What are the effects and functions of fennel?

Fennel has many functions and effects. It can help stimulate appetite and has a good effect of regulating qi and dispelling cold. It can also help us improve these adverse symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and abdominal cold pain.

1. Fennel stimulates appetite, regulates qi and dispels cold, and helps the yang channel. Indications: Cold in the middle burner, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, cold pain in the abdomen; hernia pain, swollen and painful testicles; spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension and pain.

2. Fennel can detoxify, relieve menstrual pain, increase appetite, nourish the kidneys, and relieve phlegm and cough. Therefore, it can be used for abdominal pain and drainage. It can also dispel cold and relieve pain, treat stomach cold, abdominal pain and gastric colic, and is good for the digestive system. It can also regulate qi and relieve pain, and adjust the middle and lower qi. Fennel tea can also be used to stop vomiting, treat indigestion, bad breath, eliminate intestinal gas and bloating, improve intestinal colic, treat constipation, and act as a diuretic and detoxifier, and is considered a good weight loss medicine. It can also increase milk secretion in lactating women, so it is also effective in breast enhancement.

3. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia states that fennel preparations are commonly used stomachic, cold-dispelling, qi-promoting and analgesic drugs. Anethole can promote the maturation of bone marrow cells and their release into peripheral blood. It has a significant effect on increasing white blood cells, mainly neutrophils, and can be used for leukocytopenia.

4. The main components of fennel are protein, fat, dietary fiber, anethole, fenchone, anisaldehyde, etc. Its aroma mainly comes from aromatic substances such as anethole and anethole. It is a multi-purpose plant that combines medicine, seasoning, food and cosmetic functions. The tender stems and leaves are used as vegetables and stuffing. Fennel fruit contains 2.8% fennel oil, 50-60% anethole, 18-20% a-anisone, 10% methyl pepper, a-pinene dipentene, anisaldehyde, camphene, etc. The endosperm contains about 15% fatty oil and about 85% protein, starch, sugar and mucus. It can be used as a spice and is often used in the cooking of meat, seafood, and pasta such as sesame cakes. It is used as a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It is warm in nature, spicy in taste, and enters the liver, kidney, spleen, and stomach meridians. Functions: warming the liver and kidneys, warming the stomach qi, dispersing blockages, dispersing cold and relieving pain, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach. It is used for abdominal pain caused by cold hernia, testicular prolapse, dysmenorrhea in women, cold pain in the lower abdomen, abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, etc.