N. O. ARALIACE^l. 



635 



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 diarrhoea (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 oint- 

 ment with lard. This is much used in burns and scalds to 

 good effect (Watt). 



The raw carrot whan eaten acts as a mechanical anthelmin- 

 tic (Watt's Dictionary). 



The seed yields by distillation a medicinal oil. [Cf. Taleef Slier eef (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. [Of. 

 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 

 Pimpinella anisum, Linn. Aniso 

 Foeniculum vulgare, Mill. Fennel 

 Anethum graveolens, Linn. Dill 

 Daucus Carota, Linn. Carrot 

 Cuminum Cyminum, Linn. Cumin 

 Coriandrum sativum, Linn. Coriander 

 Carum copticum, Benth. Ajowan 

 These were greenish or greenish-brown oils having the characteristic 

 odours of the seeds. C. Grimme (Pharm. Centralb., 1911, 52, 661-667). 



16*7 

 10-4 



9-9 

 17*2 

 13 1 



9-9 

 18-8 

 22*8 



N. 0. ARALIACE^E. 

 586. Aralia Pseudo-ginseng, Benth, h.f.b.i., 

 ii. 721. 



Uabitat : — Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhotan. Khasia Mts. 



