Caraway is used as a calming herb to ease flatulent dyspepsia and intestinal colic, especially in children. It will stimulate the appetite. Its astringency will help in the treatment of diarrhoea as well as in laryngitis as a gargle. It can be used in bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Its anti-spasmodic actions help in the relief of period pains. It has been used to increase milk flow in nursing mothers. The New Holistic Herbal by David Hoffmann pg. 188