Dill is rich in mineral salts and may be used in a salt free diet to enhance flavour.

Dill has a calming effect of the digestive system. It contains a volatile oil that relaxes muscles. Gripe Water, used for relieving colic in infants, contains dill seed. Bankes' Herbal of 1525 tactfully states that, "dill assuageth wicked winds in the womb (the stomach)."

Now we know that dill weed contains the carminative agent, carvone, which has a calming effect and aids with digestion by relieving intestional gas.

Dill also contains vitamin C and flavonoids and is rich in minerals, particularly calcium. One tablespoonful of dill seed contains as much calcium as 1/3 cup of milk. For indigestion try infusing 13gm bruised seeds in a cup of boiling water. Strain and take one tablespoonful.