Fennel Seeds

Fennel is an everlasting, pleasant-aromatic herb with yellow flowers. It has originated in the Mediterranean but is now found all over the world. Dried fennel seeds are frequently used in cooking as an anise-like spice. Fennel’s dried ripe seeds and oil are used to manufacture medicine.

Fennel is used by mouth for unrestricted crying in infants (colic), indigestion (dyspepsia), menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea), and symptoms of menopause although more study is required for it.

In delicacies and beverages, fennel oil and fennel seed are used as flavoring agents. In other manufacturing processes, fennel oil is used as a flavoring agent in certain purgatives, and as a perfume constituent in soaps and cosmetics.