Fennel seeds:
Saunf, the fennel plant is similar to the dill plants both the leaves and seeds are used in cooking. Fennel is delicate and fragrant. The bulb and the stalk are valued for their post digestive qualities the seeds are similar in appearance to cumin and close to the taste of aniseeds. The roasted seeds are ground to masalas and used as breathe refresher after meals and as a digestive aid. Fennel seeds are excellent for Pitta constitution and have been used in ayurvedic pharmacology for thousands of years and it excellent for all three doshas.
Try it, you wont regret it.
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addendum: Courtsey our reader Mr. Gary Yuen
He said, September 26, 2009 at 2:00 am from the Ayurveda Encyclopedia: Fennel (Methica, Sonph) Energetics: Sweet/cold/sweet VPK= perhaps the most sattwic spice Actions: Stimulant, diuretic, carminative, sto- machic, antispasmodic, lactogogue Indications: Abdominal pain (gas or indigestion), menstrual cramps, hernia, diarrhea, colic, vomiting, morning sickness, nausea, anorexia, cough, dry cough, promotes semen, increases vision, raises agni, difficult or burning urination, digestion—children and elderly; promotes menstruation, nurs-ing mothers—increases breast milk flow.
Thanks Gary.
Gary Yuen said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:00 am
from the Ayurveda Encyclopedia:
Fennel (Methica, Sonph)
Energetics: Sweet/cold/sweet VPK= perhaps the most sattwic spice
Actions: Stimulant, diuretic, carminative, sto- machic, antispasmodic, lactogogue Indications: Abdominal pain (gas or indigestion), menstrual cramps, hernia, diarrhea, colic, vomiting, morning sickness, nausea, anorexia, cough, dry cough, promotes semen, increases vision, raises agni, difficult or burning urination, digestion—children and elderly; promotes menstruation, nurs-ing mothers—increases breast milk flow.
Will look in my copy of Caraka Samhita. Maybe you someone knows where it is?
Kanav said,
September 26, 2009 at 10:46 am
Thank you Gary. I will append your writeup to mine.
It is always great to add knowledge.
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