Many people are not familiar with fennel. Fennel is also called small cup incense, fennel and muddy incense. The stems and young leaves of fennel can be eaten as vegetables, and the fruits can be made into seasonings. So what's fennel? What are the benefits of eating fennel? This article brings you an introduction to the efficacy of fennel. Let's have a look.
What is fennel
Fennel and its seeds have a special aroma, which is cultivated in North and south. Fennel is rich in vitamins B1, B2, C, PP, carotene and cellulose. What makes it have a special pungent smell is fennel oil, which can stimulate the nerves and blood vessels of intestines and stomach and has the effect of strengthening stomach and regulating qi. Therefore, it can be used with meat and oil.
The seed of fennel is a condiment, and its stem and leaf part is fennel. Do not eat moldy fennel. Fennel should be boiled first. Fennel and fennel are common spices, which can remove the odor in the meat and add fragrance again. Therefore, it is called 'fennel'.
It is suitable for those with spasm pain and leukopenia. It is not suitable for those with Yin deficiency and fire. Eating more will hurt eyes and grow sores. Is fennel coriander
Fennel is not coriander. They are two completely different vegetables.
Coriander, original name: coriander, alias: coriander, coriander, Latin name: Coriandrum sativum L. it is an annual or biennial herb with strong smell in Umbelliferae and coriander, with a height of 20-100 cm. Roots spindle shaped, slender, with many slender branched roots. Stem cylindrical, erect, much branched, striped, usually smooth. The root leaves are petiolate, the style stands upright when young, and turns outward when the fruit is ripe. The fruit is round and spherical, and the main ribs and adjacent secondary ribs on the back are obvious. Endosperm ventral concave. The oil pipe is not obvious, or one is located below the secondary edge. It is native to the euro Mediterranean region and cultivated in Northeast China, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other provinces and regions. The stems and leaves are used as vegetables and spices, and have the effect of strengthening the stomach and digestion; The fruit can extract aromatic oil; When used as medicine, it has the effects of expelling wind, penetrating rash, strengthening stomach and eliminating phlegm.
Fennel, also formerly known as small Huaixiang, also known as coriander, small fennel, fennel seed, foxtail (Sichuan, Guizhou) and muddy incense. The tender leaves are used as vegetables. It is the stem of small fennel and the dry and mature fruit of Umbelliferae plant fennel. First published in Tang materia medica. Su Song said that the northerners call it fennel, and the sound is similar to nostril. Tao Hongjing said: cook smelly meat, add a little, no smell, and the smelly sauce will smell fragrant at the end, so it is called fennel. Li Shizhen said that slang is more pregnant with Jin Lapel chewing, afraid of the name of nostalgia, or this. The fruit (fennel) is used as spice and also for medicine. The root, leaf and whole grass can also be used as medicine.
Efficacy and function of fennel
Fennel is the mature fruit of Umbelliferae plant fennel. After the fruit is laid in autumn, the impurities are removed for medicinal use. Fennel is pungent and warm in nature and belongs to liver, kidney, spleen and stomach meridian. It has the effects of dispersing cold and relieving pain, regulating qi and stomach. Fennel can warm the cold, warm the kidney, warm the liver, and relieve pain. It is an important medicine for the clinical treatment of cold hernia and abdominal pain; Fennel can warm the middle, disperse cold and relieve pain, and be good at regulating the Qi of the spleen and stomach to appetize and stop vomiting. It has a good effect on the syndrome of cold coagulation and qi stagnation in the middle Jiao and deficiency cold gastropathy.
Dispelling cold and relieving pain
It has a good curative effect on uterine deficiency and cold, cold pain in the back, fullness of abdomen and abdomen, loose stool and hernia caused by cold dampness and qi stagnation. It is often used in combination with cinnamon, aloes, black medicine and Qi regulating drugs. For the treatment of dysmenorrhea caused by wind and cold, wading in the rain and qi stagnation, 15 grams of fennel can be taken 3 days before menstruation for 3 days, which can warm the meridians, dispel cold, promote qi and relieve pain.
Regulating qi and stomach
In case of stomach cold, vomiting, loss of appetite and epigastric pain, it can be used in combination with dried ginger, wood incense, etc. For patients with chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer who show symptoms such as cold pain in the epigastrium, liking temperature, fear of cold limbs, etc., 100g fennel and 200g ginger can be pounded together, then fried with Huangyan powder, and 10g Xiaomi decoction can be sent every morning and evening.
Stir fry fennel, put it into a cloth bag and warm iron the epigastric or lower abdomen, which has a good analgesic effect on the abdominal pain and dysmenorrhea caused by stomach pain or cold coagulation. Modern medical research shows that the mechanism of fennel in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases is that its cells contain rich fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, help eliminate gas and reduce pain. Therefore, it is often used as a safe and efficient anti distention drug in clinic.
Warm kidney and urine contraction
It is used for enuresis caused by deficiency of kidney yang, or excessive nocturnal urine, enuresis during sleep, sore waist and knees caused by congenital deficiency, atrial strain, kidney injury or high-age renal failure. It can be used with Yizhiren, mulberry cuttlebone and raspberry.
Nourishing and warming the stomach
In general, the amount of fennel is also more than that of anise in the prescription of nourishing stomach in traditional Chinese medicine. This is because the fennel oil contained in fennel can also stimulate gastrointestinal nerves and blood vessels, promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and eliminate accumulated gas. It has the effect of strengthening stomach and Qi. It is suitable for people with deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach. If you have some stomach pain (which is common in winter), add some fennel when cooking, or add fennel to rice porridge.