Fennel Fruit (Xiaohuixiang)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Fructus Foeniculi |
| Botanical Name: | Foeniculum vulgare Mill. |
| Common Name: | Fennel fruit |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Xinxiu Bencao |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The fruit is gathered in late summer or early autumn and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent and warm |
| Meridian: | Liver, kidney, spleen and stomach |
| Functions: | To dispel cold and stop pain; To regulate qi and harmonize the stomach |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Cold stagnation in the liver meridians manifested as hernia. *Use with Cinnamon bark (Rougui) and Lindera root (Wuyao) in the formula Nuangan Jian. 2. Cold in the stomach manifested as vomiting and epigastric distension and pain. *Use with Dried ginger (Ganjiang) and Coptis root (Muxiang). |
| Dosage: | 3-8 g |