Caraway

Research corpus coverage

Chemistry notes

• CHEMISTRY: Relevant reported constituents include carvone; limonene; constituent presence alone does not establish clinical efficacy.

Traditional / historical use

Documented traditional use — not a claim of established efficacy.

• TRADITIONAL: Caraway has been used for bloating; digestive spasm; this records historical/traditional use and does not establish efficacy.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph · WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

Modern evidence

• EVIDENCE: For the major use set (bloating; digestive spasm), the evidence assessment is limited/mixed: Traditional-use support; limited trials often in peppermint combinations.

  MODERATE · randomized controlled trial · WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

  Mixed findings, product heterogeneity, or indirect evidence are preserved in the detailed profile.

Forms used traditionally

A listed form does not imply it suits every plant part, or that one preparation is interchangeable with another — see the plant’s own notes below.

Dogs

• Caution

  Caraway (Carum carvi) is listed by ASPCA under “Plants Toxic to Dogs.” No cat-specific evidence, toxic constituents, clinical signs, or preparation distinctions are provided.

  Intrinsic toxicity · UNKNOWN · Not stated; whole plant or plant group listing only · HIGH · poison_control_database · Toxic and Non-Toxic Plant List — Dogs - ASPCA

Additional safety notes (general, unstructured)

Free-text safety notes carried from their source — not broken out by species, route, or hazard type, and not equivalent to the structured records above. Each note names the kind of source it came from.

• SAFETY: Major issues include Allergy; concentrated oil irritant. Contraindications/cautions include Apiaceae allergy.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph · EMA European Union herbal monographs and list entries

• SAFETY: Clinically relevant interaction concerns include No established major interactions.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph · EMA European Union herbal monographs and list entries

  Some interactions are theoretical or based on case reports/pharmacokinetics rather than outcome trials.

• SAFETY: Pregnancy/lactation reference: Insufficient medicinal-use pregnancy/lactation data.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph or evidence synthesis · WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

  Absence of evidence is not evidence of safety.

• Caraway (Carum carvi) is listed by ASPCA under “Plants Toxic to Dogs.” No cat-specific evidence, toxic constituents, clinical signs, or preparation distinctions are provided.

  HIGH · poison_control_database · Toxic and Non-Toxic Plant List — Dogs - ASPCA

  Family is listed as Umbelliferae.

Taxonomic identity note

• Caraway is treated here as Carum carvi L. in the family Apiaceae; recorded older names include Apium carvi (L.) Crantz.