Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum vulgare is the dried and mature fruit of Foeniculum vulgare. Raw or salted. Pungent in taste and warm in nature. Liver, kidney, spleen and stomach meridians entered. It has the functions of dispelling cold, relieving pain, regulating qi and regulating stomach. The dosage is 3~6g. Appropriate amount for external use; Use with caution those with yin deficiency and excessive fire.

Accessories: Illicium verum L. is the mature fruit of Illicium verum L. of Magnoliaceae. Also known as anise and star anise. Similar in taste and efficacy to fennel, but weak in skill, it is mainly used as a food condiment. Usage and dosage are the same as fennel.

fennel medicated diet

1. Fennel porridge

Main raw materials: 2g of fried fennel and 1g of japonica rice.

production method: put fennel in a gauze bag, add water, cook for 3 minutes, then cook the washed japonica rice, and add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge until cooked.

Efficacy: activating qi to relieve pain, invigorating spleen and stimulating appetite. It is suitable for pain due to yin cold, colic hernia, testicular swelling's fall, abdominal cold pain, vomiting and anorexia, and chronic gastritis.

2. fennel tea

Materials: fennel 3-5, salt and brown sugar

Practice 1: put fennel in a wok, stir-fry until it is fragrant. Put it in a cup, add a little salt, make it with boiling water, and keep it stuffy for 5-6 minutes as tea. Efficacy: This tea is used for male body cold and prostate discomfort.

practice 2: directly put fennel into a cup without frying, add a little brown sugar, pour into boiling water, and soak for about 1 minutes before drinking.

Efficacy: this tea is used for women with body cold, abdominal pain and dysmenorrhea.

3. fennel yam mutton soup

raw materials: 5g of mutton, 1g of yam, 3g of fennel, 5g of refined salt, 2g of cooking wine, 15g of green onion, 1g of ginger, 5g of monosodium glutamate and .5g of pepper.

method: (1) remove the fascia of mutton, wash the mutton, put it into a boiling water pot after several cuts, and blanch the blood. (2) Wash ginger and shallots and cut them for later use. (3) Cut the yam into oblique slices, put it into the pot together with the mutton, add a proper amount of water, and add various seasonings. After boiling water with high heat, stew it with low heat until it is cooked thoroughly, and then take out the mutton. (4) Slice the mutton and put it into a bowl, then pour the yam into the mutton bowl.

Efficacy: This soup nourishes blood, tonifies qi, warms the kidney, warms the middle warmer, strengthens the spleen and stimulates the appetite. It is very suitable for abdominal pain caused by postpartum blood deficiency and meridian dystrophy. It can also be used to treat blood deficiency, hypogalactia, lochia, soreness of waist and knees, asthenic cold and lumbago, etc.

4. seasoning: spiced powder: aniseed, dried ginger, fennel, pepper and dried tangerine peel. It is known as the taste of China.