{"id":1679,"date":"2013-03-12T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2013-10-24T06:54:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T06:54:18","slug":"caraway-carum-carvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1679","title":{"rendered":"Caraway ~ Carum carvi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Caraway<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Carum carvi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>:\u00a0 Umbelliferae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>:\u00a0 fruit (seeds)<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: native to Europe, Asia, and N. Africa; widely cultivated<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: essential oil (arvene, carvone, limonene), linoleic acid, oleic acid, flavonoids, polysaccharides, tannins, coumarins, resin, calcium oxalate<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: pungent, warm, spicy<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: carminative, antispasmodic, stomach tonic, galactogogue<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antiseptic, aperitive, aromatic, astringent, circulatory stimulant, digestive tonic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, stimulant, tonic, vermifuge<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: colic, cramps, Crohn’s disease, dyspepsia, flatulence, hiccups<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: dysmenorrhea, hysteria, wheezing, bruises (topical poultice), bronchitis, chemotherapy-induced nausea,<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp crushed seed\/cup water; 1:2.5 dry tincture: 20-30 gtt qd-qid; capsules: 0.5-2 g qd<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth; <\/span>Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations; <\/span>http:\/\/www.vitamincity.com\/herbs\/caraway.htm
\n<\/a>\u00c2<\/p>\n

Caraway Module 2 lecture<\/span><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Carminative (everything in the Umbelliferae family is carminative)<\/li>\n
  • Apiaceae<\/li>\n
  • Photohormones (mild) – emmenagogue, galactogogue, culinary spice<\/li>\n
  • Realistically it is not too potent<\/li>\n
  • Not anything too special<\/li>\n
  • Caraway, Anise, Cumin, Fennel are all parsley seeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Caraway Latin name: Carum carvi Family:\u00a0 Umbelliferae Part used:\u00a0 fruit (seeds) Habitat: native to Europe, Asia, and N. Africa; widely cultivated Main constituents: essential oil (arvene, carvone, limonene), linoleic acid, oleic acid, flavonoids, polysaccharides, tannins, coumarins, resin, calcium oxalate Energetics: pungent, warm, spicy Main herbal actions: carminative, antispasmodic, stomach tonic, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,70,471,107,81,72,472,423,176,41,97,71,109,324,64,130,60,120,131,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiseptic","category-antispasmodic","category-aperitive","category-aromatic","category-astringent","category-carminative","category-circulatory-stimulant","category-digestion-tonic","category-digestive","category-diuretic","category-emmenagogue","category-expectorant","category-galactagogue","category-module-2","category-pungent","category-spicy","category-stomach","category-vermifuge","category-warm","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}