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Medicinal uses traditionally include dropsy, retention of urine, gravel, bladder problems, flatulence, nephritic complaints, ulcer, amenorrhea, eczema, itching, liver disorders, painful urination (strangury), dysmenorrhea, abscesses, carbuncles, scrofula, bad wounds, and colic, Vitamin A part helps vision by forming a purple pigment that the eye needs in order to be able to see in dim light.
Carrot is an excellent example of the effect of cultivation on a plant, while the wild carrot is small and woody; those cultivated are fleshy and succulent and grow to a much larger size. The root on the wild carrot is spindle-shaped, whitish, slender and hard, with a strong aromatic smell and a disagreeable acrid taste.
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