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Alternative medicine: Fennel
Fennel helps weight loss and is an effective treatment for upper respiratory infections, indigestion, spasms and morning sickness.
Botanical: Foeniculum vulgare
Family: N.O. Umbellifereae
Synonym: Fenkel, sweet fennel, wild fennel, large fennel, bitter fennel, carosella, Florence fennel, finocchio, and garden fennel
Habitat:
Fennel is found in the Mediterranean, southwestern Asia and the temperate regions of Europe.
Description:
Fennel is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.
It resembles dill and can cross-pollinate with it.
Part Used Medicinally:
Fruits (misnamed as seeds), leaves, roots.
Constituents:
Fennel contains an excellent quantity of iron, dietary fiber, potassium, manganese and vitamins.
It is a good source of niacin as well as phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, molybdenum and copper.
Its essential oil contains anethole, limonene, fenchone, estragole (methyl-chavicol), safrole, alpha-pinene, camphene, beta-pinene, beta-myrcene and p-cymene.
Medicinal Uses:
Fennel helps treat indigestion, heartburn, flatulence and mild spasms of the gastrointestinal tract.
Combining equal amounts of caraway and fennel provides an effective carminative tea mixture.
Fennel tea is useful in treating infantile dyspepsia, diarrhea and colic.
Fennel has mild narcotic properties and is a good remedy for migraines and dizziness.
It is an effective treatment for morning sickness and helps reduce post chemotherapy and radiation nausea and vomiting.
Fennel's high vitamin C content provides the herb with antioxidant effects good for fighting free radicals.
It promotes weight loss and improves metabolism.
Fennel helps lower high blood pressure, and prevents strokes and heart attacks.
It stimulates lactation, helps regulate hormonal change and boosts estrogen production during menopause.
Fennel seed infusion is good for treating snake bites, insect bites and food poisoning. It also increases the flow of urine.
Gargling fennel seed infusion relives hoarseness and sore throats.
Fennel is good for treating sinus congestion and conjunctivitis.
Fennel syrup is used for treating upper respiratory tract diseases, chronic coughing, the flu and colds.
Fennel oil eases muscular and rheumatic pains.
Fennel is an antispasmodic and prevents muscular spasms.
It is a good fiber source and helps reduce high cholesterol levels and prevents colon cancer.
Fennel has diuretic, choleretic, pain-reducing, fever-reducing, expectorant, stimulant and anti-microbial properties.
It is useful to relieve the symptoms in patients with kidney stones and cystitis.
Inhaling the steam of boiled fennel leaves can relieve asthma and bronchitis.
Combined with carrot juice, fennel can treat night blindness and optic weakness.
Carrot juice, fennel and beet juice are a good remedy for anemia, especially the one secondary to excessive menstruation.
Preparation:
Fennel tea
A teaspoonful of freshly powdered herbs in a cup of boiling water and strained for five minutes.
Caution:
Although fennel is not an allergen, individuals allergic to celery and other vegetables should consult a physician before using it.
As fennel may increase the risk of seizures, epileptic individuals should refrain from using it.
Fennel helps weight loss and is an effective treatment for upper respiratory infections, indigestion, spasms and morning sickness.
Botanical: Foeniculum vulgare
Family: N.O. Umbellifereae
Synonym: Fenkel, sweet fennel, wild fennel, large fennel, bitter fennel, carosella, Florence fennel, finocchio, and garden fennel
Habitat:
Fennel is found in the Mediterranean, southwestern Asia and the temperate regions of Europe.
Description:
Fennel is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.
It resembles dill and can cross-pollinate with it.
Part Used Medicinally:
Fruits (misnamed as seeds), leaves, roots.
Constituents:
Fennel contains an excellent quantity of iron, dietary fiber, potassium, manganese and vitamins.
It is a good source of niacin as well as phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, molybdenum and copper.
Its essential oil contains anethole, limonene, fenchone, estragole (methyl-chavicol), safrole, alpha-pinene, camphene, beta-pinene, beta-myrcene and p-cymene.
Medicinal Uses:
Fennel helps treat indigestion, heartburn, flatulence and mild spasms of the gastrointestinal tract.
Combining equal amounts of caraway and fennel provides an effective carminative tea mixture.
Fennel tea is useful in treating infantile dyspepsia, diarrhea and colic.
Fennel has mild narcotic properties and is a good remedy for migraines and dizziness.
It is an effective treatment for morning sickness and helps reduce post chemotherapy and radiation nausea and vomiting.
Fennel's high vitamin C content provides the herb with antioxidant effects good for fighting free radicals.
It promotes weight loss and improves metabolism.
Fennel helps lower high blood pressure, and prevents strokes and heart attacks.
It stimulates lactation, helps regulate hormonal change and boosts estrogen production during menopause.
Fennel seed infusion is good for treating snake bites, insect bites and food poisoning. It also increases the flow of urine.
Gargling fennel seed infusion relives hoarseness and sore throats.
Fennel is good for treating sinus congestion and conjunctivitis.
Fennel syrup is used for treating upper respiratory tract diseases, chronic coughing, the flu and colds.
Fennel oil eases muscular and rheumatic pains.
Fennel is an antispasmodic and prevents muscular spasms.
It is a good fiber source and helps reduce high cholesterol levels and prevents colon cancer.
Fennel has diuretic, choleretic, pain-reducing, fever-reducing, expectorant, stimulant and anti-microbial properties.
It is useful to relieve the symptoms in patients with kidney stones and cystitis.
Inhaling the steam of boiled fennel leaves can relieve asthma and bronchitis.
Combined with carrot juice, fennel can treat night blindness and optic weakness.
Carrot juice, fennel and beet juice are a good remedy for anemia, especially the one secondary to excessive menstruation.
Preparation:
Fennel tea
A teaspoonful of freshly powdered herbs in a cup of boiling water and strained for five minutes.
Caution:
Although fennel is not an allergen, individuals allergic to celery and other vegetables should consult a physician before using it.
As fennel may increase the risk of seizures, epileptic individuals should refrain from using it.
