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"Illicium verum", "aniseed" and "anise", which are well-known nicknames of the traditional Chinese medicine Illicium verum. It is not only a common condiment in the family, but also a common Chinese medicine that warms the yang and dispels the cold. Illicium verum was first published in "Essentials of Materia Medica". As a seasoning, it can dispel fishy smell, relieve boredom, increase fragrance and make the cooked food taste more delicious. As a medicine, it is warm in nature and pungent in taste, and has the effects of warming yang, dispelling cold and regulating qi. It is often used to treat cold hernia, abdominal pain, kidney deficiency, low back pain, stomach cold vomiting and epigastric cold pain. Let me give you a detailed introduction.

Illicium verum

Essentials of Materia Medica: "Treat all air conditioning and colic." "Herbal Medicine": "Hernia of the main kidney, cramping pain of small intestine, dry and wet beriberi, swelling and pain of bladder due to air conditioning."

Illicium verum L. is pungent, warm and fragrant, has the function of dispelling cold and relieving pain, and is good at dispelling cold pathogens in middle and lower jiao, so it is often used for cold hernia, abdominal pain, cold pain in waist and knees, etc. For patients with cold hernia and abdominal pain, it can be combined with Evodia rutaecarpa, Litchi seed and Orange seed. For patients with hernia and acute pain, it can be used with pepper, Amomum villosum and Cinnamon. For patients with cold pain in waist and knees, it can be used singly, or combined with Eucommia ulmoides and Ciji to strengthen kidney and waist.

Illicium verum can warm stomach, regulate middle warmer, regulate qi and relieve pain, so it is often used for vomiting due to moderate cold, indigestion, abdominal distension and pain. Anyone who vomits due to stomach cold can be combined with ginger and clove to increase the power of warming stomach and stopping vomiting. For those who can't digest food, it can be combined with fried Fructus Aurantii and burnt Fructus Crataegi to strengthen the stomach and promote digestion. For abdominal distension and cold pain, it can be combined with orange peel and cardamom.

The source is the dried and mature fruit of Illicium verum L. of Magnoliaceae. In autumn and winter, the fruits are picked from Huang Shi, slightly scalded in boiling water and then dried or directly dried.

anise, anise, anise, star anise and fennel.

pungent and warm in nature.

meridian tropism belongs to liver, kidney, spleen and stomach meridians.

Function and indications are warming yang and dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain. It is used for abdominal pain due to cold hernia, lumbago due to kidney deficiency, vomiting due to stomach cold, and epigastric cold pain.

Precautions: It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire.

usage and dosage: decoction, 3 ~ 6g; Or into the pill, scattered.

Dieting and practical application

Illicium verum L. is a big, red, oily and fragrant star.

Illicium verum proved recipe

Fennel ginger tea

Stomach-cold hiccup

Take 3g of anise, 3g of fennel and 5 slices of ginger with boiled water.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, burping is that the stomach qi goes up. Under normal conditions, it is generally believed that when the stomach is cold and the stomach has internal heat, this method is aimed at the stomach cold type. Take it with anise, fennel and ginger in boiling water and drink it in 2 3 times. How to judge the stomach cold type? It's very simple. Burping caused by stomach cold is first of all uncomfortable in the epigastric region, and I often feel comfortable when I cover my stomach. If you catch cold, it will be even worse. At the same time, the sound of hiccups is relatively low. If you stick something warm on it, the hiccups will be better.

let's analyze this prescription. anise is commonly known as star anise, which is warm in nature and has the functions of warming yang and dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain, warming middle warmer and strengthening spleen. Fennel is warm, and has the functions of regulating qi and stomach, dispelling cold and relieving pain. Ginger is pungent in taste and warm in nature, and belongs to lung meridian, spleen meridian and stomach meridian. It has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, warming the lungs and relieving cough. Here we use ginger to stop vomiting. Putting these three medicinal and edible things together to treat the hiccup of stomach cold type has the effects of warming the middle warmer, strengthening the spleen, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting.

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