Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota, is a biennial and is also known as Wild Carrot. It is part of the carrot family, Umbelliferae.

It is commonly found along roadsides and meadows and thrives throughout most of the world.

Be careful harvesting it, because the sap of Queen Anne's lace can cause phytophotodermatitis, just like all members of the carrot family. Symptoms of include an itching rash and blisters.

NOTE: do not use if pregnant as it could cause a miscarriage.

Queen Anne's Lace is good for:

• muscle cramping
• gas
• bladder infections
• gout
• kidney infections
• kidney stones
• lowers blood pressure
• increases urine output
• flushes out toxins
• stimulates circulatory blood flow

I foraged this plant in central Minnesota.

I use the folk method for making all my tinctures, which uses no measurements except sizing things up with your eyes. So I put the plant material in a jar and then fill with alcohol.

Dosages -

Dosages for children are not provided in most herbals. To determine the correct dose you need to consider the size of the child, the ailment, the power of the herb you intend to use, and the adult dosage.

Young's Rule for determining dosage uses the child's age divided by twelve plus the age. The dosage for a 4 year old: 4/12+4 = 4/16 = 1/4 of the adult dose.