fennel

fennel

FructusFoeniculi

Fennel

[alias] fennel, fennel.

[source] Foeniculum vulgare mill. The fruit of the fruit.

[plant morphology] perennial herb, 0.6-2m high, with powdery frost and strong aroma in the whole plant, erect stem, upper branch and edge. The leaves are alternate, 2-4 pinnately cleft, and the final lobes are filiform, 0.4-4cm long and 0.5mm wide; the lower leaves have long stalks, the base is sheath like, and the stalks of the upper leaves are sheathed. Compound umbel terminal, without involucre and small involucre; umbrella width 8-30, unequal; pedicel 5-30; flowers small, golden yellow. The fruit is round and sharp with special aroma. The flowering period is June to July and the fruiting period is October.

It is cultivated in different places. It is mainly produced in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Liaoning.

[harvest] in autumn, when the fruits are first ripe, the plants are harvested, dried and the fruits are laid. Sometimes it's fried with salt.

[character] double fruit is thin oval, some slightly curved, 4-8mm long and 1.5-2.5mm in diameter. The surface is yellowish green or light yellow. The two ends are slightly pointed, with yellow brown protruding stigma at the top, and small fruiting stalk at the base. The cross section is slightly pentagonal, and the four sides on the back are about the same length. It has special aroma, slightly sweet and pungent.

[chemical constituents] it contains anisole, α - anisone, methylpiperol, anisaldehyde, etc.

Warm in nature and pungent in taste.

Main indications: dispersing cold and relieving pain, regulating qi and stomach. It is used for cold hernia, abdominal pain, testicular drop, dysmenorrhea, less abdominal cold pain, abdominal distension pain, less food, vomiting and diarrhea.