Plant Comparison

Ground Elder vs Caraway

A side-by-side comparison of two medicinal plants — every documented constituent, action, use, safety note and cited source, assembled automatically from the Omnia Sana database.

First plant

Second plant

Plant AGround ElderAegopodium podagrariaApiaceaeFull monograph →

Plant BCarawayCarum carviApiaceaeFull monograph →

At a glance

Ground Elder and Caraway: both belong to the Apiaceae family.

Ground ElderCaraway

Constituents32

Pharmacological actions44

Indicated uses96

Safety notes22

Cited sources1922

Indicated uses

Only Ground Elder

Arthritis / joint painBack painHeadacheInflammation (general)Pain (general)Skin irritationSwelling / fluid retentionUrinary supportUrinary tract infection (UTI)

Shared (0)

none

Only Caraway

Loss of appetiteBloatingCancer (anticancer research)IndigestionInfection (general)Wounds

Pharmacological actions

Only Ground Elder

Analgesic (pain relief)Anti-inflammatoryAnti-rheumatic / anti-arthriticDiuretic

Shared (0)

none

Only Caraway

Anticancer (preclinical)AntimicrobialAppetite stimulantDigestive aid

Key Constituents

Polyacetylenes (falcarindiol)^{[6, 10]}

Falcarindiol, a potent COX-1 inhibitor (IC50 0.3 microM), identified as a key anti-inflammatory constituent underlying the plant's traditional anti-rheumatic and analgesic use.

Flavonoids and phenolic compounds^[1]

Contribute to the plant's antioxidant activity.

FlavonoidsPhenolic compounds

Coumarins and essential oil^[1]

Minor aromatic and coumarin constituents of the aerial parts.

CoumarinsEssential (volatile) oil

Essential oil (carvone, limonene)^{[1, 4]}

Seed essential oil dominated by carvone (giving the characteristic caraway aroma) and limonene, responsible for much of the carminative and antimicrobial activity.

Essential (volatile) oilTerpenes / terpenoids

Flavonoids and phenolic acids

Minor antioxidant constituents of the seed and aerial parts.

FlavonoidsPhenolic acids

Pharmacological Actions

Analgesic (pain relief)^{[11, 12, 13]}

Anti-inflammatory^{[1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13]}

Anti-rheumatic / anti-arthritic^{[1, 11, 12, 13]}

Diuretic^{[1, 11, 12, 13]}

Anticancer (preclinical)^[10]

Antimicrobial^{[5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17]}

Appetite stimulant^{[15, 16, 17]}

Digestive aid^{[4, 9, 15, 16, 17]}

Traditional & Indicated Uses

Arthritis / joint pain^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from anti-inflammatory action

Evidence: 1

Label: Arthritis / joint pain

Back pain^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from anti-rheumatic action

Evidence: 1

Label: Back pain

Headache^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from analgesic action

Evidence: 1

Label: Headache

Inflammation (general)^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from anti-inflammatory action

Evidence: 1

Label: Inflammation (general)

Pain (general)^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

Evidence: 1

Label: Pain (general)

Skin irritation^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from anti-inflammatory action

Evidence: 1

Label: Skin irritation

Swelling / fluid retention^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from diuretic action

Evidence: 1

Label: Swelling / fluid retention

Urinary support^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from diuretic action

Evidence: 1

Label: Urinary support

Urinary tract infection (UTI)^{[11, 12, 13]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from diuretic action

Evidence: 1

Label: Urinary tract infection (UTI)

Loss of appetite^{[15, 16, 17]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from appetite-stimulant action

Evidence: 1

Label: Loss of appetite

Bloating^{[15, 16, 17]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from digestive action

Evidence: 1

Label: Bloating

Cancer (anticancer research)^[10]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from anticancer action

Evidence: 2

Label: Cancer (anticancer research)

Indigestion^{[15, 16, 17]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from digestive action

Evidence: 1

Label: Indigestion

Infection (general)^{[15, 16, 17]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from antimicrobial action

Evidence: 1

Label: Infection (general)

Wounds^{[15, 16, 17]}Traditional · 1/10

inferred from antimicrobial action

Evidence: 1

Label: Wounds

Safety, Cautions & Contraindications

Safety note^{[9, 11, 12, 13]}Caution

Generally safe as a food plant when young leaves are harvested. Contains furocoumarins (photosensitising compounds) — handling large quantities in bright sunlight may cause skin irritation. Individuals with Apiaceae allergies should exercise caution. Not recommended in therapeutic doses during pregnancy.

Safety note^{[11, 12, 13, 14]}Info

Duke (2002) does not appear to include a dedicated entry for ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) in the Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition.

Safety note^{[15, 16, 17]}Caution

Generally very safe as a food spice (normal culinary amounts).Tea (traditional use): The EU herbal monograph describes caraway fruit tea for bloating/flatulence and gives a typical adult infusion dose of 0.5–2 g in 150 ml hot water, 1–3× daily; if symptoms last >2 weeks, seek medical advice. Allergy caution: Avoid if you’re allergic to Apiaceae family plants (e.g., fennel, anise, celery, coriander, dill) or have known cross-allergies (the monograph also mentions mugwort/birch allergy). Gallbladder/bile problems: Not recommended if you have gallstones or other biliary disorders (caraway can stimulate bile flow). Pregnancy & breastfeeding: Safety isn’t well established for medicinal dosing, so not recommended as a “treatment” during pregnancy/lactation (food use is a different story). Children: The EU monograph does not recommend medicinal use under 12 due to lack of data. Essential oil caution: Caraway essential oil is highly concentrated—don’t self-dose internally; it can irritate and is easy to overdo.

Safety note^{[15, 16, 17, 18]}Caution

Duke (2002) provides clinical evidence (score 2) for caraway as an appetite stimulant, cough suppressant, cholagogue, and bronchitis remedy, consistent with Commission E approvals. It demonstrates anti-Candida activity and antispasmodic effects on gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Recommended dose: 1.5–6 g of fruit daily, or 3–6 drops of essential oil. The herb is classified as generally safe with no known hazards at therapeutic doses, though it should be used cautiously in pregnancy due to mild emmenagogue activity (Duke, 2002).

External Ids

Gbif: 3034620

Wikidata: Q217778

Gbif: 3034714

Wikidata: Q26811

Botanical Description

Vigorous, low, patch-forming perennial herb spreading rapidly by white, brittle, creeping rhizomes. The leaves are broad and twice-ternate (in threes of threes), with oval, sharply toothed leaflets, borne on long stalks. In summer it sends up hollow, grooved, unspotted green stems topped with flat umbels of small white flowers, typical of the carrot family. The whole plant smells mildly of parsley or carrot when crushed.^[1]

Height: 30-100 cm

Habit: Low, mat-forming, rhizomatous perennial herb

Leaves: Broad, twice-ternate, with oval sharply toothed leaflets in groups of three

Flowers: Small white flowers in flat compound umbels

Stem: Hollow, grooved, plain green (never purple-spotted)

Root: Thin, white, brittle, fast-spreading creeping rhizome

Fruit: Small ridged schizocarp typical of the carrot family

Flowering Period: May-July

Biennial (occasionally annual) herb with finely divided, feathery, carrot-like leaves similar to those of other Apiaceae. In its second year it sends up a branched, grooved, hollow flowering stem topped with flat compound umbels of small white or pinkish flowers, followed by the characteristic curved, ridged, strongly aromatic seeds (the familiar rye-bread spice).^[4]

Height: 30-60 cm

Habit: Biennial herb, low rosette in year one, branched flowering stem in year two

Leaves: Finely divided, feathery, carrot-like

Flowers: Small white or pinkish flowers in flat compound umbels

Stem: Branched, grooved, hollow, plain green (unspotted)

Root: Slender, edible taproot

Fruit: Curved, ridged, strongly aromatic seed (mericarp)

Flowering Period: June-July (second year)

Habitat

A common weed of gardens, hedgerows, shaded waste ground and disturbed soil, often near old dwellings; native to Europe and temperate Asia and widely naturalised elsewhere, where its invasive spreading rhizomes make it a persistent garden weed.^[1]

Grows in meadows, grassy roadsides and waste ground on well-drained soils; native to Europe and Western Asia and widely cultivated as a spice crop.

Harvesting

The young leaves and stems are gathered in spring, before flowering, when they are most tender and least bitter; the root can be dug at the same time. Careful identification against poisonous Apiaceae look-alikes (poison hemlock, hemlock water-dropwort, fool's parsley) is essential before harvesting.^[1]

Parts: Leaf, Root, Stem

Season: Spring, before flowering

The seed is harvested in mid- to late summer of the second year, once the umbels have browned and dried, then threshed and dried further; leaves can be picked through the first year and the root dug in autumn of year one or spring of year two.

Parts: Leaf, Root, Seed

Season: Seed in mid- to late summer (second year); leaf through year one; root in autumn/spring

Traditional Uses

Ground elder has long been used in European folk medicine as a remedy for gout and rheumatic and arthritic joint pain (reflected in the name 'podagraria', from podagra, gout), typically applied as a poultice or taken as a decoction. The young leaves have also been eaten as a spring pot-herb, valued for their nutrient content as well as their medicinal reputation.^[1]

Caraway seed is one of the classic Apiaceae carminative digestive spices, used traditionally for indigestion, bloating, flatulence and poor appetite, and, per the EU herbal monograph, for symptomatic relief of mild digestive complaints and bloating.^[4]

Preparations

Decoction^[1]

Dried or fresh leaf, stem and root simmered in water as a traditional remedy for gout and rheumatic pain.

Poultice^[1]

Fresh leaves crushed or boiled and applied directly to gouty or arthritic joints.

Fresh leaf (culinary/medicinal)^[1]

Young spring leaves eaten as a cooked pot-herb, similarly to spinach, continuing the traditional food-medicine use.

Infusion (seed)^[4]

Crushed or lightly crushed seed infused in hot water as a traditional carminative digestive tea.

References

REF-0719, REF-0720, REF-0721, REF-1688, REF-1689, REF-1690, REF-1691, REF-2560, REF-2561, REF-2562

REF-0764, REF-0765, REF-0766, REF-1977, REF-1978, REF-1979, REF-1980, REF-1981, REF-1982, REF-1983, REF-1984, REF-1985, REF-1986, REF-1987

Lookalikes Review

Outcome: has-lookalikes

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Reviewed Date: 2026-07-06

Outcome: has-lookalikes

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Dangerous Lookalikes

Safety note^{[15, 16]}Fatal

Dangerous Plant: conium-maculatum

Confused Part: Young leaves and foliage gathered in spring, before flowering.

Confusion Context: Poison hemlock is a carrot-family plant with lacy foliage that can be mistaken for edible umbellifer greens; its alkaloid coniine causes an ascending paralysis that stops breathing, and even a small amount can be fatal. It grows in the same disturbed ground, hedgerows and waste places as ground elder.

Distinguishing Features: Ground elder leaves are in neat groups of three (twice-ternate) with broad, oval, sharply toothed leaflets. Poison hemlock leaves are finely divided, feathery and fern-like — not in groups of three., Poison hemlock has a hairless stem blotched and streaked with purple; ground elder's stem is plain green and grooved, never purple-spotted., Crushed ground elder smells mildly of parsley or carrot; crushed poison hemlock smells foul and musty ('mousy').

Key Test: Check the stem: purple blotches or streaks on a smooth, hairless stem = poison hemlock — do not eat. Ground elder has a plain green grooved stem, broad toothed leaflets in threes, and a mild parsley smell (never mousy).

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Safety note^[17]Fatal

Dangerous Plant: oenanthe-crocata

Confused Part: Foliage (mistaken for celery or parsley) and roots (mistaken for parsnip), where the plant grows near water.

Confusion Context: Hemlock water-dropwort is probably the most poisonous plant in Britain; its toxin oenanthotoxin causes violent convulsions, and its parsnip-like roots and celery-like leaves have repeatedly been eaten by mistake, often fatally. It grows in and beside water.

Distinguishing Features: Habitat is the first filter: hemlock water-dropwort grows in or right beside water (wet ditches, streams, marshes); ground elder grows in dry gardens, hedgerows and disturbed ground., Hemlock water-dropwort has a cluster of pale, swollen, finger-like root tubers ('dead man's fingers'); ground elder spreads by thin white creeping rhizomes, not fleshy tubers.

Key Test: If the plant is growing in or at the edge of water and has a cluster of swollen finger-like root tubers, treat it as hemlock water-dropwort — do not touch the roots. Ground elder grows in dry ground from thin creeping rhizomes.

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Safety note^{[18, 19]}Dangerous

Dangerous Plant: aethusa-cynapium

Confused Part: Young leaves and foliage in spring.

Confusion Context: Fool's parsley is a common carrot-family weed of gardens and disturbed ground — named for being mistaken for parsley — that contains toxic polyacetylenes and can cause burning of the mouth, vomiting and neurological effects, especially in children.

Distinguishing Features: Fool's parsley leaves are finely dissected, thin, dark green and fern-like; ground elder leaves are broad, oval, toothed leaflets in neat groups of three — a coarser, very different leaf., In flower, fool's parsley shows three long, narrow bracteoles hanging down beneath each small flower cluster (a 'beard'); ground elder umbels have no such drooping beard., Crushed fool's parsley smells foul and acrid ('mousy'); ground elder smells mildly of parsley or carrot.

Key Test: Finely dissected fern-like leaves with a foul mousy smell — and, if flowering, a drooping three-part 'beard' under each little umbel — mean fool's parsley, not ground elder (which has broad toothed leaflets in threes and a mild parsley scent).

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Safety note^{[19, 20, 21, 22]}Fatal

Dangerous Plant: conium-maculatum

Confused Part: First-year feathery carrot-like leaf rosette and the second-year umbels of tiny white flowers, which resemble poison hemlock; and the ribbed seeds, which resemble hemlock's poisonous fruits.

Confusion Context: Caraway (Carum carvi) is a biennial umbellifer whose finely divided, feathery first-year foliage and white flower umbels resemble those of poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). University of California extension guidance on growing caraway explicitly warns that plants with similar umbel flowers are actually poisonous - 'hemlock comes to mind' - cautioning against toxic look-alikes in caraway beds; foraging guides note that poison hemlock's ribbed seeds resemble anise, fennel or caraway seeds. Conium contains coniine and kills by ascending paralysis and respiratory failure - a few leaves or seeds can be fatal. Documented caraway-specific poisonings are sparse, so the value of this record is the rock-solid tests below rather than a claim that this exact swap is common.

Distinguishing Features: SMELL (decisive): crushed caraway foliage and seed smell warm, sweet and caraway-like (the familiar rye-bread spice). Poison hemlock smells rank, musty and mouse-like., Stem: poison hemlock has a hairless, hollow stem conspicuously blotched and streaked with red-purple, especially near the base. Caraway stems are plain green and never carry purple blotches., Stature: poison hemlock is a tall (often 1.5-3 m) branching biennial; caraway tops out around 0.6 m. A large fern-leaved umbellifer with a purple-blotched stem is not caraway.

Key Test: Crush a leaf or seed and smell it, and look at the stem. A warm sweet caraway scent with a plain green stem = caraway. A musty/mousy smell and/or a hairless stem with red-purple blotches = poison hemlock - do not eat. If either warning sign is present, discard it.

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Dosage

Not documented

Seed infusion^[15]

The EU herbal monograph describes traditional use of about 0.5-2 g crushed fruit (seed) per 150 mL hot water, 1-3 times daily, in adolescents, adults and elderly; not recommended under 12 years. Educational reference only, not a prescription.

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