What are the benefits of fennel seeds?

Cumin seeds are a very common spice with a strong, mellow flavor that can enhance the overall taste and flavor of a dish. And only a small amount is needed to get a rich flavor. Fennel seeds are also a very effective medicine. There are examples of using fennel to treat diseases in Chinese medicine records. Let’s take a look at the effects and functions of fennel seeds. I hope you can understand it.

1. Edible value

In fact, we have already introduced this point above. Cumin seeds are generally used as a condiment and often appear on our dining table as a condiment. It is very suitable for cooking fish. It can also be used to bake bread and make snacks. Of course, this is inseparable from its pungent aroma.

2. Pharmacological value

(1) Dispel cold and relieve pain

Studies have shown that fennel seeds have a good therapeutic effect on uterine coldness, low back and back pain caused by cold, dampness and qi stagnation. They are often used clinically in combination with warming and qi-regulating drugs such as cinnamon, agarwood, and lindera stalks.

(2) Regulate Qi and soothe the stomach

Frying fennel seeds and putting them into a cloth bag can have a good analgesic effect on stomach cold vomiting, loss of appetite, and dysmenorrhea. And because its cells are rich in fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal motility, help eliminate gas and relieve pain, it is often used clinically as a safe and effective anti-bloating drug.

(3) Warming the kidneys and reducing urine

Taking it together with Alpinia oxyphylla, Sangsilk Silkworm Cocoon and Rubus idaeus can have certain effects on frequent urination during sleep, enuresis during sleep, soreness and coldness of waist and knees, etc. caused by kidney damage due to sexual overwork, renal failure in old age or congenital deficiency.

(4) Nourishing and warming the stomach

It is generally used in traditional Chinese medicine, especially in nourishing and warming the stomach. Because the fennel oil it contains can stimulate the gastrointestinal nerves and blood vessels, promote the secretion of digestive juices, increase gastrointestinal motility, eliminate accumulated gas, and has the effects of strengthening the stomach and promoting qi, it is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.