Hello! Fennel, also known as Xiaohuaixiang, Fennel, Fennel Seed and Guxiang (Sichuan, Guizhou), is the dried and mature fruit of the Umbelliferae plant Fennel. Originally named Huaixiang, this product was first published in Tang Herbal Medicine. Su Song said that northerners call it fennel, and the sound is similar to Huai Xiang. Tao Hongjing said: Boil bad meat, add a little, there is no odor, and the smelly sauce is fragrant at the end, so it is called fennel. Li Shizhen said, vulgar people tend to chew with bitterness, fearing the name of fragrance, or take it as such. Anise is also called anise or star anise, which is mainly produced in Guangdong and Guangxi. It is called star anise because it has exactly eight horns and a smooth seed in each horn. Although fennel is only one word apart from him, it is difficult to find their similarities in terms of shape and color. Compared with the magnificent momentum of anise, fennel is much more ordinary and small. It is the seed of fennel, a common vegetable. It is just a small gray rapeseed, like withered rice grains, which is really ugly, but its fragrance is not lost to anise. Fennel, as an important spice, can remove unpleasant smells such as fishy smell, bad food and bad smell, so people will never forget to put a few fennel in beef stew and braised pork. You can also put a small amount when frying strong vegetarian dishes. In addition, putting some pickles and eggs can also play a good seasoning role. However, it can't be used for vegetables. For example, it is not easy to use fennel when cooking plain vegetables and stewing fresh chicken. Otherwise, the taste is too strong and it is easy to cover up the fresh fragrance of vegetables and meat, which is a bit counterproductive. Efficacy: The main ingredient they contain is fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal nerve and blood vessels, promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and eliminate accumulated gas, so it has the effects of invigorating stomach and promoting qi circulation; Sometimes gastrointestinal peristalsis will decrease after excitement, which will help to relieve spasm and pain. China Pharmacopoeia recorded that fennel preparation is commonly used for invigorating stomach, dispelling cold, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain. Aniline can promote the maturation of bone marrow cells and release them into peripheral blood, and has obvious effect of increasing white blood cells, mainly neutrophils, which can be used for leukopenia. Suitable for people: everyone can eat it. Usage: 3 ~ 5g of spices each time. 60 ~ 80 grams of fennel every time. Tips: moldy fennel should not be eaten. Fennel dishes should be boiled in boiling water first. People with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not eat it. Eating too much can easily lead to eye injury and long sores.