Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

shouikyo

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

sohoehyang

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

siu2 wui4 heong1

Other Names:

別名﹕

xiao hui 小茴﹐huai xiang 蘹香 ﹐hui xiang茴香﹐xiao hui小茴﹐

hui xiang zi 茴香子。 Adas (Malay, Indonesian)

Common Name:

英文名﹕

fennel

Distribution:

產地﹕

throughout China and south east Asia

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

warm, acrid

性溫,味辛。

藥理﹕

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, kidney, spleen, stomach

歸肝﹐腎﹐脾﹐胃四經。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

1. Cold type of hernia,

2. Indigestion, gastric gas and colic , especially for babies.

3. Swollen testes.

4. Cholera and vomiting

5. Beriberi

6. For respiratory congestion and cough

7. Frequent urination

8. For stimulating the flow of breast milk.

9. External use in abdominal pain: stir fry in pan until hot and wrap in cloth

10. and apply to abdomen area for pain and cold sensation.

1. 寒疝腹痛,

2. 胸腹脹滿, 消化不良, 嬰兒鼓腸氣脹, 腸絞痛,

3. 睪丸腫痛,

4. 霍亂嘔吐,

5. 胃炎食少,

6. 腳氣,

7. 小便數﹐

8. 催乳 ﹐

9. 外敷﹕ 腹部冷痛﹐ 炒熱銷茴﹐布包﹐熱敷於腹部。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

果實含揮發油，成熟果實6.2%，未成熟果實8.6%.

Fruits contain evaporating oil.

Unripe fruit contain 8.6% and ripen fruit contain 6.2%

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 to 20 g. Concentrated extract: 0.5 to 2 g.

3～20克。濃縮中藥：0.5～2克 。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 an zhong san 安中散﹐

nuan gan tang  暖肝湯

荔枝散 (證治准繩)：治疝氣﹐睾丸腫大，痛不可忍：荔枝核（用新鮮者，燒炭存性）14 枚，八角茴香（炒）、沉香、木香、青鹽、食鹽 各3g，川楝子肉、小茴香各6g。上為細末， 每服9g，空腹時熱酒調下。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

to be loaded

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

• Use caution in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) and lack of liquid.

• Not recommended for pregnant women with weak constitution or use care when using it.

• 陰虛 津液不足者慎用。

• 體質太虛弱的孕婦忌服或慎服。