🌄Mapuche Medicine
Hinojo (Wild Fennel)
Foeniculum vulgare
About Hinojo (Wild Fennel)
Hinojo (Wild Fennel) (Foeniculum vulgare) is a herb used in the Mapuche Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Cough, Hormonal Imbalance, and Breastfeeding, 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