🎉 Foeniculum vulgare

by Sarah on December 22, 2022 in Apiaceae

Traditional Herbs from Foeniculum vulgare

phlegmy cough

Prepare 3-7 g of fennel fruit. Wash it thoroughly then drain it. Grind the fennel into powder.
Brew it with 1 cup of boiling water, let it sit then strain it.
Drink it while it's warm. Drink 2 times a day.

treat_fungal_infection

Choose 10 g of dried fennel.
Grind it to a fine powder.
Apply it to the outside of the affected body.

What is Foeniculum vulgare Looks like??

Parts of Foeniculum vulgare that could be used

Leaves
Seeds
Fruit
Roots

Foeniculum vulgare Distribution

Originates from Southern Europe and the Mediterranean area. Wildly, it grows on the coastlines of the Mediterranean and Egypt, then is widely cultivated throughout the world. Fennel is widely used as a cooking spice and medicinal plant. This plant also produces essential oil, which is used as an ingredient in detergents and cosmetics such as soap, cream, lotion and luxury perfume.
Agroecology of Foeniculum vulgare
Grows in the lowlands to an altitude of 1,800 m above sea level, has a cool climate, and is very sensitive to salt, likes moist clay soil with a soil pH between 6.3-8.3, average rainfall 500-2,000 mm/year, annual temperature 12 -24 °C, also grows well in sandy soil.
Morphology of Foeniculum vulgare

Gall-shaped stem with parallel grooves, widely branched.
Leaves cylindrical open, 2-15 cm long.
Compound flowers with 6-40 flower stalks, yellow corolla, emerging from the tip of the stem.
Fruit oval, ribbed, 6-10 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, green when young, and slightly green or yellow brown\u00a0until completely brown when old or ripe.

Cultivation of Foeniculum vulgare

Propagation by seeds or saplings.
Seeds are planted directly or sown first. Planting distance in the field is 50 cm.

Foeniculum vulgare, more details :

Chemical Content of Foeniculum vulgare
Leaves: quercetin-3-glucuronide, limonene, kaempferol-3-glucuronide, felandren, nelumbosida, pinen, funicularin. Seeds: flavonoids, terpenoids, alkaloids, phenols, sterols, estragole, gallic acid, L-limonene.
Benefits of Foeniculum vulgare
Treating coughs, stomach aches, canker sores, insomnia, irregular menstruation, laxative urine, laxative, albuminuria (high content of albumin protein in urine), increasing appetite, and treating fungal infections.
Simplisia of Foeniculum vulgare

Take old fennel seeds, wash them clean and drain them.
Dry the seeds in the sun for several days, until they are completely dry, marked by a water content reaching 10%.
After drying, the seeds are stored in closed and airtight container.

Another Facts for Foeniculum vulgare :

Synonym of Foeniculum vulgare
Anethum dulce DC., Foeniculum azoricum Mill.� , Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Crantz
Habitus of Foeniculum vulgare
Herb. Annual herb, grows in clumps, 50-200 cm high
Habitat of Foeniculum vulgare