Carrot has a sweet, pungent taste, has a warming effect, has a sharp vipak (effect after digestion). It has a calming effect on kapha and vata, but in excess can excite Pitt.
Carrots are good enough to digest, has a laxative effect, cleanses the toxins.
Carrots contain vitamins B, PP, C, E, K, it has a carotene - a substance that the human body converts into vitamin A.
Carrots are 1, 3% protein, 7% carbohydrate. In this wonderful vegetable a lot of mineral substances necessary for human body: potassium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, cobalt, copper, iodine, zinc, chromium, nickel, fluorine, etc.. The carrots contain essential oils that are responsible for its peculiar smell. < br />
It holds the record for the content of carotenoids, have a unique ability to neutralize free radicals.
Useful properties
When anemia. Useful drink on an empty stomach twice daily carrot juice. For this it should mix half a glass of carrot juice with half a glass of beet juice and add a pinch of ground cumin.
When hemorrhoids. Mix a glass of carrot juice with two teaspoons of coriander juice and take twice a day over a glass, it will facilitate the unpleasant condition.
In chronic indigestion. You should regularly drink a glass of carrot juice with a pinch of ground ginger.
From cancer. It is useful to take twice a day half cup mixed with carrot juice with half a glass of aloe juice.