All you need to know about WIld Carrots - Queen Annes Lace here - www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/queen.html

John - World Carrot Museum

I have eaten Queen Anne's lace roots as food. They are strong, but good! :-) (The young ones are more tender, of course.)

I have not seen one of these plants in the wild in years ! When I was a boy seems they were everywhere .

Amanda - QAL seeds are used for female contraceptive purposes - check out sisterzeus.com or Robin Rose Bennett's website for info!

Here's a wonderful article about Queen Anne's Lace:

appindie.org/index.php/a...n-annes-lace

It has been confused for hemlock (Conium maculatum), thus it has traditionally been put on the back shelf for beginning foragers who are not confident in their plant identification skills.

D

Hello,
This beautiful and common wild plant is very useful as a poultice for splinters, boils, styes, and first degree burns.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is said to move Qi and blood.
The root is a nutritive for the liver and eyes, and bowel.
The seed is an emmenagogue, and it inhibits implantation of the egg. It acts as an abortifacient.
For more information check with Robin Rose Bennet, herbalist from NJ, Wise Women Herbs: Susun Weed, and the books of John Riddle? Eves Herbs - birth control books.
The root has lots of calcium and fiber, though I heard it doesn't taste as good as the cultivated carrots. In a pinch though I'm sure it would be useful.
Small amounts of seed can be used as a seasoning and the young wild carrot roots are edible as well as the tender leaves.
I used to pick these for my mom when I was a little girl; still a pretty cut flower!
Source: materia medica worksheet, David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies, www.herbalstudies.org
Enjoy!
Theresa