Latin
name : foeniculum vulgare, Mishreya
: [funnel]
Family : Umbellferae
Leaves, stalk, fruit and oil used in various
food preparation, leaves were used to garnish
the salad and food. It is aromatic with
cold potency, sweet in taste and after being
digested remain sweetish. Funnel is unctuous
article which is used also in medicine.
Fruit has pleasant odour and taste therefore
used as cherry article.
Medical action:
Expectorant, refrigerant, digestive, appetizer,
carminative, cardiac, haematinic, galactogogue,
sudorific, febrifuge, aromatic, aphrodisiac,
tonic and corrective of urinary pigments.
Indication:
Indigestion, anorexia, poor memory,
poor vision, vomiting, flatulence, pain
abdomen, dystry, haemorrhoides, cardiac
disease, agalactic Oil-mild carminative,
vermicide, useful in infertility, hookworm
etc.
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