Name: Carum verticillatum
Toxicity: uterine stimulant
Common Name: Caraway
Continent: Europe
Habitat: III
Applicable Plant Components: seed
Sanctificational
Invitatory
Fortificational
Pacificatory
Reversional
Theurgical
Amoristic
Protectant
Plenitudinal
Ecstatic
Divinatory
Affixal
Resurgent
Anecdotal: Carum is Boar Medicine. The spirit within Carum is invoked to resolve spiritual pain. It strengthens both retention and memories. Carum affords inordinate protection against malevolent spirits and its presence is particularly valued for quieting and guarding children. Carum is also believed to prevent the theft of anything that contains it. It is handled to promote harmony within sacred cycles and linked directly to abundance. As love medicine, Carum is associated with enhancing ones appeal to the object of their attention. It is thought to insure that neither fickleness nor infidelity jeopardizes the greater objective of love in a relationship.