Dill is a herbaceous vegetable crop that many housewives use as a spice in the preparation of various dishes. However, not everyone is familiar with its healing properties. It has virtually no contraindications, but it helps in the treatment of many diseases, for example, with cough.

The healing properties of dill

Chemical constituents of the plant:

• iron;
• phosphorus;
• calcium;
• selenium;
• manganese;
• essential vitamins;
• essential oils.

This vegetable crop contains the following acids:

• ascorbic;
• nicotine;
• oleic;
• palmitic;
• linolenic.

Did you know? The ancient Greeks and Romans gave their lovers bouquets, which were made only of dill as a symbol of fidelity and love.

Dill has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and expectorant properties.

Its useful qualities are also used in the following cases:

• to improve digestion;
• to stop intestinal disorders (diarrhea);
• to get rid of hiccups;
• help with insomnia;
• with viral diseases.

This valuable and beneficial plant has a beneficial effect on cough treatment.

How does dill help in treating cough?

This vegetable crop is often used for coughing, as it helps to remove mucus from the respiratory tract, especially if the sputum produced by coughing is viscous. Dill contains volatile, biologically active substances that inhibit the growth of pathogens and help relieve inflammation. And the seeds of this plant have a stimulating effect on the secretion of the bronchi.

Dill seeds are actively used in diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract such as:

• tracheitis;
• angina;
• laryngitis;
• pneumonia;
• bronchitis.

Herbal tea with added seeds of this green is effective for tuberculosis, since the seeds strengthen the human immunity.

How to brew and how to apply dill for cough

This herb is used as a useful additive in food, but, mainly, the manifestation of medicinal properties consists in the preparation of decoctions and tinctures.

This plant is an excellent remedy for dry cough.

There are such recipes:

1. Grind 1 tablespoon of seeds and add 500 g of boiled water, and then insist. Drink this infusion 3 times in 100 ml per day.
2. A tablespoon of seeds is poured with 1 cup of boiling water, well insisted and filtered. Take half a cup as an expectorant.
3. For 1 tablespoon of seeds, use 1 cup of boiled water. Insist in a thermos for 2 hours, you can add honey, take up to 3-4 times a day.

Important! Honey can cause an allergic reaction, use is not necessary.

In order to make treatment for pneumonia or bronchitis more effective, you can use the following recipe: 1 tablespoon of seeds is poured with half a liter of boiled water and insisted for at least 2 hours. Eat a tablespoon up to three times a day.

In adults

Often the seeds are not taken in the form in which they are. Grinding them with a coffee grinder, you get the powder, which is required for the implementation of recipes.

With dry cough:

1. Grind 1 spoon of seeds with a hill.
2. Insist on half a liter of boiled water for at least an hour.
3. Strain from the powder.
4. Eat half a cup, but do not swallow immediately, and hold in your mouth for at least a few seconds.

Also, the following recipe will help with a different type of cough:

1. Take boiled fat milk.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of dill grains.
3. Use for the night.

For pulmonary diseases, tincture will be effective, for which the following ingredients will be required:

• 20 g of juniper berries;
• 25 g of dill grains;
• 30 g of horseradish;
• 5 g of salt;
• 1 g of ground black pepper.

Instruction:

1. Mix and grind.
2. Next, pour a bottle of vodka.
3. Insist for 2 weeks.
4. To filter.
5. Dilute 20 drops of this tincture in water and drink 3 times a day.

Herbal inhalations are also effective:

1. Pour water into a small container and add 2 tablespoons of dill seeds.
2. Boil.
3. After we cover our heads and breathe over steam for about 10 minutes.

In children

Dill is often used to cure cough not only in adults, but also in children. There are practically no side effects.

Important! Before taking this drug, the child should consult a doctor.

1. Pour a teaspoon of dill grains with 300 ml of hot water.
2. Boil the mixture in a water bath.
3. Then you need to insist and strain well.
4. Add 50 ml of milk and 1 teaspoon of honey.
5. We use 1/3 cup before eating.

During pregnancy

This vegetable crop is a useful tool during pregnancy, as it improves digestive processes, boosts the immune system, and helps with constipation, nausea and vomiting (relevant in case of toxicosis).

It is completely safe for pregnant women to take this infusion for colds:

1. We make 2 tablespoons of seeds in a thermos.
2. We insist 6 hours.
3. Take 1 tablespoon.

Contraindications in the treatment of dill

Contraindications are as follows:

• prohibited with low blood pressure;
• should not be taken by women in late pregnancy, as premature birth may begin;
• individual intolerance.

You need to be careful in the use of dill in case of:

• increased acidity of the stomach;
• visual impairment;
• poor blood coagulation;
• the presence of chronic diseases, a doctor’s consultation is required.

Did you know? In dried form, dill is twice or even three times the energy value of fresh dill.

Tinctures with the addition of alcohol should not be used by pregnant and lactating women, as well as people who have problems with alcohol.

So, dill is an indispensable tool for colds. It can help strengthen the immune system, as well as in the fight against the disease. In addition, you will saturate the body with a large number of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and trace elements.