Papaya - a world class meat tenderizer, natural digestive aid, prevents ulcers, and also a soft contact lense cleaner.Healing with Dill
If you use dill only in your pickling spices, you’re missing out on a marvelous healer. It won’t cure hemorrhoids or increase milk production, but science has supported several of its traditional uses.
Digestive Aid and Gas Remedy - Research supports dill’s 3,000 years of use as a digestive aid The herb helps relax the smooth muscles of the digestive tract. One study shows it’s also an antifoaming agent, meaning it helps prevent the formation of intestinal gas bubbles.
Dill seed oil inhibits the growth of several bacteria that attack the intestinal tract, suggesting that it may help prevent infectious diarrhea caused by these microorganisms.
Women’s Health - Urinary tract infections (UTI) are usually caused by one of the bacteria inhibited by dill (E. coli). If you suffer recurrent UTI. try adding a cloth full of dill or some dill seed oil to your bath. It just might help.
Intriguing Possibilities - When injected into laboratory animals, dill extract stimulates respiration, slows heart rate, and opens blood vessels, all of which reduce blood pressure. Of course, people don’t inject dill preparations, but these effects suggest there’s more to learn about this herb’s healing potential.
Rx for Dill
As a breath freshener, chew 112 to I teaspoon of seeds. As a digestive aid, take an infusion or tincture. To make a pleasant-tasting infusion, use 2 teaspoons of bruised seeds per cup of boiling water. Steep 10 minutes. Drink up to 3 cups a day.
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In a tincture, take ½ to 1 teaspoon up to three times a day. For colic or gas in children under age 2, give small amounts of a weak infusion. For older children and people over 65, start with low-strength preparations and increase strength if necessary.
To discourage urinary tract infections, tie some dill seeds in a cheese-cloth bag and add it to your bath. You can also use up to a teaspoonful of dill seed oil in the bath.