Fennel (小茴香)

• Latin name：Foeniculum vulgare
• Common names：Common fennel fruit
• Nature：Acrid, warm
• Part used：Fruit

• Warms liver–kidney, dispels cold, relieves pain, harmonizes qi
• Cold hernia and cold testicular pain (syndrome differentiation; avoid in damp–heat)

Harvest whole plant when fruit ripens in autumn; dry and thresh fruit. Use short-term for diet formulas.

Cylindrical fruit, yellow-green to yellow-brown, characteristic aroma.

• Fennel & Tangerine Seed Powder
• Fennel Congee