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Dill Seeds

 

BOTANICAL NAME:

  • Peucedanum graveolens

FAMILY:

  • Umbellifereae

SYNONYM(S):

  • Anethum sowa
  • Anethum gnaveolens

URDU NAME:

  • Soya

REGIONAL NAME:

  • Bengali: Sowa, Sulpa
  • Persian: Shot
  • Hindi: Sowa
  • Pashto: Soya
  • Sanskrit: Satappushpi
  • Sindhi: Sadakuppa, Sawa
  • Arabic: Shubith
  • Punjabi: Soya

UNANI/TIBBI NAME:

  • Nill

ENGLISH NAME:

  • Indian Dill, Pakistani Dill, Dill Seeds

HABITAT:

  • It is widely cultivated throughout Pakistan, Punjab, NWFP, Baluchistan & Gilgat

DESCRIPTION:

An annual herb which grows to height from 60-80 cm

  • Leaves linear, 2-3 pinnate
  • Stem smooth, shiny and hollow
  • Flat terminal umbel with numerous flowers
  • Fruits oval, flat, convex, narrowly winged, light brown in colour, 2mm wide with three longitudinal ridged and vittae

PART USED:

  • Seeds and fruit

TASTE:

  • Bitter and Pungent

TEMPERAMENT:

  • Hot 3°, dry 3°

PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:

  • It is cultivated as a cold weather crop. Flowers in springs

PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:

  • Seeds ripen in autumn. Cutting is done in the early morning on late evening with cane to prevent seeds loss by shaking. Seeds are dried

CONSTITUENTS:

  • D-cavone
  • D-limonene
  • Dill-apiol
  • Anethol
  • Anisaldehyde
  • Euginol
  • Hymol
  • Calcium
  • Phosphorous
  • Iron magnesium, sodium
  • Potassium
  • Zinc

SUBSTITUTES:

  • Saunf/fennels (foeniculum vulgare)

ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:

Pharmacological action:

  • Carminative
  • Aromatic
  • Stomachic
  • Diuretic
  • Stimulant
  • Resolvent
  • Glactogogue
  • Antidysentric

Therapeutic uses:

  • Relieves gripping
  • Flatulence
  • Colic and abdominal pains
  • Cold
  • Hiccough
  • Ear ache
  • In problems of liver
  • Spleen
  • Bladder
  • Chest
  • Kidney
  • Useful in piles

DOSES:

  • 1 g

CORRECTIVES:

  • Sugars
  • Honey
  • Lemon juice

IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:

  • Jawanish zaruni sada
  • Malun nankhwah mushki
  • Majun munraweh-ul-arwah
  • Labub-ul-asran

ASTROLOGY:

  • Sun