Simply Organic Dill Weed Herb Cut & Sifted Cert. Organic 5.4 oz: K

All Frontier Bottled Spices are freshness dated, non-irradiated, safety sealed and feature a convenient shaker top for easy use. Native to Mediterranean countries and southeastern Europe, dill is now widely cultivated in Europe, India, and North America. The entire plant is aromatic, and the small stems and immature umbels are used for flavouring soups, salads, sauces, fish, sandwich fillings, and particularly pickles. Dill has a warm, slightly sharp flavour somewhat reminiscent of caraway. The whole seeds and the seed oil have carminative properties and have been used in treating flatulent colic. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The leaves added to fish, or mixed with pickled cucumbers give them a spicy taste.' 'Dill vinegar, however, forms a popular household condiment. It is made by soaking the seeds in vinegar for a few days before using.' ''The French use Dill seeds for flavouring cakes and pastry, as well as for flavouring sauces.' 'Perhaps the chief culinary use of Dill seeds is in pickling cucumbers: they are employed in this way chiefly in Germany where pickled cucumbers are largely eaten.' 'Medicinal Action and Uses: Like the other umbelliferous fruits and volatile oils, both Dill fruit and oil of Dill possess stimulant, aromatic, carminative and stomachic properties, making them of considerable medicinal value.' 'Oil of Dill is used in mixtures, or administered in doses of 5 drops on sugar, but its most common use is in the preparation of Dill Water, which is a common domestic remedy for the flatulence of infants, and is a useful vehicle for children's medicine generally.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'Carminative and stomachic, and used in the preparation of dill-water. The natives of India use the fruit largely in medicine and cookery. Flatulent colic and singultus, when due to disordered digestion, are relieved by the administration of dill-water or the oil of dill; the former in 1 or 2-drachm doses, the latter in from 2 to 5-drop doses on sugar. It possesses no advantages over the other aromatic seeds.' 'The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Dill seed for 'Dyspepsia.' 'Average daily dosage: Seed, 3 g; essential oil, 0.1 - 0.3 g; equivalent preparations. Mode of Administration: Whole seeds for teas and other galenical preparations for internal application. Actions: Antispasmodic: Bacteriostatic.'