Caraway
Caraway has antiulcer, antioxidant, antibacterial and diuretic actions. It also stimulates the production of detoxifying enzymes.
Caraway is also used as a breath freshener, and it has a long tradition of use in traditional medicine. Caraway fruit oil is also used as a fragrance component in soaps, lotions, and perfumes. Caraway is a common spice.
Latin name:
Tibetan name:
Part used:
Carum carvi
Go-nyoe
Fruit
Habitat
It is a biennial herb, grows at 1800 – 3660 m, found at the meadows, rives beds, roadsides, edge of fields, cultivated in the hills and plains of western Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
Pharmacological properties
- Gastrointestinal system effect – used adjunctively as a carminative in digestive disorders such as flatulence, bloating and indigestion, mild cramps in gastrointestinal area; shows to reduce lesions of gastric mucosal injuries, have anti-ulcerogenic and cytoprotective activity; shows to balance gut microflora which help in food digestion and absorption providing intestinal homeostasis
- Anti-obesity effect – shows to decrease body weight and fat mass and increase muscle mass; stimulates apoptosis in pre-adipocytes due to antioxidant activity, thus reduces adipose tissue mass through preventing adipogenesis and enhancing lipolysis in adipocytes
- Anti-diabetic effect – lowers serum glucose, LDL and triglyceride levels; have renoprotective effect
- Anti-spasmodic activity – relieves gastrointestinal spasms
- Anti-colvulsant effect – shows to prevent seizure and have anti-epileptic activity
- Renoprotective activity – due to its antioxidant effect
- Diuretic activity – shows to increase urinary output
- Anti-microbial activity – shows to have antibacterial action against wide range of pathogenic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including H.pylori; exhibits anti-fungal activity (including dermatophytes, Vibrio spp. and yeast)
- Bioenhancer property – shows to act as bioenhancer along with anti-tubercular drugs due to enhancement of mucosal to serial permeation
- Antioxidant activity – scavenges free radicals, inhibits lipid peroxidation
- Anti-inflammatory effect
- Analgesic effect
- Anti-stress activity
- Nootropic activity
Ethnomedicinal uses
Rejuvenation action:
- Balances Wind and heat combined disorders
- Balances Phlegm disorders
- Strengthens stomach and intestines
- Strengthens eyesight
- Restores physical strength
- Increases maternal milk production
Gastrointestinal system:
- Restores digestive heat
- Relieves dyspepsia, meteorism, heartburn and abdominal distension
- Relieves gastrointestinal spasms
- Relieves gall bladder spasms
- Stops diarrhoea
- Relieves constipation
- Improves appetite
- Relieves nausea
- Relieves symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome
- Clears parasites
- Protect intestinal mucous membrane
Genitourinary system:
- Relieves obstructed and painful urination
- Relieves menstrual cramps
- Acts as diuretic, promotes urination and removal of uric acid
- Cleans toxins from kidneys
- Prevents infections of urinary tract
Immune system and detoxification:
- Purifies blood
- Acts as antidote to poisoning
- Relieves headache
- Clears respiratory airways
- Expels phlegm
- Relieves shortness of breath
- Lowers fever
- Relieves sore throat, congestion due to colds and cough
Scientifical researches, studies and publications
- Assessment report on Carum carvi L., fructus and Carum carvi L. aetheroleum European Medecines Agency
- Assessment report on Carum carvi L., fructus and Carum carvi L. aetheroleum European Medecines Agency
- Anticonvulsant Effect of the Aqueous Extract and Essential Oil of Carum Carvi L. Seeds in a Pentylenetetrazol Model of Seizure in Mice
- Effect of Carum carvi, a herbal bioenhancer on pharmacokinetics of antitubercular drugs: A study in healthy human volunteers
- Antiobesity Effect of Caraway Extract on Overweight and Obese Women: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
- Cuminum cyminum and Carum carvi: An update
- Effects of Carum carvi L. (Caraway) extract and essential oil on TNBS-induced colitis in rats
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