The seedpod of fennel is a flavoring, while its stem and leaf parts are also aromatic and are often used as fillings for foods such as buns and dumplings. The main ingredient they contain is fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal neurovascularity, promote the secretion of digestive juices, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, and eliminate accumulated gases, so it has the efficacy of strengthening the stomach and promoting the flow of qi; sometimes gastrointestinal peristalsis decreases after excitement, and thus it helps to alleviate spasms and reduce pain.

Chinese medicine into medicine, warm, flavor pungent, attributed to the liver, kidney, spleen, stomach meridian. Functions: warming the liver and kidney, warming stomach qi, dispersing plugged knots, dispersing cold, relieving pain, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach. It is used for cold hernia and abdominal pain, testicular deviation, women's dysmenorrhea, cold pain in the abdomen, epigastric distension and pain, and vomiting and diarrhea with little food.

Cumin also has anti-ulcer, analgesic, sex hormone-like effect, etc. Fennel oil has different degrees of antibacterial effect. Can stimulate gastrointestinal neurovascular, promote saliva and gastric juice secretion, play a role in enhancing appetite and help digestion. Suitable for spleen and stomach cold. Colic, dysmenorrhea patients used for dietary therapy, the consumption method is: take a little cumin, fry and decoct the soup to remove the slag, and then add rice, cook into rice porridge to eat.