Description:
Fennel is a calming digestive herb
Dosage:
3-7 mls per day, 20-50 mls per week
Parts Used:
Seed
Main Actions:
- Carminative
- Spasmolytic
- Expectorant
- Orexigenic
- Galactagogue
- Antimicrobial
- Oestrogen modulating
Key Indications:
- Intestinal colic, flatulence, flatulent colic, infantile colic, dyspepsia
- Anorexia
- Nausea
- Diarrhoea
- Difficult lactation, spasmodic, dysmenorrhoea, secondary amenorrhoea
- Nasopharyngeal catarrh, acute or chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, cough
- Topically for idiopathic hirsutism, conjunctivitis, blepharitis, pharyngitis
Major Safety Issues:
Caution in gastro-oesophageal reflux