The main components of fennel are protein, human fat, dietary fibres, anethole, fennel ketone, fennel aldehyde and so on. The key to its fragrance comes from aroma substances such as fennel and fennel aldehyde. Fennel is pungent and warm, the key is to dispel cold and relieve pain, regulate stomach and promote qi, and it has the effects of warming kidney, nourishing stomach and dispelling cold in medicine. Contemporary pharmacological research shows that fennel also has anti-ulcer, analgesic and estrogen-like effects.

The efficacy of fennel

1, fennel has the function of dispelling cold and relieving pain, and has a very good effect on internal heat due to yin deficiency in the uterus, cold pain in the waist, abdominal distension and pain, loose stool and hernia caused by damp cold, qi stagnation and blood stasis.

2. Fennel can promote qi circulation and regulate the stomach. In case of stomach cold, vomiting, poor appetite and epigastric pain, fennel can be combined with Canned Ginger and Gan Song.

3. Fennel can be fried into fennel oil, and fennel ether in fennel oil also has antibacterial effect, which can help eliminate harmful pathogens in digestive tract and promote the cure of inflammation and ulcer.

4. In addition, fennel also has the effect of diet therapy. Spices are 3-5g each time, and fennel vegetables are 60-80g each time. Suitable for patients with spleen and stomach weakness, colic and menstrual pain. When it is used to make pot-stewed flavor, it works best with pepper.

5, called fennel in medicine, but also the fruit of Illicium verum in Magnoliaceae, that is, Illicium verum or Illicium verum in seasoning, when the medicine is called Illicium verum. This substance is similar to the medicinal value of fennel, but its taste is strong, which is not as strong as fennel's pungent, dry and fragrant, and its effects of promoting qi circulation and dispelling cold are relatively less.

The medicinal value of fennel is small folk prescription

1, treatment of intestinal gas pain, coma: fennel (fried with salt), bitter orange (fried with bran) each one or two, myrrh half two. All medicines are the last. Every time you take it, it costs one yuan, and the hot wine is adjusted. ("Shenghuifang")

2, treatment of stomach pain, abdominal pain: fennel seed, cardamom, Lindera root 6g each, fried Cyperus tuber 9 g. Decoct with water. (Jiangxi Herbs)

3, the treatment of kidney deficiency and low back pain, can not turn to the side, prone to lying weak: fennel (fried, ground powder). Slice the kidney of the pig, do not break it, mix the powder layer by layer, wrap it in water and paper, and simmer until cooked. Chew carefully and swallow wine. (Essentials of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment)

4. Bedwetting bed: fennel 6g, ootheca mantidis 15g. Put into pig urine cells, baking and grinding into powder. 3g each time, twice a day. (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine)

5. Treatment of stomach, wrist and abdominal pain: fennel and bitter orange each12g, Radix Linderae10 ~12g, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis 8 ~12g, and Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis 8 ~10g. Usage: decoct 300ml in water and take it twice a day.