☯️Traditional Chinese Medicine
Fennel (Xiao Hui Xiang)
Foeniculum vulgare
About Fennel (Xiao Hui Xiang)
Fennel (Xiao Hui Xiang) (Foeniculum vulgare) is a herb used in the Traditional Chinese Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Pain, IBS, and Gut Health, among 1 other condition it addresses. The seeds and aerial parts are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea-coast and on riverbanks.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Seeds · internalAerial Parts · internal