298 WILD CARROT. 



gent is needed. A decoction of i ounce of root boiled in 

 a pint of water for twenty minutes is taken internally in 

 wineglassful doses. For external application the decoc- 

 tion can be used as an excellent lotion for bad legs and 

 sores generally. As an injection in leucorrhoea, fluor 

 albus, and gleet, it is very useful. In putrid sore throat it 

 may be used as a gargle, and it is a good wash for sore 

 eyes, ophthalmia, &c. The powder is often used as a 

 poultice, when it should be combined with equal parts 

 of crushed Linseed or powdered Slippery Elm. 



Preparation Fluid extract: Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character The root in pieces about 

 2 inches in diameter, with circular leaf scars on the 

 upper, and remains of rootlets on the lower side ; ex- 

 ternally brown, internally greyish white, spongy, with 

 scattered wood bundles. Taste, mucilaginous, astrin- 

 gent. Inodorous. The English White Water Lily is 

 N. alba, Linn. 



WILD CARROT. Daucus Carota, Linn. 



N.O. Umbdlifevce. 

 Syn. Bird's Nest. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Diuretic, deobstruent, stimulant. An active 

 and valuable remedy in the treatment of dropsy, reten- 

 tion of urine, gravel, and affections of the bladder. The 

 infusion of i ounce in a pint of boiling water is taken in 

 wineglassful doses. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, J-i drachm. 



Distinctive character Leaves oblong, or obovate- 

 oblong, bipinnate, with acute segments, the whole plant 

 hairy. In taste and odour it resembles the garden carrot, 

 but the root is small and white, not large. The umbel 

 of white flowers has generally one central crimson 

 flower, and the fruit is margined with prickles which are 

 tipped with one to three minute recurved bristles. 



