Dill
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Dill is an annual herb in the celery family. Dill is commonly used as a herb in Europe and central Asia. Like caraway, the fernlike leaves of dill are very aromatic and are added to many foods, like salmon, other fish dishes, soups, as well as pickles. Dill is very popular in salads, like lettuce, tomato, cucumber salad, commonly eaten in Italy and Greece.

Traditionally, the ancient Greeks used dill in perfumery and wine making. They crowned the victors with dill wreaths and anointed them in dill oil, because they considered the oil to be invigorating and tonic. They used to cope with hiccups, by mixing dill with red wine. Dioscorides suggested the herb to be used as a calming agent. The Greek word for dill, anithos is derived from the word anison or aneton.

The health benefits of dill include its ability to boost digestive health, as well as provide relief from insomnia, hiccups, dairrhea, dysentery, menstrual disorders, respiratory disorders and cancer. It is also good for oral care and can boost the immune system, also protecting from bone degradation. It is also a powerful anti-inflammatory substance, which means it can protect against issues like arthritis. Furthermore, it can reduce excess gas and holds carminative properties.

The health benefits dill has to offer are derived from its organic compounds, vitamins and minerals, These include powerful monoterpenes like limonene, carvone and anethofuran, as well as falvonoids like vicenin and kaempferol. Dill is stocked with vitamin A, C, as well as trace minerals such as folate, iron and manganese.

Medicinal Applications:

The essential oils present in dill are stimulating and they activate the secretion of bile and digestive juices. The same oils stimulate peristaltic motion of the intestines, easing the passage of bowel movements and relieving constipation.

Dill has sedative, stimulating and hypnotic properties, helping to stimulate and pacify as well. The flavonoids and vitamin B complex found in dill's essential oils, are stimulating in nature and activate certain enzymes and hormones which have calming and hypnotic effects.

The calcium content in dill helps prevent bone loss and loss of bone mineral density.

Dill has been associated with diabetes and the management of insulin levels. It can reduce the flunctuations of serum lipids and insulin levels in corticosteroid-induced diabetes.

As a renown carminative, dill can help prevent excessive gas, allowing the bulding of gas to easily escape the body.

Dill has long been associated with antimibrocial activity, and t has been shown to prevent a number of microbial infections throughout the body, both those in various organs and those potential infections that land in wounds or small cuts on the skin.

Hiccups occur mostly due to trapped gas and repeated upward movement of gases through the food pipe. The second cause is due to certain allergies, hypersensitivity, hyperactivity and nervous malfunctioning. Dill can actually help in all these situations. Again, due to its carminative nature, dill helps the expulsion of gases and also reduces gas formation while as a sedative, it helps to calm down hiccups due to allergies, hyperactivity or nervous disorders.

Dill is extremely helpful in cases of diarrhea due to indigestion, as it has very good digestive properties. Secondly, the flavonoids in dill's essential oil have antimicrobial properties, thus eliminating microbial caused diarrhea.

Dill can help with issues of dysentery due to fungal infections. The help it offers can be attributed to the disinfectant properties the essential oil carries.

Dill can successfully reduce inflammation and the associated pain of diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, gout and arthritis. Dill has been used since antiquity for it's anri-inflammatory and analgesic action.