(Foeniculum vulgare)
🌱 Fennel is a perennial herb with an aromatic odour, and sweet taste that’s been used for millennia, as a culinary spice, and in traditional medicine.
🌱 Fennel seeds contain terpenes, polyphenols and flavonoids which are antioxidant, gastro-protective, anti-spasmodic, anti-emetic, diuretic, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-anxiety, anti-microbial and eostrogenic activity.
🌱 Fennel seeds aid digestion, and possess eostrogenic effects that increase milk secretion, reduce menstrual pain and increase libido.
🌱 Fennel has antimicrobial activity, is a good source of shikimic acid.
