What is the efficacy and function of fennel?

1, dispelling cold and relieving pain

It has good curative effect on uterus deficiency cold, lumbago and back cold pain, abdominal distension, loose stool and hernia caused by cold, dampness and qi stagnation, and is often used together with Cinnamomum cassia, Aquilaria Resinatum and Linderae in clinic. To treat dysmenorrhea caused by women's aversion to wind and cold, wading in the rain and stagnation of qi, fennel 15g can be taken three days before menstruation for three consecutive days, which can warm channels and dispel cold, promote qi circulation and relieve pain.

2, regulating qi and stomach

For patients with stomach cold, vomiting, loss of appetite and epigastric pain, it can be used with dried ginger and woody incense. Patients with chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer who show symptoms such as epigastric cold pain, aversion to cold limbs and so on can use fennel 100 g, ginger 200 g, and then decoct with yellow powder, and take Xiaomi decoction 10 g in the morning and evening.

Stir-fried fennel, put it in a cloth bag, and iron the upper abdomen or lower abdomen at a moderate temperature, which has a good analgesic effect on abdominal pain and dysmenorrhea caused by the above stomach pain or cold coagulation. Modern medical research shows that the mechanism of fennel in treating gastrointestinal diseases lies in its rich fennel oil in cells, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, help eliminate gas and relieve pain, so it is often used as a safe and efficient anti-flatulence drug in clinic.

3. Warming kidney and reducing urine

It can be used for enuresis caused by deficiency of kidney yang, nocturnal enuresis or nocturnal enuresis in sleep, soreness and weakness of waist and knees caused by congenital deficiency, cold pain or death from overwork or renal injury caused by senile renal failure. It can be used with Alpinia oxyphylla, ootheca ootheca and Rubus.

4, nourishing the stomach, warming the stomach

Generally speaking, when Chinese medicine prescribes a prescription for nourishing the stomach, the amount of fennel is also more than that of star anise. This is because fennel oil contained in fennel can also stimulate gastrointestinal nerves and blood vessels, promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, eliminate gas accumulation, have the effect of invigorating stomach and promoting qi circulation, and are suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. If you have a stomachache (which is common in winter), you can add fennel to cooking or add fennel to rice porridge.