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Information:
Other
Common Names
Fennel
Page
Number In Radiant Health
not in book
Pharmaceutical
Latin
Fructus Foeniculi
Pinyin
Xiao Hui Xiang
Treasures
None
Treasure
Rating
None
Atmospheric
Energy
Warm
Organ
Meridian Systems
Stomach, Liver and Kidney
Part
Used and Form
Small ripe fruit
Primary
Functions
To regulate Qi, warm up the Middle and Lower Warming
Spaces, and open the Stomach
Qualities
Fennel fruit is used to warm up the stomach when it is
cold, causing abdominal pain, indigestion, decreased
appetite or vomiting. It is also used to warm up the
scrotum area and is used to treat hernias associated
with cold blockage of the Liver Meridian. It is very
effective for contracted scrotum due to cold (either
external or internal cause) and "cold" hernia.
Fennel fruit is useful for any kind of lower abdominal
pain due to cold. Fennel fruit is also used in sexual
tonics in combination with Yang Jing herbs since it has
a warming effect and has local blood invigorating and
nerve stimulating effects in the lower abdomen and
genital area when combined with Yang Jing tonics like
Epimedium, Cnidium, Sea Dragon or Cistanches.
Primary
Combinations
Combine with:
1. Cistanche, Morinda, Lycium to eliminate cold in the
Kidney and tonify yang,
2. Dried Ginger, Atractylodes to improve digestion
Varieties
and Grading
If it is fresh, sweet and highly aromatic, it's fine.
"No smell, no good."
Contraindications
Use moderately and cautiously if their are heat signs
due to Yin deficiency.
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Fennel
fruit is used to warm up the stomach when it is cold,
causing abdominal pain, indigestion, decreased appetite
or vomiting. It is also used to warm up the scrotum area
and is used to treat hernias associated with cold
blockage of the Liver Meridian. It is very effective for
contracted scrotum due to cold (either external or
internal cause) and "cold" hernia. Fennel
fruit is useful for any kind of lower abdominal pain due
to cold. Fennel fruit is also used in sexual tonics in
combination with Yang Jing herbs since it has a warming
effect and has local blood invigorating and nerve
stimulating effects in the lower abdomen and genital
area when combined with Yang Jing tonics. Fennel seed
significantly increases the production and flow of
mother's milk during lactation. It has been used for
this purpose since ancient times.