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| Dill , |
| Botanical Name |
| Anethum graveoleus |
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| APIACEAE or UMBELLIFERAE Carrot Family |
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Prep Methods :Tea made from seeds, fresh or dried leaves as seasoning (fresh is yummy best), extracts. The essential oil can be used also.
 Remedies using Dill
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 Dill is very similar to caraway oil, and it's clear, spicy, somewhat grassy scent blends well with caraway, mints, nutmeg, spice and citrus oils. Dill oil is extracted from the leaves, stems and seeds of the plant. |
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Calming *sleep * |
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| This mouth watering herb stimulates digestion and is especially good at relieving gas pains in children. 856
| | Colic, infant flatulence | | Like the other umbelliferous fruits and volatile oils, both the herb dill and the oil of Dill plants possess stimulant, carminative and stomachic properties, making them of considerable medicinal value. Dill Water, which is a common domestic remedy for the flatulence of infants is a useful vehicle for children's medicine generally. 1228
(Grieve, Maude 256) |
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Dill is a unique plant in that both its leaves (dill weed) and seeds are used as a seasoning. Dill is a very attractive herb, with dark green feathery leaves, and yellow, umbrella-like flowers. Just smelling the plant can make your mouth water!
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 Dill is commonly regarded as the Anethon of Dioscorides. It was well known in Pliny's days and is often mentioned by writers in the Middle Ages. Grieve, M.,255 |
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 Mercury hath the dominion of this plant, and therefore to be sure it strengthens the brain. The dill being boiled and drank, is good to ease swellings and pains Nicholas Culpeper |
In the Middle Ages, dill was also one of the herbs used by magicians in their spells, and charms against witchcraft. In Drayton's Nymphidia are the lines: Therewith her Vervain and her Dill,
That hindereth Witches of their Will. |
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