Fennel is most common in the north, very similar to parsley with a hint of flavor. So, what is fennel? Fennel is cilantro? Here is a look.

1, fennel cabbage and its seeds have a special aroma, north and south are cultivated all over the world. Fennel cabbage is rich in vitamins B1, B2, C, PP, carotene and fiber, so that it has a special aromatic smell is fennel oil, which can stimulate the neurovascularity of the stomach and intestines, and has the effect of strengthening the stomach and regulating the qi, so it can be used with meat and fats.

2, the seed of cumin is seasoning, its stem and leaf part of the fennel dish. The moldy fennel should not be eaten. Fennel vegetable stuffing should be blanched in boiling water first, large and small fennel are commonly used seasoning, can remove the odor in the meat, so that it re-added incense, so it is said "fennel". Suitable for spasmodic pain, leukopenia patients Yin deficiency fire should not be eaten, more food will hurt the eyes, long sores.

3, fennel is cilantro. Cilantro, original name: coriander, alias: coriander, caraway, Latin name: Coriandrum sativum L. Umbelliferae, Coriandrum sativum annual or biennial, with a strong odor of the herb, 20-100 cm high. Roots fusiform, slender, with numerous slender branch roots. Stem terete, erect, much branched, striate, usually smooth. Rooted leaves stipitate, styles erect when young, reflexed outward when fruit ripe. Fruit globose, dorsal main ribs and adjacent secondary ribs conspicuous. Endosperm ventrally concave. The vittae are inconspicuous, or one is located below the secondary ribs. Native to the Mediterranean region of Europe, cultivated in China in the northeast, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang, and other provinces and regions. Stem and leaves for vegetables and spices, and has the effect of stomach and digestion; fruits can be mentioned aromatic oil; fruit into medicine, there are wind, rash, stomach, expectorant effect.

4, fennel, and the original name of Xiaohuaixiang, also known as incense wire vegetable, fennel, fennel seeds, Gu Xiang (Sichuan, Guizhou), Hun Xiang, young leaves for vegetables, is the stem of fennel, for the umbelliferae plant fennel dry mature fruit. It is the dried mature fruit of fennel in the Umbelliferae family. Su Song said, the northern people called for fennel, sound similar to Huaixiang. Tao Hongjing said: cooking stinky meat, under a little, no odor, stink sauce into the end is also fragrant, so it is called fennel. Li Shizhen said, the slang more wai dickey obeisance chewing, fear of wai fragrant name, or this is also. Fruit (cumin) for spice, but also for medicinal purposes, roots, leaves, grass can also be used as medicine.

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