Fennel, as the name suggests, is fragrant and memorable. In daily life, fennel is divided into two categories: anise and fennel. Anise and fennel are widely used in life and are well known. However, many people have unclear definitions of anise and fennel. So, what's the difference between anise and fennel?
The difference between anise and fennel
1. has different functions.
Anise is more common in our life, commonly known as star anise. Commonly used for food seasoning, anise is usually added to the soup base for boiling, so that anise can fully emit its own fragrance. Anise can make food more tasty and improve people's appetite.
Compared with anise, fennel has higher medicinal value. Foeniculum vulgare can be directly sprinkled on food as a spice to add flavor to food. At the same time, it can be taken with other Chinese herbal medicines in decoction, which can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and other female diseases.
2. Different shapes
Anise is petal-shaped, so it gets the name of star anise. Anise is dark brown and similar in color to fennel, which is mainly planted in the southeast coastal areas of China.
Foeniculum vulgare fruit is of high use value, so in daily life, most of the fennel we see is slender and granular. Often used as food accessories. In addition, fennel is also widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. As a medicinal material, fennel is usually used to treat female diseases.