The healing properties of dill

Dill( Anethum) is a herbaceous annual plant, an umbrella family. Has a single or branched stem, leaves are dark green, pinnate threadlike. Bright yellow flowers are collected in umbrellas with a diameter of about 10 cm, seeds are elliptical.

Distinctive feature of dill is a characteristic aromatic "dill" smell, has a sweetish-spicy taste. For medicinal purposes, all parts of the plant are used. Dill with valuable ingredients, which are limonene, carvone and fellandren, contains essential oils, carotene, vitamins, phytoncides, minerals, and proteins.

Application in folk medicine.

The healing properties of dill are widely used in folk medicine. Dill has spasmolytic, carminative effect, reduces the feeling of heaviness in the stomach after taking heavy food. It is used for pain in the stomach and intestines, it helps with inflammation of the bladder, liver diseases, insomnia, headaches, hypertension. Dill is known as a general restorative.

Dill seed powder is used when coughing with other herbs. Grass dill in the form of a decoction is useful to use for cold and infectious diseases of the respiratory system, to enhance the body's immune forces. Infusion of herbs is useful for wheezing and tracheobronchitis. Infusion of fennel seeds is used for pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary tuberculosis, the medicinal properties of the plant are used for insomnia and headaches, thanks to the beneficial properties of dill improves metabolism. Fruits and grass are also used as a decoction as an external remedy in the form of lotions for eye diseases and pustular skin lesions. According to some reports, after taking the infusion from the fennel seeds, the intraocular pressure decreases and the cholesterol level decreases. Kashitsa, prepared from fresh raw dill, soothes the itching and pain caused by insect bites.

Dill is used in cosmetology as an anti-inflammatory agent. For tired and reddened eyes, take - 5-8 grams of dill herbs pour boiling water, insist for a few minutes. Gauze napkins or cotton swabs soaked in chilled infusion are applied to the eyes with swelling and redness of the eyelids. The same effect is achieved when superimposed on the inflamed eyes and eyelids gauze napkins filled with dill seeds pre-steamed in hot water, the duration of the procedure is 15 minutes.

The whitening effect of the dill juice is not the least in the lightening of freckles and pigment spots, the mask is prepared from the green fennel and parsley, taken in equal parts, for 2 cups of boiling water one tablespoon of the mixture and insist in a tightly closed dish for 2 hours. Apply to the skin, moistened in infusion, a gauze napkin.

Antiseptic properties of dill are successfully used to treat acne vulgaris separately or in combination with other components in the form of rubs, lotions or masks.

Contraindications.

Despite the properties of taste and medicinal dill, its use in food, as well as treatment, is not recommended for people with low blood pressure. Uncontrolled use of dill can cause deterioration in the state of various body systems. Also, dill is contraindicated to those people who have an individual intolerance to the components contained in dill.