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    Queen Anne's Lace is a biennial wildflower native to temperate zones worldwide. It is a close relative to Silphion, an extinct plant that was used by Romans as a culinary spice and contraceptive. While Queen Anne's Lace seeds are said to have some contraceptive properties, they would not be a reliable sole method of birth control. The plant has carminative properties and its seeds and dried herb can be used medicinally or as tea. However, it must be correctly identified as its toxic lookalike Hemlock could cause serious harm if confused with it.

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    Queen Anne's Lace is a biennial wildflower native to temperate zones worldwide. It is a close relative to Silphion, an extinct plant that was used by Romans as a culinary spice and contraceptive. While Queen Anne's Lace seeds are said to have some contraceptive properties, they would not be a reliable sole method of birth control. The plant has carminative properties and its seeds and dried herb can be used medicinally or as tea. However, it must be correctly identified as its toxic lookalike Hemlock could cause serious harm if confused with it.

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    Queen Anne's Lace Herb Uses Benefits

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    Queen Anne's Lace is a biennial wildflower native to temperate zones worldwide. It is a close relative to Silphion, an extinct plant that was used by Romans as a culinary spice and contraceptive. While Queen Anne's Lace seeds are said to have some contraceptive properties, they would not be a reliable sole method of birth control. The plant has carminative properties and its seeds and dried herb can be used medicinally or as tea. However, it must be correctly identified as its toxic lookalike Hemlock could cause serious harm if confused with it.

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    Queen Annes Lace

    Daucus carota
    Family: Apiaceae
    Biennial. Native to temperate zones worldwide. The wild carrot is more strongly
    endowed with the wholesomely odoriferous and stimulating essential oils than is the
    domesticated carrot. These have pronounced carminative (gas-relieving) effect. The
    whole herb may be collected and dried for tea. The seeds themselves may be taken
    internally as a birth control measure. I have heard this works pretty well, but
    wouldnt rely on it alone to prohibit conception. Queen Annes Lace is the closest
    living relative (on the basis of family and medicinal activity) to the Silphion, which
    was picked and used by the Romans as a culinary spice and contraceptive until it
    became extinct in the first century AD. Supposedly Nero was given the last
    remaining root. He should have planted it back in. Note: Although Queen Annes
    Lace seed is not toxic, Conium maculatum (Hemlock) seed which can readily be
    confused with Daucus carota is indeed very seriously toxic. Know and trust your
    supplier, or grow your own! Cultivation: Easy. Direct seed during mild weather in
    early spring. Thin seedlings to 3 inches apart. Flowers to 4 feet in the second year.
    Not for sale to WA state.

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