Fennel has a special fragrance. It is rich in dietary fiber and protein. It also has certain effect on the treatment of some diseases. It is also an essential condiment in our life. What are the effects and functions of fennel?
Effect and function of fennel:
Fennel appetizers to eat, Li Qi cold, help Yang Dao. Indications: moderate coke with cold, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, abdominal cold pain; colic, testicular swelling and pain; spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distention and pain.
Fennel can detoxify, relieve menstrual pain, increase appetite, tonify kidney, eliminate phlegm and cough, so it can be used for abdominal pain and drainage function; it can also disperse cold and relieve pain, treat stomach cold, abdominal pain and stomach colic, and it is good for digestive system; it can also regulate qi and relieve pain, regulate middle and lower Qi. Anise tea can also be used to stop nausea, treat dyspepsia, halitosis, eliminate intestinal gas, flatulence, improve colic, treat constipation, diuresis, detoxification, and be used as a weight-loss medicine. It can also increase the milk secretion of lactating women, so it also has breast enhancement effect.
"Chinese Pharmacopoeia" contains anise preparation is commonly used stomach, cold, gas, painkillers. Anisole can promote the maturation of bone marrow cells and release them into the peripheral blood. It has the effect of increasing leukocytes, mainly neutrophils, which can be used in leukopenia.
Main ingredients of fennel:
The main components of fennel are protein, fat, dietary fiber, anethole, anisone, anisaldehyde, etc. Its aroma mainly comes from anethole and anisaldehyde. Is a set of medicine, seasoning, food, make-up in a multi-purpose plant. The fruit of anise contains 2.8% anise oil, 50-60% anethole, 18-20% a-anisone, 10% methyl pepper and a-pinene dipentene, anisaldehyde, camphene, etc. The endosperm contains about 15% fat oil, 85% protein, starch sugar and mucus.
It can be used as spice, and is often used for cooking meat, seafood, pancakes and other pasta. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used as medicine, with warm nature and pungent taste. It can be used for liver, kidney, spleen and stomach. It can warm the liver and kidney, warm the stomach and Qi, disperse the blockage, disperse cold and relieve pain, regulate qi and stomach. It is used for cold hernia, abdominal pain, testicular partial fall, women's dysmenorrhea, less abdominal cold pain, epigastric distention, less food, diarrhea and other diseases.
The above is an introduction about the effect and function of fennel, so you should not underestimate it in your life. When you buy fennel at ordinary times, you should try to choose some yellow green color and full texture. You need to remind that pregnant women are not suitable to eat fennel, and it can help lactating women to eat fennel Help with the milk.