Carum carvi L. Cultivated in many regions of the world including Iran and India, states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. This plant is used in Iranian folk medicine for therapeutic purposes. The aim of this study was to overview its therapeutic effects than its nutritive and industrial effects. This review article was carried out by searching studies in PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and Iran Medex databases .The initial search strategy identified about 128 references. In this study, 113 studies was accepted for further screening and met all our inclusion criteria [in English, full text, therapeutic effects of Carum carvi L. and dated mainly from the year 1964 to 2016.The search terms were “ Carum carvi L.”, “therapeutic properties”, “pharmacological effects”. The results of this study was shown that this plant possess Appetite- suppressing activity, Oral mucositis ,Irritable Bowel Syndrome ,Hypothyroidism, Blood pressure lowering, vasodilator and cardiac-modulatory, Antitubercular activity, Anticancer, Anti-colitis activity, Cardiovascular disease, Anti-obesity activity, Antimicrobialactivity, Hyperlipidemic effect, antihyperglycemic and hyperlipidemic activity, Anti-oxidative stress activity. This plant is useful for treatment and prevention of many diseases with few(if any) side effects.
