Carota

Carrot-seed

Carrot-seed. The fruit of Daucus carota. The wild carrot. (Not official.)

The seeds of carrot have a hot, pungent, and bitter taste, due to a volatile oil which they contain, and to which their medicinal activity is due. As they impart their virtues to water, an infusion of the seeds is an eligible form in which to administer the remedy. Carrot-seeds act similarly to juniper, and produce diuresis, augment the menstrual flux, and cause aphrodisiac effects in the male.