*Allergy to plants in the carrot family: Dill may cause allergic reactions in people who are allergic to plants in the carrot family. Some of these include asafoetida, caraway, celery, coriander, and fennel.
* Lithium interacts with DILL : Dill might have an effect like a water pill or "diuretic." Taking dill might decrease how well the body gets rid of lithium. This could increase how much lithium is in the body and result in serious side effects. Talk with your healthcare provider before using this product if you are taking lithium. Your lithium dose might need to be changed.
==Actions==carminative, antiemetic, antispasmodic, stomachic, emmenogogue, diuretic, galactogogue, calmative, aromatic, stimulant, diaphoretic
==The benefits of Dill Weed are==
*contains Contains many plant-derived chemical compounds that are known to have been anti-oxidant, disease preventing, and health promoting properties.
* does not contain cholesterol and is very low in calories. Nonetheless, it holds many antioxidants, vitamins like niacin, pyridoxine, etc., and dietary fibers, which help in controlling blood cholesterol levels.
* Dill leaves (sprigs) and seeds carry many essential volatile oils such as d-carvone, dillapiole, DHC, eugenol, limonene, terpinene, and myristicin.
* The essential oil, Eugenol in the dill has been in therapeutic usage as local anesthetic and antiseptic. Eugenol has also been found to reduce blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. (Further detailed studies, however, require to establish its role.)
It is also rich in many vital vitamins, including folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin-A, ß-carotene, vitamin-C that is essential for optimum metabolism inside the human body. * Vitamin-A and β- carotene are natural flavonoid antioxidants. 100 g of dill weed sprigs provide 7718 IU or 257% of daily recommended levels of this vitamin. Vitamin-A is also required for maintaining healthy mucosa and skin and is essential for good vision. Consumption of natural foods rich in flavonoids helps the human body to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers. * Fresh dill herb is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin, vitamin-C. 100 g contain about 85 mg or 140% of vitamin-C. Vitamin-C helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals.* Dill weed is a good source of minerals like copper, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, and magnesium. Copper is a cofactor for many vital enzymes, including cytochrome c-oxidase and superoxide dismutase (other minerals function as cofactors for this enzyme are manganese and zinc). Zinc is a co-factor in many enzymes that regulate growth and development, digestion and nucleic acid synthesis. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure. The human body uses manganese as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase.
*Diarrhea: Diarrhea is caused mainly due to two reasons; indigestion and microbial action. For the first, dill can certainly help as it has very good digestive properties. For the second, it can help again since the Monoterpenes and Flavonoids present in its essential oils are germicidal or bactericidal in nature and can help cure diarrhea by inhibiting microbial infections.
*Dysentery: Dysentery is primarily caused due to fungal infections. Here too, dill can help as its essential oils are disinfectant in nature and help inhibit fungal infection effectively.
*it ensures bone and dental health being a good source of calcium.
* [[Chlorophyll]]-benefits
==Nutrition Facts: ==
Dill herb has all the characters to consider it has one of the most valued functional foods. 100 g of dill weed provides only 43 calories, but its phytonutrients profile is no less than any other high-calorie food source; be it nuts, pulses, cereals, or meat group.
100 g fo this herb provides (%of RDA per 100 g):
*37.5% of folates (vitamin B11),
*14% of vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine),
*23% of riboflavin (vitamin B-2),
*140% of vitamin-C,
*257% of vitamin-A,
*21% of calcium,
*82% of iron
*55% of manganese.
(Note: RDA- Recommended daily allowance)
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