[[File:Dill.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Dill]]Other Names:American Dill, scientifically known as Aneth, Aneth Odorant, Anethi Fructus, Anethi Herba, Anethum Graveolensgraveolens, Anethum sowa, Dill Herb, Dill Oil, Dill Weed, Dillweed, Dilly, Eneldo, European Dill, Faux Anis, Fenouil Bâtard, Fenouil Puant, Huile d’Aneth, Indian Dill, Madhura, Peucedanum graveolens, Satahva, Shatpushpa, Sotapa, Sowa.<br>Dill has been in use in culinary and in medicines since ages. Both seeds and the leaves can be used. Apart from giving a strong tangy, appetizing flavor and taste, dill has many medicinal properties, which mainly come from certain compounds called Monoterpenes, Flavonoids, minerals and certain amino acids.<br>See also : [[Dill Seed]]
==Special Precautions of Dill==
==The benefits of * Dill are==is safe when consumed as a food. Dill also seems to be safe for most people when taken by mouth in medicinal amounts.The health benefits of dill include good digestion, relief from insomnia*When applied to the skin, hiccups, diarrhea, dysentery, menstrual disorders, respiratory disorders, cancer, etcdill can sometimes cause skin irritation. It is Fresh dill juice can also good cause the skin to become extra sensitive to the sun. This might put you at greater risk for oral caresunburns and skin cancer. Avoid sunlight. Wear sunblock and protective clothing outside, especially if you are light-skinned.*Digestion: Dill itself is an appetizer Pregnancy and therefore extensively used breast-feeding: It’s UNSAFE to use dill in culinary. The essential oils present in it medicinal amounts if you are stimulant in nature pregnant. Dill seed can start menstruation and activates secretion that might lead to a miscarriage.Not enough is known about the safety of bile and digestive juicesusing dill during breast-feeding. These oils also stimulate peristaltic motion It’s best to stick to food amounts.* Dill is one of the intestinenatural [[blood thinners]].*InsomniaAllergy to plants in the carrot family: Essential oils found Dill may cause allergic reactions in herbs 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 peculiar propertywater 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. They Talk with your healthcare provider before using this product if you are simultaneously taking lithium. Your lithium dose might need to be changed.==Actions==carminative, antiemetic, antispasmodic, stomachic, emmenogogue, diuretic, galactogogue, calmative, aromatic, stimulant and sedative or hypnotic, diaphoretic==The benefits of Dill Weed are==*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 isvery low in calories. Nonetheless, they stimulate 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 well as pacifyd-carvone, dillapiole, DHC, eugenol, limonene, terpinene, and myristicin. * The essential oils oil, Eugenol in the dill are no different. The Flavonoids has been in therapeutic usage as local anesthetic and vitamin-B complex present antiseptic. Eugenol has also been found to reduce blood sugar levels in its essential oilspeople with diabetes. (Further detailed studies, being stimulant in naturehowever, activates secretion require to establish its role.)* Vitamin-A and β- carotene are natural flavonoid antioxidants. 100 g of certain enzymes 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 hormones which have calmative skin and hypnotic effects, thereby helping have a is essential for good sleepvision. Consumption of natural foods rich in flavonoids helps the human body to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.*[[Hiccups]]: Hiccups occur due to various reasonsFresh dill herb is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin, primarily due to trapping and repeated upward movement vitamin-C. 100 g contain about 85 mg or 140% of gases through vitamin-C. Vitamin-C helps the food pipe human body develop resistance against infectious agents and secondarily due to certain allergiesscavenge harmful, hypersensitivity, hyperactivity and nervous malfunctioning etcpro-inflammatory free radicals. * Dill can help in all weed is a good source of these situationsminerals like copper, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, and magnesium. Being Copper is a carminativecofactor for many vital enzymes, it helps expulsion of gases including cytochrome c-oxidase and also reduces gas formation superoxide dismutase (other minerals function as cofactors for this enzyme are manganese and being sedativezinc). Zinc is a co-factor in many enzymes that regulate growth and development, it helps calm down hiccups due to allergies (which digestion and nucleic acid synthesis. Potassium is actually hypersensitivity an important component of the cell and body towards certain foreign elements fluids that helps control heart rate and bile)blood pressure. The human body uses manganese as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, hyperactivity, nervous disturbances etcsuperoxide 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.
*Menstrual Disorders: The Flavonoids in essential oils of dill are stimulant and Emenagogue in nature, that is, they stimulate secretion of certain hormones which in turn help maintain proper menstrual cycles.
*Respiratory Disorders: Kaempferol and certain other components of Flavonoids and Monoterpenes in the essential oils of dill are anti congestive and anti histaminic in nature and help clear congestion in the respiratory system due to histamine, allergies or cough.
*Oral Care: Dill seeds and leaves are very good mouth fresheners. Apart from that, the essential oils in it are germicidal, anti oxidant and disinfectant in nature. Thus they help end microbial infections in the mouth as well as their anti oxidants minimize the damages caused to gums and teeth by the free radicals.
*Cancer: Now it is the turn of the Monoterpenes to come under the lime light. These chemoprotective Monoterpenes, being stimulant in nature, activates secretion of an enzyme called glutathione-S-transferase (the radical glutathione is an effective anti oxidant) which is very effective in neutralizing carcinogens, particularly Cyano- and Benzo- derivatives and free radicals, thereby protecting from cancer. The other anti oxidants in essential oils of dill also contribute to this.
*Dill is relaxant, fortifying (strength giving), diuretic (increases urination helping removal of toxic substances from the body), carminative (helps removal of gases), anti spasmodic (prevents cramps), anti flatulent, stimulates lactation (galactagogue) and endocrinal secretions, enhances libido due to presence of Arginine
*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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