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Natural Carrot Powder
Natural Carrot Powder
Scientific Name: Daucus carota, Apiaceae family
Common Names: Carrot, Carot, Carotte, Djane Racene, Hu Lo Po, Jezar, Yarkuki, Zanahoria
Parts used: root, leaf, seed
Active Compounds: A- retinol, beta carotene and A - carotenoid, farcinol, and cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein and zeazanthin. Carrot contains sodium, zinc, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, folate, vitamins A, B6, B12, C, E, and K, beta carotene protein, carbohydrates, fiber, sugars, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium.
Background: The wild ancestor of the carrot may have its origin in Afghanistan. It is in this region that the most diversity of Daucus carota is maintained. The familiar wild carrot plant is known in the West by the common name of Queen Anne’s lace. An Old English superstition asserted that the small purple flower located in the centre of the wild carrot plant was helpful in curing epilepsy. Queen Anne's lace is the closest living relative to Silphion. Silphion was used by the Romans as a spice and a contraceptive but fell away into extinction in the first century AD. Nero was said to have consumed the very last remaining root.
In early use, Carrots were grown for their aromatic leaf and seed, not the root. The first mention of used of the root in classical sources was in the 1st century AD (CE).
Grated raw carrot was given to children to expel worms. It was used as a cataplasm for application to ulcers and sores, to improve memory and relieve nervous tension, and always as a tonic food and for nutrition.
Description: This root vegetable is usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer while building up a sizeable taproot, wherein are stored large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 m tall, with umbels of white flowers. The ends of the main stalk and branches bear large compound umbels of tiny white or pinkish flowers. The seeds are one-seeded halves of small spiny fruits called schizocarps. Seeds as purchased for planting have had the spines removed.
Carrot flowers are pollinated primarily by honey bees and mason bees.
Carrots are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Swift, Garden Dart, Ghost Moth, Large Yellow Underwing and Setaceous Hebrew Character.
Dosage: The powder can be taken in capsules; added to Beverages and foods for its nutritive and medicinal value.