Scientific Name: Anethum graveolens

Description: An annual plant cultivated for culinary spice use. It grows to a meter in height. The leaves are filiform leaflets. The flat umbels yield yellow flowers producing oval dill seeds.

Traditional Uses:

• Infusion of the seed used for insomina.

• Infusion also used for stomach acidity, flatulence, dyspepsia, colic.

• The seed boiled in olive oil and applied warm over furuncles hastens suppuration and provides pain relief.

• Nursing mothers use the dill to increase milk flow.

• Chewing of the seeds helpful in halitosis.

• Decoction of the herb used for colic in babies. Seed decoctions are more potent and should be adjusted accordingly.

• Prepared> 5 to 10 grams in 1 liter of water, 4 to 5 cups daily.

Excerpts from: "An illustrated compilation of Philippine medicinal plants by Godofredo Stuart"