Fennel is a tall, feathery-leafed perennial with bright yellow flower umbels, cultivated across Mediterranean Europe and South Asia for millennia. Its sweet-anise flavoured seeds and bulb are prized as a carminative, soothing intestinal gas, colic, and bloating. Both seeds and leaves are used medicinally and culinarily, making fennel one of the most versatile herbs in the Western and Ayurvedic traditions.
seed, leaf, root
tea, tincture, essential oil, food
1–2 tsp seeds steeped 10 min as tea, up to 3× daily; 30–40 drops tincture 3× daily
Generally safe. Avoid high seed doses in pregnancy. May interact with oestrogen-sensitive conditions.
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