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Xiao Hui Xiang (小茴香), fennel fruit, warms and disperses cold to relieve pain (especially cold hernial pain and cold of the lower abdomen) and harmonises the Stomach to relieve nausea.
Latin / Pharmaceutical Name
Foeniculum vulgare (Fructus Foeniculi)
Common English Name
Fennel fruit
Taste
Acrid
Temperature
Warm
Channels Entered
Liver, Kidney, Spleen, Stomach
Actions & Functions
- Warms and disperses cold and relieves pain (cold hernia, cold lower abdomen)
- Harmonises the Stomach and regulates qi
Indications
Cold hernial pain and cold pain of the lower abdomen and testicles; and Stomach cold with nausea and poor appetite.
Dosage
3-6 g in decoction.
Common Combinations
With Wu Yao and Chuan Lian Zi for cold hernial pain.
Cautions & Contraindications
Avoid in yin deficiency with heat.