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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Caraway

CARDAMOMI SEMEN
   The dried, recently decapsulated fruit of Elettaria Cardamomum, White et Maton. (Nat. Ord. Zingiberaceae.) Mountainous coasts of Malabar. Dose, 5... / ...10 to 60 drops. 2. Tinctura Cardamomi Composita. Compound Tincture of Cardamom (Cardamon, Cinnamon, Caraway, Cochineal, Glycerin, and Alcohol). Dose, 30 to 60 drops. Action and Therapy.—Carminative. ...1

CARUMCARUM
   ...Ord. Umbelliferae). Europe and Asia and cultivated everywhere. Dose, 10 to 60 grains. Common Names: Caraway, Caraway Seed, Caraway-Fruit. Principal Constituent. —A volatile oil (Oleum Cari). Preparat......y-Fruit. Principal Constituent. —A volatile oil (Oleum Cari). Preparations.—1. Oleum Cari, Oil of Caraway. Dose, 1 to 5 drops. 2. Specific Medicine Caraway. Dose, 10 to 60 drops. Action and Therapy....1

JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS
   The fruit (berries) of the Juniperus communis, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cupressaceae). An evergreen tree of Europe and America. Common Names: Juniper,... / ...Dose, 5 to 60 minims. 4. Spiritus Juniperi Compositus, Compound Spirit of Juniper (Oils of juniper, Caraway, Fennel, Alcohol, and Water). Dose, 1 to 4 fluidrachms. Specific Indications.—Renal atony w... / ...given in doses larger than recommended above, as suppression of urine, strangury, hematuria, or even uremic convulsions may result from its use.1


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Caraway

CARAWAYCACA19
   The fruit of ELETTARIA REPENS,(S0nI-l.) Baill. Aromatic tonic, carminative, stomachic. Employed chiefly as a flavoring agent.2

LETTUCE CALMATIVE
   A non-narcotic soothing syrup for infants. Each fluidrachm rep resents; Wild Lettuce, 5 grs.; Caraway seed, 2 grs.; Catnep, 4 grs.; Lupulin, % gr.;... / A non-narcotic soothing syrup for infants. Each fluidrachm rep resents; Wild Lettuce, 5 grs.; Caraway seed, 2 grs.; Catnep, 4 grs.; Lupulin, % gr.; Fennel seed, 3 grs. The uses of such a a prepa... / ...Bromide, and the physician may on special occasions combine with it a little paregoric, but for obvious reas2


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.