Flat fennel (Foeniculum planum)

平展角茴香píng zhǎn jiǎo huí xiāngPingzhanjiaohuixiang

Foeniculum planum · Plant

Foeniculum, standing in for Foeniculum planum
This photo shows Foeniculum, not Foeniculum planum: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May interact with hormone medications; avoid during pregnancy; may increase photosensitivity; estrogen-like effects.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Flat fennel for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeSpasm Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Flat fennel does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit MenstruationBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Foeniculum planum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Menstruation0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Spasm Syndrome0 records