Fennel ordinary - FOENICULUM VULGARE MILL - one or two-year-old plant. Species of the genus Fennel (Foeniculum) of the Umbrella family (Apiaceae).
The plant has a high content of essential oils. Their fruits contain up to 6.5%, and in leaves - up to 0.5%. Fennel essential oil has a characteristic aroma and a spicy-sweet taste. It contains: anethole, fenchon, methylchavicol, α-pinene, α-phellandrene, cineol, limonene, terpinolene, citral, bornylacetate, camphor and other substances. The fruits also contain up to 12-18% fatty oils, consisting of petroselinic (60%), oleic (22), linoleic (14) and palmitonic (4%) acids.
Fennel is used to normalize appetite and digestion, with metiorism, cough, chronic constipation, diarrhea, intestinal and stomach cramps, as an expectorant for bronchitis and whooping cough.
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