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