Witnessed by: TCM · Ayurveda · Western · Unani
Dill (Anethum graveolens), of the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family. Aromatic annual with feathery blue-green foliage and flat umbels of yellow flowers; native range: Mediterranean and south-western Asia. Globally recognized as shatapushpa · misi in Sanskrit, soya · sowa in Hindi, shi luo (莳萝) in Chinese, and shibt in Arabic. The part used is fruit (seed), chiefly; also the leaf. Flattened, winged, pale-brown seeds; warm and sweetish-pungent with a caraway-like aroma from their volatile oil (rich in carvone).
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
DILL
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Dill
- Scientific name
- Anethum graveolens L.
- Family
- Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Form
- Part used
- fruit (seed), chiefly; also the leaf
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- pungent
- Ayurveda
- dominant: pungent (katu) · also: bitter (tikta)
- Western
- pungent, aromatic, sweetish
- Unani
- pungent
Temperature
TCM: warm
Ayurveda: heating (ushna)
Western: warming
Unani: hot & dry (2nd degree)
convergence: all {witness_count} witnesses converge — a gentle carminative warmth agreed on every side
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Spleen · Stomach · Kidney
- Western
- digestion · uterus
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- warms the spleen and kidney, dispels cold, harmonises the stomach, moves qi and stops pain
- Ayurveda
- dipana-pachana, vata-kapha-hara, vatanulomana, stanyajanana (galactagogue), and emmenagogue
- Western
- carminative, stomachic, antispasmodic, galactagogue
- Unani
- kaasir-e-riyah (carminative), mudirr-e-haiz (emmenagogue), mudirr-e-laban (galactagogue)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- none notable at culinary or normal medicinal dose; large medicinal doses cautioned in pregnancy for its emmenagogue action
- Toxicity
- the essential oil in excess
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