Dill is known and used, probably, by every housewife. This fragrant plant is an indispensable ingredient of pickles and marinades, so there is always a place for its fragrant umbrellas in the garden.
Are you familiar with the beneficial properties of dill seeds and their use in folk medicine?
What is the use of dill seeds
Infusion of dill seeds has an antispasmodic, carminative, analgesic effect and is successfully used to relieve the condition of adults and children with various digestive disorders accompanied by flatulence, cramps, belching, loss of appetite. Dill oil is used for the same purposes.
Dill seeds are included in herbal preparations for the treatment of liver diseases; decoction of seeds is used for biliary dyskinesia, cholelithiasis (remember that self-medication in such cases is unacceptable, the use of folk remedies is possible only after medical consultation).
Infusions and decoctions of dill seeds are an effective diuretic used by folk medicine in the treatment of kidney and bladder diseases (pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, cystitis). A partner of seeds is also recommended for children and senile urinary incontinence.
Preparations of dill seeds have a pronounced vasodilating and soothing effect, due to which they are successfully used in the treatment of hypertension (especially at the initial stage). They are also used for angina pectoris (including for the prevention of seizures), cardiac arrhythmias, atherosclerosis.
Do not forget to sow dill in the country — this can be done both in early spring and in winter.
In case of sleep disorders, insomnia, dill seeds are used in the form of an infusion, powder (crushed dry unripe seeds), dill oil and wine infused with crushed seeds.
In addition, in folk medicine, dill seeds (including as part of herbal preparations) are used to increase lactation in nursing mothers; as an expectorant — for bronchitis; externally — for ulcers on the skin (baths with decoction of seeds, lotions, alcoholic dill lotion), eye diseases (lotions).
Seeds as medicinal raw materials are collected after full ripening. Cut plants are dried in bundles, suspended in a dry, well-ventilated room, and then threshed and cleaned of impurities. Store the harvested raw materials for no more than 2 years.
Contraindications to the use of dill seeds
The vasodilating effect of drugs based on dill seeds can negatively affect the condition of those who suffer from hypotension, therefore, with consistently low blood pressure, such drugs should be used with caution. There are no other contraindications to the use of dill seeds.
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