Handbook of Herbs and Spices - Volume 3

288 Handbook of herbs and spices

Table 15.4 Continued

Preparation Dose formulation Properties as Dose
medicine

b. Mix fruits of

caraway yarrow,

root of valerian

herb of St.

John’s wort,

leaves of

Buckbean and

leaves of Bahu

in equal

proportions.

4. Liniment of
   external use
   (George, 1996)


5. Liniment of
   caraway oil


6. Liniment for
   external use
   (Pruthi, 2001)


7. Caraway
   formulations:
   (Duke et al.,
   2002)

a. Caraway seed

b. Caraway seed

powder

c. Caraway seed

d. Caraway

concentrated

seed water

e. Caraway

essential oil

Pour 0.5 l of boiling water over

2 TSF of herbs in a thermos and

keep closed for 30 min.

Dissolve 10 g of caraway

essential oil and 5 g of thyme

essential oil in 15 ml of 95%

ethanol. Mix with 150 g castor

oil or some other plant oil

Few drops caraway oil and olive

oil

5 parts each of caraway oil and

alcohol in 75 parts of castor oil

1.5–6 g fruit

1–2 TSF crushed seed/cup water

or

Chew 1 tsp seed

0.5–2 g powdered seed

0.05–0.2 ml concentrated seed

water or

0.5–1 tsp tincture or

3–4 ml liquid extract

3–6 drops oil or 0.05–0.2 ml

Digestive

(improves appetite)

Scabies and

mycosis

Anticolic

Scabies

Antiseptic

Antianemic

Antibacterial

Anticancer

Antihistamine

Antispasmodic

Carminative

Digestive

Stimulant

Stimulant

Stimulant

Drink about a

0.5 l glass 3

times a day

between meals.

Apply liniment

over affected area

as skin

Rub the liniment

over intestinal

muscle

Apply over

affected area on

skin

2–4 times a day

between meals

3–4 times a day

3 times a day

3–4 times a day

–

daily supplemented with the diet (Molnar et al., 1997). The addition of 50 g caraway

seeds to the basic diet daily to lactating buffalo continued for 12 weeks of lactation,

increased the milk yield, daily fat, SNF, lactose and protein yield significantly (El-

Alamy et al., 2001). Caraway 50–100 g diet supplemented daily with ground caraway

seeds to Black Pied cows had a favourable effect on the milk yield and milk quality

(Portnoi, 1996). Caraway possesses antioxidant properties and in a report by Farag