The efficacy and function of sand fennel seeds

Amomum villosum seed is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are records of amomum villosum seed in ancient Chinese medical books. Amomum villosum seed can treat many diseases and its effects are very comprehensive. We should make good use of it.

【English name】 Ferula bungeana Kitan.

【Other name】 Peucedanum chinense seeds

[Source] Medicinal material source: the seeds of the Umbelliferae plant Ferula hardy.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30-100cm high. The plant is densely covered with short soft hairs. The root is cylindrical, about 8mm thick, with withered brown-yellow leaf sheath fibers remaining at the root neck. The stem is single, branched, pale, and branches upward from the bottom into an umbel. The basal leaves are rosette-shaped, with the base of the petiole expanding into a sheath; the leaf blade is broadly ovate to triangular in outline, two to three times pinnately divided, the final segment is oblong or broadly elliptic, then deeply pinnately divided, the lobes are cuneate to obovate, 1-3mm long, 1-2mm wide, often 3-lobed, with a pointed tip, densely pubescent, gray-blue; there are fewer stem leaves, one to two times pinnately divided; the upper leaves are simplified into lanceolate sheaths. Compound umbels grow at the top of stems, branches and twigs, with a diameter of 4-12cm; involucral bracts are absent or 1-3, conical; rays are 4-15; umbels have 5-12 flowers; involucral bracts are 3-5, linear-lanceolate; calyx teeth are ovate; petals are yellow, broadly elliptic, with incurved tips; stylopodium is oblate-conical, style is elongated, and stigma is thickened. The fruit is broadly elliptical, with raised ridges, 10-15mm long and 3-6mm wide, with one oil tube in each groove and two oil tubes on the commissure. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is June-July.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】Regulating qi and strengthening the stomach. Mainly used for abdominal distension and pain; indigestion

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: grind into powder, 1-3g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In the above article, we analyzed the seeds of amomum villosum and knew that the functions and effects of the seeds of amomum villosum are very wide-ranging. As long as we know more about the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine, we will not panic when we encounter diseases.