiled in wine and taken, the seeds help conception. Applied with honey, the leaves cleanse running sores or ulcers. The Wild Carrot is rich in vitamins and carotene, from which the body manufactures vitamin A. The infusion of the herb is used as a treatment for fluid retention. The powdered seeds made into a tea - one teaspoonful to a cup - are taken to relieve colic. The dried flowers are also used as a tea as a remedy for dropsy."
