CARROT - USES IN OBGY

Carrots are the root  vegetables with high content of vitamin A.

Carrot is known as Gaajar in Marathi & Hindi , Grunjan in Sanskrit & Daucus carota as a latin name.

Family - Umbelliferae

PROPERTIES -

it's root & seed properties differ as -

Root properties -

Rasa - Madhur 

Virya - Ushna 

Vipaka - Madhur

Guna - Snigdha ,Laghu

Beeja Properties -

Rasa - Tikta

Virya - Ushna

Vipaka - Katu

Guna - Laghu, Tikshna

it is Kaphaghna & Vajikarana (Aphrodisiac)

Medicinal Properties of  Carrot -

1. Aartavjanana ( Emmenagogue / stimulates or increases menstrual flow)

2. Garbhashaya sankochaka (Ecbolic / induces contractions)

Note- this post is for educational purposes only.

Ref- Ayurvedic textbooks.