Fennel & Tangerine Seed Powder
Ingredients
- Tangerine seed (juhe) and fennel (xiaohuixiang), equal parts
- Yellow rice wine as needed
Principle
Tangerine seed moves qi, dissipates binding, and relieves pain in the liver channel; fennel warms liver–kidney and dispels cold. Dry-fry, powder, and mix equal parts—warm the liver–kidney and scatter cold (syndrome differentiation required). Qiqihar First Hospital hernia diet formula.
Effects & uses
For cold stagnation in the liver channel: cold testicular pain, dragging swelling, worse with cold and better with warmth, with lower-abdominal cold pain (syndrome differentiation required). Sudden red hot scrotal swelling—rule out torsion or acute epididymitis first.
Method
- Dry-fry tangerine seed and fennel; grind to fine powder; mix equal parts.
How to use
- Once daily, 4–5 g at bedtime, taken with yellow rice wine.
Caution
Contraindicated for damp–heat pouring downward (red hot swelling, dark urine). Use cautiously in pregnancy. Not a substitute for antibiotics or urology care.
Source
Qiqihar First Hospital hernia TCM diet formulas; China Medical Information Query Platform summaries. Pending manual verification.