Caraway .. known as Armenian or Moroccan cumin, the part used is the fruits and their oil. Internal uses - boiling a tablespoon of caraway seeds powder in a cup of water, and adults take between one to two cups daily. As for children, the amount is a teaspoon of seeds per cup of boiled milk, to relieve colic. - Caraway is used as a soup, where a sufficient amount is cooked with a little roasted flour in water, then strained after cooking with a piece of cloth to treat heart disorders, and for women in the first days after childbirth to induce milk flow. - The plant is used whole as a cooked diuretic and digestant, eaten like the root. - If a quarter of an ounce of caraway fruits is taken daily on an empty stomach and placed in the mouth until soft, then chewed and swallowed, it is good for shortness of breath. - Boiled seeds are used to kill worms and expel them from the stomach. - If a quarter of an ounce of caraway is taken with the shells of Gafth, it dissolves kidney stones. External uses - used against colic in children, where a quantity of seeds is roasted over fire, then placed hot inside a piece of cloth, and applied to the abdominal area and tied. - Boiled caraway seeds are used as an eye rinse, as it increases sharpness of vision.
